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House committee advances bill to ease food donations by churches, nonprofits in disasters and to shelters
Summary
The Kentucky House Agriculture Committee voted to advance House Bill 186, which would allow churches and nonprofit groups to provide donated food to homeless shelters and to people displaced by declared disasters without meeting industrial-kitchen requirements, provided the food is safe.
House Bill 186, which would ease requirements for churches and nonprofits to donate prepared food to homeless shelters and to people displaced by declared natural disasters, passed out of the Kentucky House Agriculture Committee on a voice/roll call vote.
The bill’s sponsor, state Representative Robert Duvall, said the measure “streamlines the process for churches and nonprofits to be able to provide food for homeless shelters and for those who have been displaced due to natural disasters.” Duvall told the committee the change is meant to remove a regulatory barrier that can prevent local groups from handing out prepared meals during emergencies.
The bill clarifies two separate situations: donations tied to a declared natural disaster…
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