Assembly Bill 75
Labeling a food product as meat 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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 18, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jun 22, 2021
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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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
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, 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.
Who's behind it
23 representatives are its . 21 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Plumer and Edming
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
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, 11 to 2 · 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 11, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 26, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jun 24, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Jun 22, 2021
The Senate received it.
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Jun 22, 2021
The Assembly passed it.
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Jun 22, 2021
The Assembly adopted it.
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May 14, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 14, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 2.
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Mar 10, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 3, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 22, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 18, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Moses, Novak, Tranel, Pronschinske, Brandtjen, Kerkman, Skowronski, Armstrong, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Sortwell, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Vruwink and Born; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Testin and Wimberger
- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Feb 22, 2021 · Assembly
- Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Ramthun added as a coauthor
- Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Considine, L. Myers, Shankland and Vruwink
- Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Considine, L. Myers, Shankland and Vruwink
- Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, L. Myers, Shankland, Spreitzer and Vruwink
- Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representatives Considine, Spreitzer and Vruwink
- Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 14, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 2
- May 14, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Jun 18, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Moses
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 5 withdrawn and returned to author
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 6 offered by Representative Moses
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 6 adopted
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 22, 2021 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Jun 24, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Jun 24, 2021 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 26, 2022 · Senate
Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
- 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote