Introduced by Sen. Judy Emmons R-Sheridan on December 12, 2013
To mandate that restaurants employ at least one manager who has received training or viewed an approved video on food allergies (in addition to current requirements for a managerial employee to have acquired a food safety certification). The bill would also mandate that restaurants post a notice to customers on the menu or a window sticker that customers have an obligation to inform the server about any food allergies, and mandate a food allergy poster be posted in the non-public part of the restaurant. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Regulatory Reform Committee on December 12, 2013
Reported in the Senate on June 10, 2014
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Referred to the House Commerce Committee on September 24, 2014
Reported in the House on December 11, 2014
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered by Rep. Frank Foster R-Pellston on December 16, 2014
To adopt a version of the bill that revises the certification and notice posting provisions.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 16, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett D-Farmington Hills on December 16, 2014
To require restaurants to provide a customer who asks a list of all the ingredients in any item on the menu.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 16, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Vicki Barnett D-Farmington Hills on December 16, 2014
To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5804, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5804 would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” to the characteristics that define membership in a protected class, against whom it is a crime to discriminate under the state’s Elliott-Larsen civil rights law.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on December 16, 2014
Amendment offered by Rep. Klint Kesto R-Commerce Twp. on December 18, 2014
To allow some of the mandated training to be a video or online program.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 18, 2014
To mandate that restaurants employ at least one manager who has received training on food allergies (in addition to current requirements for a managerial employee to have acquired a food safety certification). The bill would also mandate that restaurants post a food allergy notice to staff in the non-public part of the restaurant.