Wisconsin 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: To Executive 13 R cosponsors

AB 75 — Relating to: labeling a food product as meat and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

40 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill AB 75 has been amended to broaden the definition of "animal" by including not only mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, but also freshwater and saltwater fish alongside mollusks. This change is significant because it clarifies which products can be labeled as meat and ensures that fish are recognized under the same standards as other animal proteins. This could impact how certain food products are marketed and sold to consumers.

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- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa0660/1 KP:wlj ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 6, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 75 June 22, 2021 - Offered by Representative MOSES.
- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRB-1216/1 KP:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 75 February 18, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives M OSES, NOVAK , TRANEL, P RONSCHINSKE , BRANDTJEN , KERKMAN , SKOWRONSKI , ARMSTRONG , C ABRERA, D ITTRICH, UNDRUM , URTZ , MURPHY, OLDENBURG , PETRYK, ROZAR, ORTWELL , T AUCHEN , HIESFELDT , ITTL, TUSLER, VRUWINK and B ORN , cosponsored by Senators M ARKLEIN, BERNIER, COWLES, FEYEN, PFAFF, ESTINand W IMBERGER.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Agriculture.
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A N A CT to create 97.45 of the statutes;
Page 1, line 5:
relating to:
delete “or mollusk" and substitute “mollusk, or freshwater or saltwater fish".
labeling a food product as meat and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the 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 meat product or “meat” unless the food product is derived from an edible part of the flesh of an animal or any part of an insect and does not include cultured animal tissue that is produced from animal cell cultures.
The bill defines “animal” as a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mollusk.
The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to promulgate rules to implement the prohibition in the bill.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
97.45 of the statutes is created to read:
97.45 Labeling of food product as meat.
(1) In this section, “animal” means a mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mollusk.
- 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1216/1 KP:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 75 SECTION 1 (2) No person may label a food product as, or sell or offer for sale a food product that is labeled as, any type of meat product, “meat,” or a similar term unless the food product is derived from an edible part of the flesh of an animal or any part of an insect, as defined in s.
94.67 (18), and does not include cultured animal tissue that is produced from animal cell cultures.
(3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative Penterman added as a coauthor

  3. Available for scheduling

  4. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  5. Received from Assembly

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and passed

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Assembly Amendment 6 adopted

  11. Assembly Amendment 6 offered by Representative Moses

  12. Assembly Amendment 5 withdrawn and returned to author

  13. Read a second time

  14. Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Moses

  15. Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  16. Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 2

  18. Executive action taken

  19. Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representatives Considine, Spreitzer and Vruwink

  20. Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Considine, L. Myers, Shankland, Spreitzer and Vruwink

  21. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Considine, L. Myers, Shankland and Vruwink

  22. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Considine, L. Myers, Shankland and Vruwink

  23. Public hearing held

  24. Representative Ramthun added as a coauthor

  25. Fiscal estimate received

  26. Representatives Plumer and Edming added as coauthors

  27. Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  28. Introduced by Representatives Moses, Novak, Tranel, Pronschinske, Brandtjen, Kerkman, Skowronski, Armstrong, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Sortwell, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Vruwink and Born; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Testin and Wimberger

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 75?
AB 75 is sponsored by Born, Mark (Republican), Vruwink, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Tittl, Paul (Republican), Thiesfeldt, Tauchen, Sortwell, Shae (Republican), Rozar, Petryk, Oldenburg, Murphy, David (Republican), Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Cabrera, Armstrong, David (Republican), Skowronski, Kerkman, Brandtjen, Pronschinske, Treig (Republican), Tranel, Travis (Republican), Novak, Todd (Republican), and Moses, Clint (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 75?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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