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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 516

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Relating to: labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Dairy product — Regulation Food Interstate relations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, no person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale

a food product that is labeled as, any type of milk unless the food product is cow's milk

or hooved or camelid mammal's milk or a type of milk that meets certain

specifications under federal law. The bill also requires the Department of

Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to promulgate rules to implement the

prohibition in the bill.

The prohibition in the bill applies only if at least ten states out of a group of

fifteen states listed in the bill enact a prohibition similar to this bill by June 30, 2031;

otherwise the prohibition in the bill does not apply.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Born (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kulp (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R)

8 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Ringhand (D) , Roth (R) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 4, 2020 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. Oct 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tranel, Oldenburg, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kulp, Novak, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Skowronski, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wittke, Born and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Roth, Bernier, Carpenter, Feyen, Ringhand and Tiffany

  2. Oct 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Considine, Kolste and Vruwink

  6. Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:13 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  10. Feb 19, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1