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Assembly Bill 541
Liability: genetically engineered plants. Introduced by Jared Huffman, 2/21/07
News article | Status of bill

Assembly Bill 984
Liability: genetically engineered plants. Introduced by Assembly Member Laird, 2/18/05
Status of bill


Senate Bill 1056
Prohibit local government seed regulation.
Introduced by Senator Dean Florez, 2/22/05
Status of bill (re-referred to Committee on RLS for 2007)

Senate Bill 63
Food labeling: cloned animals.
Introduced by Senator Carole Midgen, 1/16/07
Status of bill

County Map

Map of California Counties Ordinances (as of 10/2008)
Larger version of map | Powerpoint file containing map

Click on counties on map below to check on their individual status.

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Cities

CITY OF ARCATA (Anti-GE)
Ordinance | Passed: Board of Supervisors 4 For; 0 Against (November 17, 2004)

CITY OF POINT ARENA (Anti-GE)
News article | Ordinance Passed (May 25, 2005)

Federal

H.R. 4167, "National Uniformity for Food Act"
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes. Link

H.R. 5266 (pending)
To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, and for other purposes. Link

H.R. 5267 (pending)
To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and for other purposes. Link



H.R. 5268 (pending)
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes. Link

H.R. 5269 (pending)
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly. Link

H.R. 5270 (pending)
To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment, and for other purposes. Link

H.R. 5271 (pending)
To assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organism. Link

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By State

All resolutions, with the exception of Arkansas, New York, Texas and Vermont, are provided by the Organic Consumers' Association website

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology Fact Sheet: State Legislative Activity Related to Agricultural Biotechnology in 2005 (June 2006)

Status of U.S. Seed & Plant Laws
Environmental Commons website

Alaska
Bill passed requiring labeling of GE fish (SB 25)

Arizona
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed (SB 1282)

Arkansas
Proposed bill

Colorado
Resolution (Boulder)

Florida
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed (HB 1717) | SB 858 (substituted for HB 1717)

Georgia
Senate bill regulating sale and labeling of seed

Minnesota
Resolution (Minneapolis)
Bill passed to protect wild rice DNA (HF1663) | News article, 5/29/07

New Mexico
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed - Food Uniformity Act (HB 4167)

Ohio
Bill passed regarding sale and labeling of seed (HB 66)

Oklahoma
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed (HB 1471)

Pennsylvania
House bill regulating sale and labeling of seed | Article regarding bill (may make local & county GE crop bans illegal)

South Dakota
SB179 - allows seed patent holders to enter private property to take crop samples to determine seed infringement | SB152 - allows state Department of Agriculture to adopt rules governing sale, storage and transportation of seed

Texas
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed (HB 2313)

Vermont
Bill regarding liability from use of GE seeds and plant parts (passed by the Senate April 2005, to be voted on by the House in January) | GE-Free Vermont website | BIO Statement: Vermont House of Representatives Affirms Protection for Farmers, 1/4/06 | S.18 - liability resulting from the use of genetically engineered seeds and plant parts (vetoed by Governor Douglas on 5/15/06)

West Virginia
Bill passed regulating sale and labeling of seed (SB 580)

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Europe map courtesy of Friends of the Earth (click map to view website and larger version of map)

Regulatory issues related to genetically engineered crops have been addressed to varying levels in countries around the world. GAIN (Global Agricultural Information Network) reports, developed by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service released reports by country covering:
  • Biotechnology Trade and Production
  • Policy
  • Marketing issues
  • Capacity Building
  • Outreach

Reports listed below published in 2005-2008 (date indicates when the report was posted):

By Continent

North America
Canada
Annual Report. GAIN Report CA8058 (8/12/08)
Latin America
Africa
Europe
European Food Safety Authority report authorizing Pioneer 1507 maize (2005)

EU-27 Annual Agricultural Biotechnology Report, GAIN Report E47044 (6/11/07).

Austria
Annual Report. GAIN Report AU6018 (8/7/06)

Austria
Survey Shows Only 11% of Consumers Willing to Buy Biotech Foods. GAIN Report AU5019 (10/10/05)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Annual Report. GAIN Report BK5006 (8/8/06)

Croatia
Annual Report. GAIN Report HR5009 (8/16/05)

Biotechnology: New Law on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 2005. GAIN Report HR5008 (8/5/05)

Czech Reublic
Annual Report. GAIN Report EZ5010 (8/22/05)

Poland
Annual Report. GAIN Report PL5014 (8/31/05)

Portugal
Annual Report. GAIN Report PO5017 (9/20/05)

Romania
Annual Report. GAIN Report RO5008 (8/16/05)

Russian Federation
Annual Report. GAIN Report RS8056 (8/29/08)

Biotechnology: Federal Law sets Biotech Labeling Threshold at 0.9 Percent 2007. GAIN Report RS7077 (12/21/07)

Serbia and Montenegro
Annual. GAIN Report SR5006 (8/16/05)

Slovakia
Annual Report. GAIN Report LO5006 (8/16/05)

Spain
Spain: Biotechnology Update 2007. GAIN Report SP7030 (12/21/07)

Biotechnology Coexistence Update. GAIN Report SP5023 (7/27/05)

Sweden
Biotechnology GM Crops Good for Swedish Farm Economy. GAIN Report SW7006 (5/29/07)

Middle East
Asia Pacific