Assembly Bill 923
Manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers that contain bisphenol A and providing penalties. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates requirements for food containers that contain bisphenol A (BPA) that are similar to requirements for children's containers under current law.
The bill defines “food container" as any container in which any food or beverage is intended to be enclosed for the retail sale of the food or beverage. The bill prohibits the manufacture or wholesale of food containers that contain BPA unless the manufacturer or wholesaler ensures that the food container is conspicuously labeled as containing BPA. The bill also prohibits a person from selling food or beverage at retail in a container that contains BPA unless the container is conspicuously labeled as containing BPA. The bill's requirements do not apply to sales of used food containers.
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The bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to bring actions to restrain violations of the bill and to order manufacturers, wholesalers, and retail sellers to recall food containers sold in violation of the bill. The bill also subjects a manufacturer or wholesaler who violates the bill to a forfeiture of not less than $100 and not more than $10,000 for each violation, and retail sellers to a forfeiture of not less that $50 and not more than $200 for each violation. In addition, the bill requires a court that imposes a forfeiture under the bill to also impose a 50 percent surcharge, which is appropriated to DATCP for enforcing and administering both the child container requirements under current law and the food container requirements under the bill.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 15 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 17, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection.
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Feb 17, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Stubbs, Zamarripa, Neubauer, Tusler, Billings, Cabrera, Sargent, Pope, Sinicki, Brostoff, Ohnstad, Considine, Fields, Shankland and Emerson; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Risser, L. Taylor and Larson
- Feb 17, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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