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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 443

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

Blue book Symbols state

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Taylor (D)

27 cosponsors

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

Full history

  1. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ballweg and Taylor; cosponsored 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 and Sinicki

  2. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations

  3. Sep 21, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives Drake and Palmeri added as cosponsors

  4. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 29, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Bare added as a cosponsor

  6. Oct 2, 2023 · Senate

    Representative J. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  7. Dec 19, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  9. May 21, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor