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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3636/1
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July 31, 2025 - 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. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR78,1,1
1Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.
AJR78,1,42Whereas, since the Revolutionary War, women have valiantly served in our
3nations military, ensuring the preservation of our security, values, and liberties;
4and
AJR78,1,75Whereas, President Harry S. Truman signed the Womens Armed Services
6Integration Act on June 12, 1948, enabling women to serve as permanent, regular
7members of the U.S. Armed Forces; and
AJR78,1,98Whereas, many states recognize the anniversary of the Womens Armed
9Services Integration Acts signing as Women Veterans Day; and
AJR78,1,1310Whereas, women are the fastest growing demographic in the national veteran
11population, with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs projecting that women
12will constitute nearly one-fifth of the national veteran population by 2040,
13compared to just 4 percent in 2000; and
AJR78,2,214Whereas, the State of Wisconsin Womens Council estimates that Wisconsin

1is currently home to over 29,000 women veterans, or about 10 percent of the states
2veteran population; and
AJR78,2,53Whereas, Wisconsins women veterans continue to serve in vital roles after
4the end of their military service, including as mothers, community leaders,
5businesswomen, educators, and beyond; and
AJR78,2,86Whereas, women veterans experience higher rates of post-traumatic stress
7disorder, sexual violence, and unemployment compared to veterans who are men;
8and
AJR78,2,119Whereas, the State of Wisconsin strives to address these challenges so that
10our women veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, in
11recognition of their immeasurable sacrifices; now, therefore, be it
AJR78,2,1512Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of
13the Wisconsin State Legislature proclaim June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day
14and commend Wisconsins women veterans for their invaluable courage and
15dedication in their service of this country.
AJR78,2,1616(end)
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