Assembly Bill 664
Requiring certain chain restaurants to post or provide nutritional information, providing immunity for restaurants that provide inaccurate nutritional information, and providing a penalty
Topics: Damage (personal injury), Health Services, Department of: Health, Nutrition, Restaurant
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 22, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Public Health. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires certain chain restaurants to disclose nutritional information for menu items. The requirements apply to a restaurant that is one of at least 20 restaurants in this country doing business under the same trade name and offering menus with substantially identical menu items.
Under the bill, a chain restaurant must disclose on a menu or menu board located inside or outside of the chain restaurant, the number of calories in a single order of the menu item. The chain restaurant must also disclose on the menu or menu board the suggested daily caloric intake and a statement that additional nutritional information is available upon request. If a chain restaurant offers food in a salad bar, buffet line, or cafeteria service, the restaurant must disclose the number of calories next to the food. If the chain restaurant offers a menu item in various flavors, varieties, or combinations, the chain restaurant must disclose the median number of calories per single order if the number of calories for each flavor, variety, or combination varies from the median by 20 percent or less. If the number of calories for each flavor, variety, or combination differ from the median by more than 20 percent, the chain restaurant must disclose the number of calories as a range from lowest to highest number of calories.
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The bill requires every chain restaurant to have on the premises and make available to a customer upon request all of the following nutritional information for a single order of each menu item: the number of calories from fat, the number of grams of total fat, the number of grams of saturated fat, the number of grams of carbohydrates, the number of grams of sugar, the number of milligrams of sodium, the number of grams of dietary fiber, and the number of grams of protein.
Under the bill, the Department of Health Services may impose a forfeiture of between $50 and $500 for a violation of the requirements to post or provide nutritional information. Any restaurant that provides nutritional information is immune from civil liability as a result of providing inaccurate information, if the restaurant provided the nutritional information in good faith.
Who's behind it
9 representatives are its . All 9 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Pedro Colon · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 27, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 22, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Health.
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Jan 22, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Benedict, Pope-Roberts, Hilgenberg, Pasch, Kessler, Dexter, Colon, Hixson and Sinicki;Cosponsored by Senators Miller, Lehman and Taylor
- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health
- Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Benedict
- Mar 29, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Benedict
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate