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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 81

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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

  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, 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 page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Feb 5, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Feb 8, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 9, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 22, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 9, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  11. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  12. Apr 28, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Dallman added as a cosponsor

  13. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  14. Oct 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  15. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1