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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 648

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Relating to: food security and Wisconsin products grant program; funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges, and special education aid; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Children — Special educational needs Food Nutrition Public instruction department of Technical college University of wisconsin — Finance

  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, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

may provide grants to food banks, food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations

to purchase Wisconsin food products. The bill creates a new appropriation and

provides $10,000,000 each fiscal year from the general fund for this purpose.

The bill also provides additional funding, in each year of the 2021-23 fiscal

biennium, for the University of Wisconsin System under its general program

operations appropriation; for state aid for technical colleges; and for special

education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts,

independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county

children with disabilities education boards.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

20 cosponsors

B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Smith, Agard, Bewley, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Ringhand and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Spreitzer, Considine, Cabrera, Conley, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink

  2. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Oct 27, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 3, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Dec 17, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  8. Feb 25, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Mar 7, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1