2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3640/1
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June 19, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Drake, Carpenter, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Hesselbein, cosponsored by Representatives Tenorio, Prado, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Taylor, Udell, Vining and Snodgrass. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR72,1,1
1Relating to: proclaiming June 2025 as Immigrant Heritage Month. SJR72,1,32Whereas, these lands were inhabited by Indigenous peoples for millennia 3before immigrants from around the world settled here; and SJR72,1,64Whereas, for generations, individuals from every corner of the globe have 5made the United States and Wisconsin their home, shaping the unique character of 6our state and nation; and SJR72,1,97Whereas, Wisconsin is currently home to approximately 308,000 immigrants, 8as well as nearly 130,000 U.S.-born children with one or more immigrant parents; 9and SJR72,1,1110Whereas, immigrants helped Wisconsin achieve statehood in 1848, and 177 11years later, immigrants continue to enrich and advance our state; and SJR72,1,1412Whereas, many of Wisconsin’s largest and most important sectors—including 13art, science, government, education, farming, and tourism—have benefited from 14the dedication and labor of immigrants; and SJR72,2,3
1Whereas, immigrants play a vital role in our economy, generating an 2estimated household income of $13.5 billion and contributing approximately $1.2 3billion in state and local taxes annually; and SJR72,2,74Whereas, immigrants account for 11.5 percent of Wisconsin’s agricultural 5workforce and 15 percent of the information technology workforce, and Wisconsin's 6immigrant population includes 18,200 entrepreneurs whose business income 7exceeds $527 million annually; and SJR72,2,118Whereas, Immigrant Heritage Month is a time for Wisconsinites to come 9together in a spirit of unity, kindness, and inclusivity, rejecting prejudice against 10immigrants regardless of legal status or nation of origin and celebrating their 11ongoing contributions to our communities and state; now, therefore, be it SJR72,2,1412Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin 13Legislature proclaims June 2025 as Immigrant Heritage Month in the state of 14Wisconsin.
