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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 228

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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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: Cabral-Guevara (R)

10 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Callahan (R) , Gustafson (R) , Knodl (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 14

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 3, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 3, 2025 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. Apr 29, 2025 · Senate

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

  2. Apr 29, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. May 14, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 2, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  5. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jun 6, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Goeben withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Sep 8, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  8. Oct 3, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Oct 3, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Oct 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  11. Oct 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1