# Wisconsin AB322: An Act to amend 1.10 (4); to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.

Wisconsin AB322, An Act to amend 1.10 (4); to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Clinton Anderson (Democratic), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Brienne Brown (Democratic) and 12 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB322
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to amend 1.10 (4); to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-07-08
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Clinton Anderson (Democratic), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Ryan Clancy (Democratic), Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), Russell Goodwin (Democratic), Dean Kaufert (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), Lori Palmeri (Democratic), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Lisa Subeck (Democratic), Paul Tittl (Republican), Robin Vos (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Blue Book, Symbols, State
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Clinton Anderson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brienne Brown (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ryan Clancy (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Russell Goodwin (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Dean Kaufert (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Lori Palmeri (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Paul Tittl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Robin Vos (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jill Billings (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Duke Tucker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Wall (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (11)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-01-14: Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-01-12: Representative Billings added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-01-08: Representatives J. Jacobson and Kurtz added as coauthors (House)
- 2025-11-07: Referred to committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-11-07: Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 0 (House)
- 2025-10-30: Executive action taken (House)
- 2025-09-25: Public hearing held (House)
- 2025-09-22: Representative Tucker added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-07-08: Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment (House)
- 2025-07-08: Introduced by Representatives Tittl, Melotik, Vos, Goodwin, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Kitchens, Mursau, Brown, Subeck, Kaufert, Anderson, Palmeri, Behnke and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ratcliff, Wall and Carpenter (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB322), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB322.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB322)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB322.pdf)

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