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AB585 • 2025

designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird

designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Mursau, Palmeri, Behnke, Johnson, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud and Stubbs, cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Sporting Heritage
Effective date
Not listed

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designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird

designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird Status: A - Sporting Heritage

What This Bill Does

  • designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird Status: A - Sporting Heritage

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-09 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  3. 2025-10-24 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau , Palmeri , Behnke , Johnson , Kreibich , Melotik , Miresse , Roe , Sinicki , Stroud and Stubbs ; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara , Dassler-Alfheim , Ratcliff , Roys and Spreitzer

  4. 2025-10-24 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

Official Summary Text

designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird
Status: A - Sporting Heritage

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 585
October 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Mursau
,
Palmeri
,
Behnke
,
Johnson
,
Kreibich
,
Melotik
,
Miresse
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
and
Stubbs
, cosponsored by Senators
Cabral-Guevara
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage.
AB585,1,3
1
An Act

to amend
1.10 (4);
to create
1.10 (3) (w) and (x) of the statutes;
2
relating to:
designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed
3
grouse as the state upland game bird.
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 wild turkey as the Wisconsin state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the Wisconsin state upland game bird 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:
AB585,1
4
Section

1
.
1.10 (3) (w) and (x) of the statutes are created to read:
AB585,1,5
5
1.10
(3)
(w) The wild turkey (meleagris gallopavo) is the state game bird.
AB585,1,6
6
(x) The ruffed grouse (bonasa umbellus) is the state upland game bird.
AB585,2
7
Section

2
.
1.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB585,2,5
1
1.10
(4)
The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
2
this section concerning the state song, ballad, waltz, dance, beverage, tree, grain,
3
flower, bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil,
4
mineral, rock, soil, fruit, tartan, pastry, dairy product,
and
herb
, game bird, and
5
upland game bird
.
AB585,2,6
6
(end)

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