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

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

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Sponsor
Representatives Moses, Callahan, O'Connor, Melotik, Behnke, Knodl, Wichgers, Allen, Mursau and Goeben, cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Available for Scheduling
Effective date
Not listed

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

prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals Status: S - Available for Scheduling

What This Bill Does

  • prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals Status: S - Available for Scheduling

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Received from Assembly

  3. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  4. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  5. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Read a second time

  6. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Roe

  7. 2026-01-15 Asm.

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

  8. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  9. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 52, Noes 44

  10. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers

  11. 2026-01-15 Asm.

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

  12. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  13. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 52, Noes 44

  14. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  15. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  17. 2026-01-15 Asm.

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

  18. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. 2026-01-13 Asm.

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

  20. 2025-11-12 Asm.

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

  21. 2025-11-12 Asm.

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

  22. 2025-11-12 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  23. 2025-11-06 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  24. 2025-06-11 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Moses

  25. 2025-06-06 Asm.

    Representative Goeben withdrawn as a coauthor

  26. 2025-05-15 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  27. 2025-05-14 Asm.

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  28. 2025-05-13 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Moses

  29. 2025-04-23 Asm.

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

  30. 2025-04-23 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

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prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals
Status: S - Available for Scheduling

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 226
April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Moses
,
Callahan
,
O'Connor
,
Melotik
,
Behnke
,
Knodl
,
Wichgers
,
Allen
,
Mursau
and
Goeben
, cosponsored by Senator
Cabral-Guevara
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB226,1,3
1
An Act

to amend
119.04 (1);
to create
118.073 of the statutes;
relating to:

2
prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food
3
containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.
Analysis by the 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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB226,1
4
Section

1
.
118.073 of the statutes is created to read:
AB226,2,3
5
118.073

Prohibited ingredients in school meals.

(1)
No school board or
6
charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may provide to a pupil as part
1
of a free or reduced-price meal provided under the national school lunch program
2
under
42 USC 175
1 to
1769
j or the federal school breakfast program under
42 USC
3
177
3 food that contains any of the following ingredients:
AB226,2,4
4
(a) Brominated vegetable oil.
AB226,2,5
5
(b) Potassium bromate.
AB226,2,6
6
(c) Propylparaben.
AB226,2,7
7
(d) Azodicarbonamide.
AB226,2,8
8
(e) Red dye 3.
AB226,2,12
9
(2)
This section does not prohibit a school board or a charter school
10
authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) from allowing a private entity to serve food
11
that contains any of the ingredients under sub. (1) (a) to (e) on school premises or at
12
a school-sponsored activity.
AB226,2
13
Section

2
.
119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB226,3,3
14
119.04
(1)
Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
15
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
16
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
17
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07,
118.073,
118.075, 118.076,
18
118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16,
19
118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
20
118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291,
21
118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52,
22
118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125,
23
120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38),
24
120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city
1
school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the
2
terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an
3
opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB226,3
4
Section

3
. Effective date.
AB226,3,5
5
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1
)

This act takes effect on July 1, 2027.
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