Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SJR27 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 27
5	5	April 14, 2023 - Introduced by Senators SPREITZER, ROYS, CARPENTER, AGARD,
6	6	HESSELBEIN and LARSON, cosponsored by Representatives HONG, SNODGRASS,
7	7	NEUBAUER, CABRERA, J. ANDERSON, BARE, CONSIDINE, JACOBSON, JOERS,
8	8	RATCLIFF, STUBBS, SUBECK, C. ANDERSON, BALDEH, CLANCY, DRAKE, MADISON,
9	9	MOORE OMOKUNDE, NOVAK, OHNSTAD, SHELTON, SINICKI and PALMERI. Referred
10	10	to Committee on Senate Organization.
11	11	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
12	12	Relating to: commemorating the exemplary life and service of R. Richard “Dick”
13	13	Wagner.
14	14	Whereas, Roland Richard “Dick” Wagner was born on September 29, 1943, in
15	15	Dayton, Ohio, and passed away on December 13, 2021, in Madison, Wisconsin; and
16	16	Whereas, Dick Wagner moved to Wisconsin in 1965 to attend graduate school
17	17	at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated with a Master of Arts
18	18	in 1967 and his Ph.D. in 1971; and
19	19	Whereas, until his retirement from state service in 2005, Dick Wagner served
20	20	Wisconsin for 33 years, including as a budget analyst at the Department of
21	21	Administration; and
22	22	Whereas, Dick Wagner was elected the first openly gay member of the Dane
23	23	County Board in 1980 and served until 1994, including four years as Chair of the
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41	41	Whereas, Dick Wagner was instrumental in enacting the City of Madison's gay
42	42	rights ordinance in 1974 and Dane County's nondiscrimination ordinance in 1980,
43	43	which paved the way for Wisconsin's statewide nondiscrimination law in 1982; and
44	44	Whereas, Dick Wagner's commitment to leadership extended far beyond his
45	45	own political career through mentorship, advocacy, and service on countless
46	46	community groups and boards; and
47	47	Whereas, Dick Wagner authored two groundbreaking books recounting the
48	48	history of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay
49	49	History and Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin's Recent Gay History, in 2019
50	50	and 2020, respectively; and
51	51	Whereas, Dick Wagner was recognized for his public service as the first
52	52	recipient of Madison's Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award in
53	53	2007, and the City of Madison declared June 25, 2019, as R. Richard Wagner Day;
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55	55	Whereas, Dick Wagner was known to friends and constituents as a kind and
56	56	generous person, who always treated others with dignity and respect; and
57	57	Whereas, Dick Wagner's life and influence will continue to be an inspiration
58	58	through his books, his work, his bravery, and the work of those whom he mentored;
59	59	now, therefore, be it
60	60	Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the
61	61	Wisconsin Legislature recognize and commemorate the exemplary life and service
62	62	of R. Richard “Dick” Wagner.
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