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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 73

Labeling food as a type of dairy product or as a dairy ingredient and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Jun 22, 2021, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 18, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Jun 22, 2021

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

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.

Read the full summary

Each prohibition in the bill applies only if at least 10 states out of a group of 15 states listed in the bill enact a similar prohibition by June 30, 2031; otherwise the prohibition does not apply.

Who's behind it

26 representatives are its ⁠. 24 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.

13 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 39 names

Authors (26)

Signed on in support (13)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it

Passed, 13 to 0 · May 14, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 24, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  3. Jun 22, 2021

    The Senate received it.

  4. Jun 22, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Jun 22, 2021

    The Assembly passed it.

  6. May 14, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  7. May 14, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.

  8. Apr 28, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  9. Mar 10, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Mar 9, 2021

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  11. Feb 24, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Feb 22, 2021

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  13. Feb 18, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.

  14. Feb 18, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tranel, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kerkman, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Moses, Murphy, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Summerfield, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vruwink and Born; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Ringhand, Testin, Wanggaard and Wimberger

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Feb 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Plumer and Edming added as coauthors

  4. Feb 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Ramthun and Kitchens added as coauthors

  6. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Considine, L. Myers, Shankland, Spreitzer and Vruwink

  8. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Apr 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Dallman added as a coauthor

  10. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  11. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary