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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 402: Relating to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 402 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on August 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe. Primary sponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  4. Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse and Clancy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source