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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 226

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Relating to: prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.

School — Charter school School — Consolidation or reorganization School — Lunch

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

This bill prohibits school boards and independent charter schools from providing food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, azodicarbonamide, or red dye 3 to pupils as part of free or reduced-price meals provided under the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program. The bill does not prohibit school boards and independent charter schools from allowing private vendors to serve food containing any of those ingredients on school premises or at school-sponsored activities.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Callahan (R) , Knodl (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Wichgers (R)

2 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Gustafson (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 16

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5

Passed 7–5 Nov 12, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5

Passed 7–5 Nov 12, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 52–44 Jan 15, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 52

Nay · 44

Not voting · 3

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 52–44 Jan 15, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 52

Nay · 44

Not voting · 3

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 53–43 Jan 15, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 53

Nay · 43

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Callahan, O'Connor, Melotik, Behnke, Knodl, Wichgers, Allen, Mursau and Goeben; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  2. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

  4. May 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  5. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Goeben withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses

  8. Nov 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5

  11. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 5

  12. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Roe

  15. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  16. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  17. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 52, Noes 44

  18. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers

  19. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  20. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  21. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 52, Noes 44

  22. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  23. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 43, Paired 2

  26. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  28. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  29. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  30. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1