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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 886

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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

  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 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: Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D) , Quinn (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R)

32 cosponsors

Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (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

  1. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Quinn, Spreitzer, Wimberger and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Schmidt, Maxey, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Bare, Behnke, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kurtz, Melotik, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Rettinger, Rozar, Sapik, Schutt, Shankland, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, S. Johnson and Schraa

  2. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Jan 29, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1