SJR70: Joint Resolution Text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE

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2025 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 70

June 17, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin, Jacque, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Roys, Drake, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch, Pfaff, Keyeski, Larson and L. Johnson, cosponsored 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. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR70,1,1 Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.

SJR70,1,4 Whereas, since the Revolutionary War, women have valiantly served in our nation’s military, ensuring the preservation of our security, values, and liberties; and

SJR70,1,7 Whereas, President Harry S. Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948, enabling women to serve as permanent, regular members of the U.S. Armed Forces; and

SJR70,1,9 Whereas, many states recognize the anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act’s signing as Women Veterans Day; and

SJR70,1,13 Whereas, women are the fastest growing demographic in the national veteran population, with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs projecting that women will constitute nearly one-fifth of the national veteran population by 2040, compared to just 4 percent in 2000; and

SJR70,2,2 Whereas, the State of Wisconsin Women’s Council estimates that Wisconsin is currently home to over 29,000 women veterans, or about 10 percent of the state’s veteran population; and

SJR70,2,5 Whereas, Wisconsin’s women veterans continue to serve in vital roles after the end of their military service, including as mothers, community leaders, businesswomen, educators, and beyond; and

SJR70,2,8 Whereas, women veterans experience higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual violence, and unemployment compared to veterans who are men; and

SJR70,2,11 Whereas, the State of Wisconsin strives to address these challenges so that our women veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, in recognition of their immeasurable sacrifices; now, therefore, be it

SJR70,2,15 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin State Legislature proclaim June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day and commend Wisconsin’s women veterans for their invaluable courage and dedication in their service of this country.

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