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• Introduced by Rep. Rebekah Warren (D) on February 17, 2009, to broaden a ban on the sale of mercury-added products to also ban the sale of a barometer, manometer, flow meter, hydrometer, hygrometer, psychrometer, flow switch, relay and other products that contain mercury, and prohibit the use in a dairy farming operation a manometer that has mercury. Exceptions could be granted where no substitute exists, where the manufactures can document that the benefit exceeds the risk, and has a take back program for used products.
  • Referred to the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee on February 17, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on April 2, 2009, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on April 22, 2009, 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 House on April 22, 2009.
• Passed 80 to 29 in the House on April 22, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on April 23, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee on April 23, 2009.