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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 800
December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives HONG, WITTKE, MYERS, C.
ANDERSON, CLANCY, EMERSON, GUSTAFSON, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON,
PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SCHMIDT, SHANKLAND and SINICKI, cosponsored by Senators
CABRAL-GUEVARA, ROYS and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Government
Accountability and Oversight.
1 AN ACT to amend 1.10 (4); and to create 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes; relating
2 to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state
3 microbe.
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 bacterium
Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe 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:
4 SECTION 1. 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes is created to read:
5 1.10 (3) (w) The bacterium Lactococcus lactis is the state microbe.
6 SECTION 2. 1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
7 1.10 (4) The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
8 this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,
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ASSEMBLY BILL 800 SECTION 2
1 flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
2 mineral, rock, soil, fruit, tartan, pastry, dairy product, and herb, and microbe.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 1.10(4), 1.10