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Committee amends bill to remove equipment mandate for neighborhood food/ice-cream trucks
Summary
The committee amended House Bill 369 to strike proposed mandatory equipment requirements for mobile food vendors that primarily stop on roadways in neighborhoods and approved the bill as amended.
Members of the House Rules Committee approved an amendment to House Bill 369 that removes certain equipment requirements from the bill language and then passed the bill as amended.
Sponsor remarks explained the change targeted cost concerns for operators. The sponsor said the amendment strikes lines 15–18 (and associated renumbering) and will address the cost burden while preserving the bill's child-and-driver-safety intent.
Committee members asked how the bill distinguishes neighborhood vendors from festival-style vendors and whether the mandate would apply broadly. The sponsor responded that the provisions apply to "any motor vehicle used for the mobile sale of food or beverage which is primarily that primarily conducts such sales doing stops upon a roadway," meaning vendors that primarily operate in neighborhoods rather than those that operate only at festivals.
Representative France offered the amendment to strike the specified lines; the committee voted to adopt the amendment and then to approve the bill as amended by voice vote. The chair stated the bill would be renumbered and the committee clerk would reflect the changes before the bill proceeded to the next step.
No detailed fiscal estimate was discussed on the floor during the committee amendment process.
