| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0057/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | MJW:cdc |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 24, 2025 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, TOMCZYK, CARPENTER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | KEYESKI, PFAFF, RATCLIFF, SPREITZER, WALL, WANGGAARD and WIRCH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Representatives MURPHY, SNYDER, ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, |
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| 8 | 8 | | BARE, BEHNKE, BILLINGS, BRILL, BROWN, DESMIDT, DONOVAN, FRANKLIN, |
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| 9 | 9 | | HYSELL, B. JACOBSON, KITCHENS, KREIBICH, MAXEY, MCCARVILLE, MELOTIK, |
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| 10 | 10 | | MIRESSE, MURSAU, O'CONNOR, PALMERI, PIWOWARCZYK, RIVERA-WAGNER, |
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| 11 | 11 | | SHEEHAN, SINICKI, SPAUDE, SUBECK, TENORIO, TUCKER, TUSLER and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Military Affairs. |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT to amend 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) and 45.51 (2) (a) 1.; to create 36.27 (2) (b) |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5., 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g., 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. and 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes; |
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| 16 | 16 | | relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in |
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| 17 | 17 | | support of the United States during the Vietnam War. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill expands the definition of “veteran” to include individuals who were |
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| 20 | 20 | | naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000. The bill |
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| 21 | 21 | | extends most veterans benefits to anyone who meets this newly expanded definition |
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| 22 | 22 | | of veteran, however, admission to a state veterans home and burial in a veterans |
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| 23 | 23 | | cemetery are not included benefits as they are subject to federal regulation. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 36.27 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 36.27 (2) (b) 5. A person who is a resident of and living in this state at the time 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 28 | 28 | | SENATE BILL 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | - 2 - LRB-0057/1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MJW:cdc |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of registering at an institution, and who is a veteran as described under s. 45.01 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (12) (fm), is entitled to the exemption under par. (a). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (12) (fm). |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described under s. 45.01 (12) |
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| 39 | 39 | | (fm). |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 45.01 (12) (fm) A person who was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | federal Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L. 106-207, and resides in |
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| 43 | 43 | | this state. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 5. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the following: |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 6. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 45.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described under s. 45.01 (12) |
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| 49 | 49 | | (fm). |
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| 50 | 50 | | (END) |
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