Senate Bill 228
Prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals
Topics: School: Charter school, School: Lunch
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 29, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 226. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
Who's behind it
Rachael Cabral-Guevara, a Republican, is its .
10 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 3 to 2 · Oct 3, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Oct 3, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 3, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Oct 3, 2025
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Jun 4, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 14, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 29, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Apr 29, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 29, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Callahan, O'Connor, Allen, Behnke, Goeben, Knodl, Melotik, Mursau and Wichgers
- Apr 29, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- May 14, 2025 · Senate
Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- Jun 2, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
- Jun 4, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jun 6, 2025 · Senate
Representative Goeben withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Sep 8, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
- Oct 3, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 3, 2025 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Oct 3, 2025 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Oct 3, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote