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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 268

The location of facilities in which rendering, animal food processing, or grease processing is conducted

Topics: Municipality, Rendering plant, Town, Village

Became law

The governor signed it on May 18, 2010. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 21, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Feb 16, 2010

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Apr 22, 2010

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2009 Wisconsin Act 398

Latest entry in the official record, May 20, 2010: “Published 6-1-2010”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law regulates persons who render dead animals to produce grease or other nonfood products, process dead animals to produce animal food, or process previously cooked materials containing animal fat to produce grease. The law prohibits a person from establishing a facility in which such rendering or processing is conducted within one-eighth mile of a building used as a residence or as a public or private place of business.

The bill permits a person to establish or expand a facility in which such rendering or processing is conducted within one-eighth mile of a building used as a residence or as a public or private place of business with the approval of the city, village, or town in which the facility would be located.

Who's behind it

Joe Leibham, a Republican, is its ⁠.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 3 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (2)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education vote on an amendment

Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 13, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Apr 20, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 20, 2010

    The new law was published.

  2. May 18, 2010

    The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 398.

  3. May 13, 2010

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Apr 22, 2010

    The Assembly passed it too.

  5. Apr 20, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Apr 20, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  7. Apr 19, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Feb 24, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.

  9. Feb 18, 2010

    The Assembly received it.

  10. Feb 16, 2010

    The Senate passed it.

  11. Feb 16, 2010

    The Senate adopted it.

  12. Jan 13, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  13. Jan 7, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  14. Aug 21, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.

  15. Aug 21, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 21, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Leibham;Cosponsored by Representatives Townsend and Ziegelbauer

  2. Aug 21, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education

  3. Jan 7, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 13, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 13, 2010 · Senate

    Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education

  6. Jan 13, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 13, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 10, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 18, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture

  17. Apr 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  18. Apr 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  19. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  20. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  21. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up

  22. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Apr 23, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. May 11, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-11-2010

  29. May 13, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-13-2010

  30. May 18, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-18-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 398

  31. May 20, 2010 · Senate

    Published 6-1-2010

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Author

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Signed on in support

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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary