2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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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
1An Act to amend 119.04 (1); to create 118.073 of the statutes; relating to:
2prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food
3containing 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:
AB226,14Section 1. 118.073 of the statutes is created to read: AB226,2,35118.073 Prohibited ingredients in school meals. (1) No school board or 6charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) may provide to a pupil as part
1of a free or reduced-price meal provided under the national school lunch program 2under 42 USC 1751 to 1769j or the federal school breakfast program under 42 USC 31773 food that contains any of the following ingredients: AB226,2,44(a) Brominated vegetable oil. AB226,2,55(b) Potassium bromate. AB226,2,66(c) Propylparaben. AB226,2,77(d) Azodicarbonamide. AB226,2,129(2) This section does not prohibit a school board or a charter school 10authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) from allowing a private entity to serve food 11that contains any of the ingredients under sub. (1) (a) to (e) on school premises or at 12a school-sponsored activity. AB226,213Section 2. 119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: AB226,3,314119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 1566.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 16115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 17115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.073, 118.075, 118.076, 18118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 19118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 20118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 21118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 22118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 23120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 24120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city
1school district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the 2terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an 3opportunity schools and partnership program. AB226,3,55(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2027.
