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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 1123

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Relating to: designating manoomin as the Wisconsin state native grain.

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  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 manoomin, or wild rice, as the Wisconsin state native grain and requires the

Wisconsin Blue Book

to include that information.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Emerson (D) , Goodwin (D) , Joers (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D)

8 cosponsors

Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Palmeri, Miresse, Stroud, Emerson, Sinicki, Goodwin, Moore Omokunde and Joers; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer

  2. Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1