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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 446

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Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.

Blue book Symbols state

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Drake (D) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Sapik (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

6 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bare (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , J. Anderson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 14, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tittl, C. Anderson, Behnke, Billings, Goeben, Gustafson, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Melotik, Michalski, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Sapik, Shankland, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Tusler, VanderMeer, Cabrera, Sinicki, Drake and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ballweg and Taylor

  2. Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  3. Sep 29, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 29, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative J. Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  10. May 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Senator Pfaff added as a cosponsor