Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB226 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
2	2	LRB-2632/2
3	3	KMS:cdc
4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 226
5	5	April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives MOSES, CALLAHAN, O'CONNOR,
6	6	MELOTIK, BEHNKE, KNODL, WICHGERS, ALLEN, MURSAU and GOEBEN,
7	7	cosponsored by Senator CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee on
8	8	Education.
9	9
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to amend 119.04 (1); to create 118.073 of the statutes; relating to:
12	12	prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food
13	13	containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill prohibits school boards and independent charter schools from
16	16	providing food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate,
17	17	propylparaben, azodicarbonamide, or red dye 3 to pupils as part of free or reduced-
18	18	price meals provided under the National School Lunch Program or the federal
19	19	School Breakfast Program. The bill does not prohibit school boards and
20	20	independent charter schools from allowing private vendors to serve food containing
21	21	any of those ingredients on school premises or at school-sponsored activities.
22	22	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
23	23	enact as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. 118.073 of the statutes is created to read:
25	25	118.073 Prohibited ingredients in school meals. (1) No school board or
26	26	charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may provide to a pupil as part
27	27	1
28	28	2
29	29	3
30	30	4
31	31	5
32	32	6 2025 - 2026 Legislature
33	33	ASSEMBLY BILL 226
34	34	- 2 - LRB-2632/2
35	35	KMS:cdc
36	36	SECTION 1
37	37	of a free or reduced-price meal provided under the national school lunch program
38	38	under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j or the federal school breakfast program under 42 USC
39	39	1773 food that contains any of the following ingredients:
40	40	(a) Brominated vegetable oil.
41	41	(b) Potassium bromate.
42	42	(c) Propylparaben.
43	43	(d) Azodicarbonamide.
44	44	(e) Red dye 3.
45	45	(2) This section does not prohibit a school board or a charter school
46	46	authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) from allowing a private entity to serve food
47	47	that contains any of the ingredients under sub. (1) (a) to (e) on school premises or at
48	48	a school-sponsored activity.
49	49	SECTION 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
50	50	119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
51	51	66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
52	52	115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
53	53	115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.073, 118.075, 118.076,
54	54	118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16,
55	55	118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
56	56	118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291,
57	57	118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52,
58	58	118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125,
59	59	120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38),
60	60	120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city
61	61	1
62	62	2
63	63	3
64	64	4
65	65	5
66	66	6
67	67	7
68	68	8
69	69	9
70	70	10
71	71	11
72	72	12
73	73	13
74	74	14
75	75	15
76	76	16
77	77	17
78	78	18
79	79	19
80	80	20
81	81	21
82	82	22
83	83	23
84	84	24 2025 - 2026 Legislature
85	85	ASSEMBLY BILL 226
86	86	- 3 - LRB-2632/2
87	87	KMS:cdc
88	88	SECTION 2
89	89	school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the
90	90	terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an
91	91	opportunity schools and partnership program.
92	92	SECTION 3. Effective date.
93	93	(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2027.
94	94	(END)
95	95	1
96	96	2
97	97	3
98	98	4
99	99	5
100	100	6