Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Dairy product — Regulation Food Food stamp plan Interstate relations
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, 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, any type of milk unless the food product is 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
prohibition in the bill.
The prohibition in the bill applies only if at least 10 states out of a group of 15
states listed in the bill enact a prohibition similar to this bill by June 30, 2031;
otherwise the prohibition in the bill does not apply.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kurtz (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Sapik (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schraa (R) , Schutt (R) , Shankland (D) , Steffen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R)
Full history
- Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Schmidt, Maxey, Bare, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Behnke, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kurtz, Melotik, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Rettinger, Rozar, Sapik, Schutt, Shankland, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, S. Johnson and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Cowles, Pfaff, Quinn, Spreitzer and Wimberger
- Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1