SACRAMENTO—Here are some of the bills on legislative agendas this week as lawmakers return from a 10-day spring recess:

CLONED FOOD—Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, doesn’t want Californians unknowingly eating food made with meat or milk from cloned animals. Her bill, which is scheduled to be considered Wednesday by the Senate Health Committee, would require food from a cloned animal or its progeny to carry warning labels advising prospective buyers of its origins.

The Food and Drug Administration ruled in December that meat and dairy products from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are safe for human consumption and is expected to allow marketing of cloned food following a public comment period.

Consumer groups charged last month that the FDA used inadequate data to make its decision.

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS—Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, said an incident last year in which an experimental form of rice showed up in grain elevators in Arkansas and Missouri should serve as a wake-up call for California.

He has introduced legislation that would make companies developing genetically engineered crops liable for damages if their work results in contamination of other fields.

The bill, scheduled for a hearing Tuesday by the Assembly Judiciary Committee, also would ban open-field production of genetically engineered crops used in the development of medications. And it would require growers to give county agriculture commissioners at least 30 days’ notice before engaging in open-field development of other genetically modified plants.

Huffman said the measure is needed to protect California farmers against significant losses if their conventional or organic crops are contaminated by genetically engineered plants, seeds or pollen.

NEUTERED PETS—A bill by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Sherman Oaks, would require most dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by the time they’re four months old.

Supporters said the measure would reduce the number of unwanted pets that end up in shelters and are euthanized. Violations could result in a $500 fine.

The measure is scheduled to be considered Tuesday by the Assembly Business and Professions Committee.

HOMELESS-HATE CRIMES—Attacks on the homeless could be treated as hate crimes under legislation by Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento.

The measure would add the ‘’homeless status’’ of an alleged victim to the list of factors that could trigger hate crime charges, which can result in up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine or higher penalties for more serious cases.

A spokesman for Steinberg, Jim Evans, said there have been increasing reports about attacks on the homeless.

‘’If you walk out to Loaves and Fishes (a Sacramento charity) and ask about violence against homeless people, they have plenty to say,’’ Evans said.

The Senate Public Safety Committee considers the bill on Tuesday.

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