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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
January 22, 2016 - Introduced by Representatives Hintz, Schraa, Zepnick, Petryk,
Tittl, Doyle, Kleefisch and Wachs. Referred to Committee on State Affairs
and Government Operations.
AB780,1,2 1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); and to create 1.10 (3) (u) of the statutes; relating
2to:
designating wild turkey as the state game bird.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law lists various symbols as state symbols. Current state symbols
include the state beverage (milk), the state flower (wood violet), the state dog
(American water spaniel), and the state mineral (galena). This bill adds state game
bird to the list of state symbols and designates wild turkey as the state game bird.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB780,1 3Section 1. 1.10 (3) (u) of the statutes is created to read:
AB780,1,44 1.10 (3) (u) The wild turkey (meleagris gallopavo) is the state game bird.
AB780,2 5Section 2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB780,2,26 1.10 (4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
7this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,

1flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
2mineral, rock, soil, fruit, tartan, and pastry, and game bird.
AB780,2,33 (End)
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