Senate approves bill to allow sale of ungraded eggs off-farm with a 150-dozen cap

Senate Bill 2110, which would permit farmers to sell ungraded eggs off their premises, cleared the Senate after floor amendment and questions about the proposed cap and food-safety practices.

Senator Murdoch, the bill's author, explained the bill and offered an amendment at the desk to insert the word "dozen" after the number 150 to clarify the intended quantity. "That was always supposed to be a 150 dozen," the author said when explaining the amendment. The amendment was adopted by unanimous consent.

On the floor several senators asked questions about the bill's purpose and possible public-health implications. "This bill was requested by constituents in my district," Senator Murdoch said in response to who had brought the measure forward. Senator Goodwin asked about bacterial risks and salmonella; the author responded that customers could clean the shell (described in the colloquial transcript as "nature's wrapper") before using the egg.

After debate concluded the bill was advanced without objection. The clerk recorded 44 aye votes and 2 nay votes, and the chair declared Senate Bill 2110 passed on final reading.

The bill includes a floor-adopted amendment clarifying the 150-dozen quantity; additional details about enforcement mechanisms or impacts on existing shell-egg rules were not provided on the floor during this session.