2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-2893/1
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July 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Tittl, Melotik, Vos, Goodwin, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Kitchens, Mursau, Brown, Subeck, Kaufert, Anderson, Palmeri, Behnke and Sinicki, cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ratcliff, Wall and Carpenter. Referred to Committee on Environment.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AB322,1,2
1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; relating to:
2designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly. 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 monarch as the Wisconsin state butterfly and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that information.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB322,13Section 1. 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes is created to read: AB322,1,441.10 (3) (w) The monarch butterfly is the state butterfly. AB322,25Section 2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: AB322,2,261.10 (4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in 7this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,
1flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil, 2mineral, rock, soil, fruit, tartan, pastry, dairy product, and herb, and butterfly.
