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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 408

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe.

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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 the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe and requires the

Wisconsin Blue Book

to include that information.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Clancy (D) , Goodwin (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Wittke (R)

4 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Nov 20, 2025 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. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse and Clancy; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Roys and Spreitzer

  2. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Oct 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  6. Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1