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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 154

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Relating to: creating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day.

Holidays and special dates Minority groups Veteran

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cabrera (D) , Edming (R) , Hong (D) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Petryk (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R)

18 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Bradley (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Larson (D) , Loudenbeck, S. Rodriguez and Schraa , Marklein (R) , Petrowski (R) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roth (R) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer, Subeck and Emerson , Wanggaard (R) , Wimberger (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

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

Passed 11–0 May 5, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  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