Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
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 Interstate relations
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- 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.
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.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)
33 cosponsors
Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vruwink (D)
Votes
Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0
Passed 8–0 Feb 11, 2021 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Ringhand, Testin, Wanggaard and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Moses, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Rozar, Sortwell, Skowronski, Summerfield, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vruwink, Kerkman, Loudenbeck, Born and Tittl
- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism
- Feb 8, 2021 · Senate
Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor
- Feb 9, 2021 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 22, 2021 · Senate
Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- Mar 9, 2021 · Senate
Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- Mar 10, 2021 · Senate
Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- Apr 28, 2021 · Senate
Representative Dallman added as a cosponsor
- Jun 22, 2021 · Senate
Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- Oct 4, 2021 · Senate
Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1