# Wisconsin AJR78: Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.

Wisconsin AJR78, Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Clinton Anderson (Democratic), Margaret Arney (Democratic), Mike Bare (Democratic) and 18 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 AJR78
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-07-31
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Clinton Anderson (Democratic), Margaret Arney (Democratic), Mike Bare (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Jodi Emerson (Democratic), Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), Kalan Haywood (Democratic), Alex Joers (Democratic), Tara Johnson (Democratic), Dean Kaufert (Republican), Karen Kirsch (Democratic), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Maureen McCarville (Democratic), Vincent Miresse (Democratic), Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Lisa Subeck (Democratic), Angelito Tenorio (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Asm Joint Resolution 78, Holidays and special dates, Veteran, Women
- 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: Clinton Anderson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Margaret Arney (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Mike Bare (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jodi Emerson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Kalan Haywood (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Tara Johnson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Dean Kaufert (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Karen Kirsch (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Maureen McCarville (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Vincent Miresse (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Angela Stroud (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Angelito Tenorio (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jenna Jacobson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ann Roe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joe Sheehan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Wirch (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Representative Roe added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-01-08: Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-10-28: Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-07-31: Read and referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-07-31: Introduced by Representatives McCarville, Sinicki, Stroud, Kreibich, DeSmidt, Ortiz-Velez, Kaufert, Kirsch, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Fitzgerald, Bare, Miresse, Joers, Arney, Dittrich, Emerson, Subeck, Anderson, Johnson and Haywood; cosponsored by Senators Habush Sinykin, Jacque, Carpenter, Roys, Drake, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch, Pfaff, Keyeski, Larson, Hesselbein and L. Johnson (House)

## Bill text

- Joint Resolution Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR78), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR78.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Joint Resolution Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR78)
- [Joint Resolution Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR78.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AJR78-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).