Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: designating the rusty patched bumble bee as the state native insect.
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
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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 rusty patched bumble bee as the state native insect and requires the
Wisconsin Blue Book
to include information concerning that designation.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)
Full history
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
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
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1