2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-2649/1
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May 2, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Tenorio, Mayadev, Hong, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Haywood, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, McGuire, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Johnson, Udell, Vining and Cruz, cosponsored by Senators Habush Sinykin, Wall, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR39,1,4
1Relating to: recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
2(AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of
3Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the
4history of the United States. AJR39,1,65Whereas, the people of Wisconsin join together each May to pay tribute to the 6generations of AANHPI who have enriched the history of the United States; and AJR39,1,87Whereas, the history of AANHPI in Wisconsin is inextricably tied to the story 8of Wisconsin; and AJR39,1,129Whereas, there are approximately 24 million U.S. residents who identify as 10Asian and approximately 1.6 million U.S. residents who identify as Native 11Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, comprising about 7 percent of the total 12population; and AJR39,1,1413Whereas, Wisconsin’s AANHPI population totaled 194,173 in 2020 and has 14increased 82 percent since the 2000 Census; and AJR39,2,3
1Whereas, the AANHPI community is an inherently diverse population, 2composed of more than 45 distinct ethnicities and more than 100 language dialects; 3and AJR39,2,64Whereas, the immigration of Hmong refugees from Laos to Wisconsin from 51975 through the 1990s enriched the state immeasurably as Wisconsin has the 6third largest Hmong population in the U.S.; and AJR39,2,107Whereas, the month of May was selected for Asian/Pacific American Heritage 8Month because the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the United States on May 97, 1843, and the first transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, 10with substantial contributions from Chinese immigrants; and AJR39,2,1311Whereas, the recent enactment of 2023 Wisconsin Act 266 ensures that the 12unique histories and cultures of Asian Americans and Hmong Americans are 13taught to schoolchildren throughout Wisconsin; and AJR39,2,1714Whereas, AANHPI Heritage Month provides the people of Wisconsin with an 15opportunity to recognize and celebrate the achievements, contributions, and history 16of AANHPI communities and understand the challenges they face; now, therefore, 17be it AJR39,3,218Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin 19State Legislature recognizes AANHPI Heritage Month as an important time to 20celebrate the significant contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native 21Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of Wisconsin, and recognizes that
1Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities 2strengthen and enhance the rich diversity of Wisconsin.