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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 73

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Relating to: designating cheese as the state dairy product.

Blue book Dairy product Symbols, state Taxation — Assessment

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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 designates a variety of state symbols and requires the Wisconsin

Blue Book to include information about them. This bill designates cheese as the state

dairy product and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that information.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Crowley (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Riemer (D) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R)

8 cosponsors

LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Ringhand (D) , Rohrkaste and Kolste , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Mar 29, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 96–0 Apr 4, 2017 official source full page

Aye · 96

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Novak, Krug, Tranel, Petryk, Anderson, Kulp, Skowronski, Tittl, Horlacher, Crowley, Kitchens, Riemer, Tusler, Mursau, Edming, Nerison, E. Brooks, Ballweg, R. Brooks and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, LeMahieu, Vinehout, Wirch and Ringhand

  2. Feb 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Mar 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  6. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque

  8. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 30, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-4-2017 by Committee on Rules

  10. Apr 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  11. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  12. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  14. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0

  17. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Representatives Rohrkaste and Kolste added as coauthors

  18. Apr 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Apr 5, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Apr 6, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Apr 6, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Apr 28, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  24. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. May 2, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. May 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-31-2017

  31. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 5-31-2017

  32. Jun 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 6-1-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 8

  33. Jun 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Published 6-2-2017