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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 554

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Relating to: the sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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 sell or offer for sale a food product that contains cultured animal cells or cultured animal tissue derived from cultured animal cells (“lab-grown meat”) unless the food product is labeled with the phrase “lab-grown meat.” The bill also imposes certain labeling requirements for persons selling “lab-grown meat” packaged food products, including the requirements that the packaged food product’s label list all ingredients and bear the phrase “lab-grown meat.” Finally, the bill prohibits the sale or service of “lab-grown meat” food products in a public eating place or at certain state institutions, with certain exceptions.

A person that violates the bill’s prohibition may be subject to a criminal penalty of between $100 and $1,000 per violation or imprisoned for up to one year, or both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Sortwell (R) , Wichgers (R)

5 cosponsors

Drake (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 11

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 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 23, 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 Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Dec 23, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 9, 2026 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. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Sortwell, Dittrich, Gundrum, Goodwin, Wichgers, Goeben, Kreibich, Behnke, Melotik, Murphy and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Nass, Marklein and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

  6. Dec 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Jan 23, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  19. Jan 30, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn

  20. Jan 30, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Goodwin withdrawn as a coauthor

  21. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor

  22. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Agriculture and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  23. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  25. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Drake added as a cosponsor

  27. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  29. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  32. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)

  34. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Senate Amendment 1 concurred in

  35. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  36. Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-20-2026

  37. Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026

  38. Mar 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-27-2026

  39. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  40. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82