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• Introduced by Sen. Michelle McManus (R) on March 27, 2008, to revise a law that authorizes grants and subsidized loans for agricultural product commercialization and processing ventures so as the eliminate the subsidized loans and only provide the outright grants. The bill would also change transfer the some of the functions of these programs to a new program proposed by Senate Bill 1497.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture and Bioeconomy Committee on March 27, 2008.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 24, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on November 12, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on November 12, 2008.
• Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on November 13, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on November 13, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on November 13, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on December 2, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.