2017 Senate Bill 298

Establish official state butterfly

Introduced in the Senate

April 18, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-23)

To establish that henceforth the black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) and no other butterfly or moth shall be the state of Michigan’s official butterfly. This is also the official butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations