2019 Senate Bill 581

Establish official state insect

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 15, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-12)

To establish that henceforth the monarch butterfly and no other butterfly shall be the state of Michigan’s official insect. Monarchs are reportedly the official insect in Texas, Alabama, West Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Vermont, and Idaho.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations