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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 82

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Relating to: labeling a food product as meat and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Food Livestock and meat

  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, 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.

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) , Testin (R) , Wimberger (R)

27 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kurtz (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) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 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, Testin and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Kerkman 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 7, Noes 1

  8. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 12, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  10. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  11. Feb 22, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  12. Mar 9, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  13. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Oct 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  17. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1