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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.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 119.04 (1); to create 118.073 of the statutes; relating to:
prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food
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:
SECTION 1. 118.073 of the statutes is created to read:
118.073 Prohibited ingredients in school meals. (1) No school board or
charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may provide to a pupil as part
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of a free or reduced-price meal provided under the national school lunch program
under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j or the federal school breakfast program under 42 USC
1773 food that contains any of the following ingredients:
(a) Brominated vegetable oil.
(b) Potassium bromate.
(c) Propylparaben.
(d) Azodicarbonamide.
(e) Red dye 3.
(2) This section does not prohibit a school board or a charter school
authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) from allowing a private entity to serve food
that contains any of the ingredients under sub. (1) (a) to (e) on school premises or at
a school-sponsored activity.
SECTION 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.073, 118.075, 118.076,
118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16,
118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291,
118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52,
118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125,
120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38),
120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city
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school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the
terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an
opportunity schools and partnership program.
SECTION 3. Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2027.
(END)
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