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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 463

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

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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, a type of dairy product, such as cream, yogurt, or

cheese, unless the food product is a dairy product. This prohibition applies to most

dairy products but excludes milk and other products derived solely from the milk of

cows or other hooved or camelid mammals.

Also, under the bill, no person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for

sale a food product that is labeled as, a type of dairy ingredient unless the food

product is derived from 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 bill's prohibitions.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Feyen (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Ringhand (D) , Tiffany (R)

19 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Dec 19, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Dec 19, 2019 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. Sep 27, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Sep 27, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions

  3. Sep 30, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 1, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 22, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 22, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  7. Oct 24, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Smith, Ringhand and Risser

  9. Dec 18, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  11. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  13. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1