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HCR060.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH - Stating findings of the Legislature concerning hunger and food insecurity in Idaho and designating the month of October 2006 as "Hunger and Food Insecurity Awareness Month"; commending efforts to address hunger and food insecurity; and encouraging Idahoans to support and actively participate in the 2006 Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security. 03/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 03/03 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg 03/06 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/08 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote Floor Sponsor - Henbest Title apvd - to Senate 03/09 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff 03/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord 03/15 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote Floor Sponsor - Stegner Title apvd - to House 03/16 To enrol 03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed 03/20 Pres signed 03/21 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONCERNING HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY IN 3 IDAHO AND DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2006 AS "HUNGER AND FOOD INSE- 4 CURITY AWARENESS MONTH," COMMENDING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HUNGER AND FOOD 5 INSECURITY AND ENCOURAGING IDAHOANS TO SUPPORT AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN 6 THE 2006 IDAHO SUMMIT ON HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY. 7 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 WHEREAS, the Hunger in America 2006 Idaho Report has documented that hun- 9 ger and food insecurity are serious problems that affect at least 89,700 10 Idahoans every year; and 11 WHEREAS, every Idahoan should have enough to eat and sufficient nutrition 12 to carry out the daily tasks of life and work; and 13 WHEREAS, the charitable food banking network is playing a Herculean role 14 in responding to hunger and food insecurity in Idaho; and 15 WHEREAS, Idaho's hunger and food insecurity cannot be solved solely 16 through the efforts of emergency food banks, soup kitchens, and shelters; and 17 WHEREAS, the Idaho Interfaith Roundtable Against Hunger, representing 18 Idahoans of all faiths, issued a Call to Action on February 23, 2006, seeking 19 support for an Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security to be held in the fall 20 of 2006; and 21 WHEREAS, the Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security will bring together 22 concerned Idahoans to examine the problems of hunger and food insecurity in 23 Idaho and to seek solutions to those problems; and 24 WHEREAS, the Governor's Coordinating Council on Families and Children has 25 called for support for the Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security; and 26 WHEREAS, the food banking and interfaith communities are committed to 27 raising the funds necessary to support the Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food 28 Security to ensure that the Summit will have no budgetary impact for the 29 state. 30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses- 31 sion of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and 32 the Senate concurring therein, that October 2006 is designated "Hunger and 33 Food Insecurity Awareness Month," that the efforts of the Idaho Interfaith 34 Roundtable Against Hunger to convene a fall 2006 Idaho Summit on Hunger and 35 Food Security are commended, and encouraging all Idahoans to support and 36 actively participate in the Summit.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 16168 This legislation provides for a House Concurrent Resolution stating findings of the legislature concerning hunger and food insecurity in Idaho and designating the month of October 2006 as "Hunger and Food Insecurity Awareness Month," commending efforts to address hunger and food insecurity and encouraging Idahoans to support and actively participate in the 2006 Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security. FISCAL NOTE There will be no fiscal impact to the general fund. Contact Name: Rep. Margaret Henbest Phone: 332-1000 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 60