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26-05-2025
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East Texas State Rep. Money discusses bills left to vote on in 89th legislative session
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The 89th Texas Legislature will adjourn in June 2025 and recently KETK spoke with one East Texas State Representative about the bills waiting for a vote in this year's legislative session. Bill looks to allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs wholesale 'So we finished last Friday with all of the bills that originated in the House,' Rep. Brent Money of Hopkins, Hunt and Van Zandt counties told KETK. 'It's now too late for any bill that started in the House to become law. There are House bills in the Senate, and there are Senate bills in the House. I think that we're going to see a lot of priority items hit in this last session.' Money spoke with KETK's Tori Bean about the priorities they're trying to accomplish before the end of this session. These are priority bills like Senate Bill 1864, which is waiting for a vote in the House. 'I think to most people in Texas, a priority item is the things that you handle first to the exclusion of the non-priority items. The way it works in the Texas Legislature and particularly in the Texas House, is we save all the priority items for the very end,' Money said. SB 1864 would allow egg farmers to save money by selling ungraded chicken eggs. The Texas Senate on April 24 but is still waiting for a vote in the house. 'This is a bill that allows, for egg producers who are small, small chicken farms, to be able to sell ungraded eggs,' Money said. According to the Texas Legislature, the bill has been placed on the General State Calendar for this Tuesday. 'It has really nothing to do with the quality of the egg. A person who sells ungraded eggs under SB 1846 would be able to sell a certain number of them, wholesale or retail, as long as the package was clearly marked that they were ungraded, it says the producer's name, where they, where they're from, the date the carton was packed,' Money said. 'There's some basic information that they would have to provide, but they wouldn't have to go through the process of grading each egg, which is either very labor-intensive or capital-intensive, requiring machinery to weigh and size the eggs.' Money ended his conversation with Tori by talking about some of his other priorities and how he hopes they'll be able to prioritize bills better in the next session of the Texas Legislature. To see their full conversation watch the video above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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20-05-2025
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Bill looks to allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs wholesale
TYLER, Texas (KETK)- A potential bill is being proposed which would expand the sale of ungraded eggs. If passed, Bill 1864, which is in the House Agriculture and Livestock committee, would expand the sale of ungraded eggs. Currently, the only way you can sell wholesale is to grade your eggs. Which are inspected by a certified grading station. Tyler police investigate death of 28-year-old woman 'It's not a safety issue. It's not that a grade B egg is not as good as a grade A egg. It just has to do with size and weight and things like that,' State Rep. Brent Money said. Representative Brent Money serves on the committee and says this would open a lot of doors for small East Texas egg producers. 'Any time you can expand the market and make it easier for them to sell their products, it's better for their business and it's better for the consumer,' Money said. The Farmer's Garden in Winona has been following the bill through the legislative session. They believe that if it passes, it would be a huge blessing. 'We would be able to know, hey, they need 20 days in a week or whatever, and we can grow our operation to kind of match that demand. It would let us grow faster,' The Farmer's Garden owner, Bethany Reynolds, said. LIST: East Texas cold homicide cases Texas Rangers are still trying to solve The farm sells about 20 dozen eggs a week. They have had restaurants reach out to them for eggs, but say not having a grading system has hindered their operation. 'We've looked into the grading for our farm to be able to use that, but it's kind of a complicated thing to figure out to enter, and it's expensive,' Reynolds said. If SB 1864 makes it to the House floor and passes, it will allow The Farmer's Garden to sell 500 dozen eggs a week. Not only raising their profit, but also allowing them to bring their farm to your fork more easily. 'We've got to protect our farmers. And one of the ways that I think that we do that is by making sure that we are not putting unreasonable regulations and barriers in place for them to get their products from their farm to the market,' Money said. 'Representative money,' says one point of contention right now, is how many eggs a farmer can sell a week, as large commercial businesses are pushing for less to be allowed. Money wants to keep the text as it is and get it on the floor. The House committee will have until May 27th to get the bill to the House floor, and voted on by May 28th. If it doesn't make it out of the committee before the deadline, the bill will die. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
