---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: designating ginseng as the state herb."
description: "Relating to: designating ginseng as the state herb."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 248 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Petrowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b89793-138c-4edb-8bb7-ace134e09d54"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb248"
source_hash: "e36fb37feb154e1a75c485e816e7f7d35d05c5cdf864183a45324607008b3e8f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 248 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: designating ginseng as the state herb.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB248)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Snyder, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Edming, Kleefisch, Krug, Kulp, Mursau and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ripp added as a cosponsor
- **2017-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 86 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b89793-138c-4edb-8bb7-ace134e09d54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).