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HB4054 • 2026

State: symbol; monarch butterfly; designate as the official state butterfly. Creates new act.

State: symbol; monarch butterfly; designate as the official state butterfly. Creates new act.

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Sponsor
Brenda Carter (District 53)
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 02/04/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about how the designation will be used, celebrated, or which state this applies to.

Designate Monarch Butterfly as Official State Symbol

This law makes the monarch butterfly the official state butterfly of a certain U.S. state.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes the monarch butterfly an official symbol for the state.
  • Creates a new act to make this change in state laws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The people of the state who will now have an official state butterfly.
  • State agencies responsible for maintaining lists of official symbols.

Terms To Know

Official State Symbol
A symbol chosen by a state to represent something important about that state, like its history or nature.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the designation will be used or celebrated.
  • It is unclear which state this applies to as no specific state name is given in the summary text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-05 HJ 12 Pg. 95

    bill electronically reproduced 02/04/2025

  2. 2025-02-04 HJ 11 Pg. 90

    introduced by Representative Rep. Brenda Carter

  3. 2025-02-04 HJ 11 Pg. 90

    read a first time

  4. 2025-02-04 HJ 11 Pg. 90

    referred to Committee on Government Operations

Official Summary Text

State: symbol; monarch butterfly; designate as the official state butterfly. Creates new act.