Assembly Bill 322
Designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly
Topics: Blue Book, Symbols, State
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jul 8, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 334. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . 8 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- J. Jacobson and Kurtz
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Environment vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 0 · Nov 7, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 8, 2026 to Jan 14, 2026
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 7, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 7, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Sep 25, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 22, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jul 8, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment.
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Jul 8, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly
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
- Jul 8, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Sep 22, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Tucker added as a coauthor
- Sep 25, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 30, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representatives J. Jacobson and Kurtz added as coauthors
- Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote