2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-2869/1
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June 6, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Andraca, Behnke, Snodgrass, Miresse, DeSanto, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, DeSmidt, Sinicki, Doyle, Stubbs, Billings, Tenorio, Brown, Clancy, Moore Omokunde, Arney, Phelps, Madison, Joers, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Roe, Cruz, Subeck, McCarville, Taylor, Kirsch, Sheehan, Mayadev, Udell and J. Jacobson, cosponsored by Senators Habush Sinykin, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Drake. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
AB305,1,2
1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; relating to:
2designating the rusty patched bumble bee as the state native insect. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law designates a variety of state symbols and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include information about them. This bill designates the rusty patched bumble bee as the state native insect and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include information concerning that designation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB305,13Section 1. 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes is created to read: AB305,1,541.10 (3) (w) The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is the state native 5insect. AB305,26Section 2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: AB305,2,371.10 (4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
1this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain, 2flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, native 3insect, fossil, mineral, rock, soil, fruit, tartan, pastry, dairy product, and herb.
