---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: using milk producer affidavits to substantiate claims that a dairy product is free of synthetic bovine growth hormone."
description: "Relating to: using milk producer affidavits to substantiate claims that a dairy product is free of synthetic bovine growth hormone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 685"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 685 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque", "Kapenga", "Marklein", "Olsen", "Schachtner", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6135a3bf-10c8-432e-84c8-b8555a038d04"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb685"
source_hash: "4f0ba86a149da15044b8901a63eccfb375929ca30c96418b18237977a3aec114"
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 SB 685 (2019) — Relating to: using milk producer affidavits to substantiate claims that a dairy product is free of synthetic bovine growth hormone.

## 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/2019/REG/SB685)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Schachtner — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque, Smith, Olsen, Marklein, Schachtner and Kapenga; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Considine, Tauchen, Plumer, Kolste, Kulp, Brooks, Gundrum, VanderMeer, Oldenburg, Edming, Novak, Vruwink, Doyle, Spreitzer, Born, Stubbs, Mursau and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 153 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6135a3bf-10c8-432e-84c8-b8555a038d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).