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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 698

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Relating to: designating the hen-of-the-woods as the Wisconsin state mushroom.

Blue book Plants Symbols state

  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 hen-of-the-woods

(Grifola frondosa

) as the Wisconsin state mushroom and requires the

Wisconsin Blue Book

to include that information.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Clancy (D) , Miresse (D) , Roe (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D)

6 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Mayadev (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Miresse, Clancy, Roe, Stroud and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ratcliff and Smith

  2. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Dec 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1