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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 154

Creating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day

Became law

The governor signed it on May 14, 2021. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 10, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed May 11, 2021

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed May 11, 2021

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2021 Wisconsin Act 31

Latest entry in the official record, May 14, 2021: “Published 5-15-2021”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates Hmong-Lao Veterans Day, the purpose of which is to recognize Southeast Asians, Americans, and their allies who served, suffered, sacrificed, or died in the Secret War in Laos during the Vietnam War in support of the armed forces of the United States, and to recognize May 14, 1975, as the last day of airlift evacuation of officers and their families from the covert headquarters in Long Tieng, Laos, to the Nam Phong refugee camp in Thailand. The bill designates May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and requires the governor to annually issue a proclamation for the observance of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day.

Who's behind it

22 lawmakers are its ⁠. 14 are Republicans and 8 are Democrats.

18 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 40 names

Authors (22)

Signed on in support (18)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · May 5, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 14, 2021

    The new law was published.

  2. May 14, 2021

    The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 31.

  3. May 13, 2021

    Sent to the governor.

  4. May 11, 2021

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. May 11, 2021

    The Senate passed it too.

  6. May 11, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. May 11, 2021

    The Senate received it.

  8. May 11, 2021

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  9. May 11, 2021

    The Assembly passed it.

  10. May 10, 2021

    3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  11. May 5, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  12. May 5, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  13. Apr 29, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  14. Apr 29, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  15. Mar 10, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

  16. Mar 10, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Tusler, Spiros, Billings, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Edming, Hong, Kitchens, Krug, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Shankland, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Vorpagel, Vruwink and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Wimberger, Carpenter, Bradley, Cowles, Jacque, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roth, Smith and Wirch

  2. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Apr 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  7. May 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules

  9. May 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Spreitzer, Subeck and Emerson added as coauthors

  10. May 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Senator Agard added as a cosponsor

  11. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Loudenbeck, S. Rodriguez and Schraa added as coauthors

  16. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  20. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor

  25. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-13-2021

  28. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 5-13-2021

  29. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-14-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 31

  30. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Published 5-15-2021

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Wisconsin Act

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Legislative Reference Bureau

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Author

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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary