Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 388

Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin commission for the United States semiquincentennial commission to coordinate the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. (FE)

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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates the Wisconsin commission for the United States

semiquincentennial commission and attaches the commission to the Department of

Veterans Affairs. The commission is charged with planning, coordinating, and

implementing a program to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of

the United States, specifically highlighting the role of Wisconsin in that event. The

commission must coordinate with other federal, state, and local agencies, including

the Wisconsin Historical Society, to improve infrastructure and to welcome tourists

and must prepare educational opportunities for public, private, and tribal

elementary and secondary schools to use.

Under the bill, public elementary and

secondary schools in this state must provide a semiquincentennial-related event or

educational opportunity to pupils during the 2025-26 school year. In addition, the

commission must report annually to the governor and the legislature on its progress,

its expenditures, a timeline for events, and any recommendations for legislation to

implement the commission's recommendations. Under the bill, the commission

ceases to exist as of January 1, 2027, and must disburse any property of the

commission to federal, state, local, and private groups.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Jun 16, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Oct 13, 2021 official source full page