LRB-4333/1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
September 20, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ballweg and
Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Tittl,
C. Anderson, Behnke,
Billings, Goeben, Gustafson, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Melotik,
Michalski, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Sapik, Shankland, Snodgrass, Stubbs,
Subeck, Tusler, VanderMeer, Cabrera and Sinicki. Referred to Committee
on Government Operations.
SB443,1,2
1An Act to amend 1.10 (4); and
to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes;
relating
2to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
Analysis by the 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 monarch as
the Wisconsin state butterfly and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that
information.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB443,1
3Section
1. 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes is created to read:
SB443,1,44
1.10
(3) (w) The monarch butterfly is the state butterfly.
SB443,2
5Section
2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB443,2,26
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, pastry, dairy product,
and herb
, and butterfly.
