Assembly Bill 579
Licensing of plants that process certain foods made with milk or milk products
Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Dairy plants, Dairy product: Regulation, Food preservation
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2012
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law prohibits a person from operating a dairy plant without a license issued by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).
A dairy plant is a place where a dairy product is manufactured or processed for sale.
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Currently, the definition of "dairy product" includes any commodity in which milk or any milk product is a principal ingredient. Current law also authorizes DATCP to promulgate rules for the operation of dairy plants, including standards for equipment.
Under this bill, a place that manufactures or produces commodities that are intended to be heated before being consumed and in which milk or any milk product is a principal ingredient, and no other dairy products, must be licensed as a food processing plant, rather than as a dairy plant. DATCP's rules for food processing plants, including standards for equipment, differ from those for dairy plants.
Who's behind it
André Jacque, a Republican, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (1)
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, 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.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Jobs vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 4 · Mar 2, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 2, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 2, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 2, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 4.
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Feb 22, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 17, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 17, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Jacque;Cosponsored by Senator Lasee
- Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque
- Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative Jacque
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:33 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote