2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 585

Relating to: designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 11

Prime sponsors

Behnke, Johnson, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, Palmeri, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Sporting Heritage (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 4

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
February 9, 2026	Assembly	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
October 24, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage
October 24, 2025	Assembly	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

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.