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a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day

a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day

Education
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives McGuire, Wittke, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Knodl, Madison, Miresse, Murphy, Neubauer, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Phelps, Prado, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Wirch, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Education
Effective date
Not listed

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a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day

a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day Status: A - Education

What This Bill Does

  • a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day Status: A - Education

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-12 Asm.

    Representative Roe added as a coauthor

  3. 2025-10-09 Asm.

    Representative Cruz added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-09-09 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-05-22 Asm.

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-05-08 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives McGuire , Wittke , Arney , Bare , Brown , Clancy , DeSanto , DeSmidt , Goodwin , Joers , Johnson , Knodl , Madison , Miresse , Murphy , Neubauer , O'Connor , Ortiz-Velez , Penterman , Phelps , Prado , Rodriguez , Sinicki , Snodgrass , Snyder , Stroud , Stubbs , Taylor , Tenorio , Udell and Wichgers ; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard , Wirch , Habush Sinykin , Carpenter , Drake , Hesselbein , Keyeski , Larson and Spreitzer

  7. 2025-05-08 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day
Status: A - Education

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 256
May 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
McGuire
,
Wittke
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Goodwin
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Knodl
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Murphy
,
Neubauer
,
O'Connor
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Penterman
,
Phelps
,
Prado
,
Rodriguez
,
Sinicki
,
Snodgrass
,
Snyder
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Taylor
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
and
Wichgers
, cosponsored by Senators
Wanggaard
,
Wirch
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Carpenter
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB256,1,2
1
An Act

to create
118.02 (7d) of the statutes;
relating to:
a special observance
2
day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill adds April 24, Armenian Genocide Awareness Day, to the list of special observance days that apply to general school operations. Current law provides a list of 22 special observance days, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Susan B. Anthony’s birthday; Environmental Awareness Day; Bullying Awareness Day; and Veterans Day. Under current law, a special observance day must be appropriately observed when school is held on that day or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on the school day immediately preceding or following the special observance day.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB256,1
3
Section

1
.
118.02 (7d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB256,1,5
4
118.02
(7d)
April 24, as part of Genocide Awareness Month, Armenian
5
Genocide Awareness Day.
AB256,2
1
Section

2
. Initial applicability.
AB256,2,3
2
(
1
)

This act first applies to the school year beginning after the effective date of
3
this subsection.
AB256,2,4
4
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