# Wisconsin AJR23: Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

Wisconsin AJR23, Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Mike Bare (Democratic), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Ryan Clancy (Democratic) and 22 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AJR23
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-04-15
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Mike Bare (Democratic), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Ryan Clancy (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Jodi Emerson (Democratic), Alex Joers (Democratic), Dean Kaufert (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Darrin Madison (Democratic), Maureen McCarville (Democratic), Paul Melotik (Republican), Vincent Miresse (Democratic), David Murphy (Republican), Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Ann Roe (Democratic), Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), Lisa Subeck (Democratic), Travis Tranel (Republican), Randy Udell (Democratic), Robyn Vining (Democratic), Robert Wittke (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Subjects: Asm Joint Resolution 23, Disease, Holidays and special dates
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Bare (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Brienne Brown (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ryan Clancy (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Jodi Emerson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Dean Kaufert (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Darrin Madison (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Maureen McCarville (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Vincent Miresse (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Todd Novak (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ann Roe (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Travis Tranel (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Randy Udell (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Robyn Vining (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Robert Wittke (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karen DeSanto (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kalan Haywood (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jenna Jacobson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Wirch (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (9)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-22: Laid on the table (House)
- 2025-04-22: Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-21: Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-18: Representative Haywood added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 by Committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-04-15: Read and referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-04-15: Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Kaufert, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Joers, Kitchens, Knodl, Madison, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Stubbs, Tranel, Udell, Vining and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wanggaard and Wirch (House)

## Bill text

- Joint Resolution Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR23), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR23.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Joint Resolution Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR23)
- [Joint Resolution Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR23.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AJR23-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).