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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 518

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

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Food Livestock and meat

  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 meat product or “meat” unless the food

product is derived from an edible part of the flesh of an animal or any part of an insect

and does not include cultured animal tissue that is produced from animal cell

cultures. The bill defines “animal” as a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or

mollusk. The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to promulgate rules to implement the prohibition in the bill.

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) , Magnafici (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R)

5 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 2

Passed 13–2 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 Oldenburg, Tranel, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kulp, Magnafici, Novak, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Skowronski, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke, Born and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Feyen and Tiffany

  2. Oct 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Oct 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spreitzer

  6. Dec 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Spreitzer

  7. Jan 27, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, Kolste and Vruwink

  8. Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  10. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:14 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  12. Feb 19, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1