---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: designating cheese as the state dairy product."
description: "Relating to: designating cheese as the state dairy product."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 73"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 73 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ballweg", "Crowley", "E. Brooks", "Edming", "Horlacher", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Kulp", "Mursau", "Nerison", "Novak", "Petryk", "R. Brooks", "Riemer", "Ripp", "Skowronski", "Tittl", "Tranel", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e790b4d-520e-49e6-bfa1-05247b4e6866"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab73"
source_hash: "7af8eee48466e437a5a6213e0742c642b03ffbf66f19e85b1e58616d887f14bf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 73 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: designating cheese as the state dairy product.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB73)

## Votes

- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nerison — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- R. Brooks — primary (person)
- Riemer — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Novak, Krug, Tranel, Petryk, Anderson, Kulp, Skowronski, Tittl, Horlacher, Crowley, Kitchens, Riemer, Tusler, Mursau, Edming, Nerison, E. Brooks, Ballweg, R. Brooks and Ripp; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, LeMahieu, Vinehout, Wirch and Ringhand `introduction`
- **2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2017-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-4-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Rohrkaste and Kolste added as coauthors
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-31-2017
- **2017-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-31-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-1-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 8 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-2-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e790b4d-520e-49e6-bfa1-05247b4e6866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).