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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 464

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

19 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 5, Noes 4

Passed 5–4 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 and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Tranel, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kulp, Magnafici, Novak, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Skowronski, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tusler, 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 24, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  8. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Smith, Ringhand and Risser

  9. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senators Smith, Ringhand and Risser

  10. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 4 offered by Senators Smith, Ringhand and Risser

  11. Dec 18, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  12. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 5, Noes 4

  13. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  14. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1