2023-2024 Regular Session • Wisconsin Legislature
SB443: Designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
Legislative Summary
An Act to amend 1.10 (4); and to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
Bill History
9/20/2023
Introduced
Senate
9/20/2023
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations
Senate
9/21/2023
Representatives Drake and Palmeri added as cosponsors
Senate
9/27/2023
Senator Larson added as a coauthor
Senate
9/29/2023
Representative Bare added as a cosponsor
Senate
10/2/2023
Representative J. Anderson added as a cosponsor
Senate
12/19/2023
Public hearing held
Senate
4/15/2024
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Senate
5/21/2024
Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(4/15/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 12
Democrat: 13
Primary Sponsor
Rachael Cabral-Guevara
Republican
Co-Sponsors (24)
Joan Ballweg
Republican
Lena Taylor
Democrat
Paul Tittl
Republican
Clinton Anderson
Democrat
Elijah Behnke
Republican
Jill Billings
Democrat
Joy Goeben
Republican
Nate Gustafson
Republican
Jenna Jacobson
Democrat
Alex Joers
Democrat
Joel Kitchens
Republican
Paul Melotik
Republican
Tom Michalski
Republican
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez
Democrat
Melissa Ratcliff
Democrat
Angie Sapik
Republican
Katrina Shankland
Democrat
Lee Snodgrass
Democrat
Shelia Stubbs
Democrat
Lisa Subeck
Democrat
Ron Tusler
Republican
Nancy VanderMeer
Republican
Marisabel Cabrera
Democrat
Christine Sinicki
Democrat