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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 517

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licensing of plants that process certain foods made with milk or milk products.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Lasee (R)

1 cosponsors

Jacque (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 9, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 27, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Lasee;Cosponsored by Representative Jacque

  2. Feb 27, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection

  3. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lasee

  4. Mar 7, 2012 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 7, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 2 offered by Senator Lasee

  6. Mar 8, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Mar 12, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-13-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  13. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 2 adopted

  15. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:27 A.M. on 3-14-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 24

  22. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 19, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2012

  29. Mar 30, 2012 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-30-2012

  30. Apr 3, 2012 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 195

  31. Apr 5, 2012 · Senate

    Published 4-16-2012