| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-2976/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | FFK:skw |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 246 |
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| 5 | 5 | | May 9, 2025 - Introduced by Senators WANGGAARD, WIRCH, HABUSH SINYKIN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | CARPENTER, DRAKE, HESSELBEIN, KEYESKI, LARSON and SPREITZER, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Representatives MCGUIRE, WITTKE, ARNEY, BARE, BROWN, |
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| 8 | 8 | | CLANCY, DESANTO, DESMIDT, GOODWIN, JOERS, JOHNSON, KNODL, MADISON, |
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| 9 | 9 | | MIRESSE, MURPHY, NEUBAUER, O'CONNOR, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PENTERMAN, |
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| 10 | 10 | | PHELPS, PRADO, RODRIGUEZ, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SNYDER, STROUD, STUBBS, |
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| 11 | 11 | | TAYLOR, TENORIO, UDELL and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | Education. |
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| 14 | 14 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 15 | 15 | | AN ACT to create 118.02 (7d) of the statutes; relating to: a special observance |
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| 16 | 16 | | day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 18 | 18 | | This bill adds April 24, Armenian Genocide Awareness Day, to the list of |
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| 19 | 19 | | special observance days that apply to general school operations. Current law |
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| 20 | 20 | | provides a list of 22 special observance days, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Day; Susan B. Anthony[s birthday; Environmental Awareness Day; Bullying |
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| 22 | 22 | | Awareness Day; and Veterans Day. Under current law, a special observance day |
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| 23 | 23 | | must be appropriately observed when school is held on that day or, if the day falls on |
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| 24 | 24 | | a Saturday or Sunday, on the school day immediately preceding or following the |
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| 25 | 25 | | special observance day. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 118.02 (7d) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 118.02 (7d) April 24, as part of Genocide Awareness Month, Armenian |
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| 30 | 30 | | Genocide Awareness Day. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 36 | 36 | | SENATE BILL 246 |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - LRB-2976/1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. Initial applicability. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) This act first applies to the school year beginning after the effective date of |
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| 42 | 42 | | this subsection. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (END) |
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