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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 51
February 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Wimberger
,
Cabral-Guevara
,
Nass
and
Wanggaard
, cosponsored by Representatives
Steffen
,
Brill
,
Brooks
,
Callahan
,
Dittrich
,
Gundrum
,
B. Jacobson
,
Knodl
,
Maxey
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
Nedweski
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Spiros
and
Wichgers
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB51,1,3
1
An Act
to create
1.14 (1) (am) and 1.14 (1m) of the statutes;
relating to:
flags
2
flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related
3
administrative rule.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits any flag other than the U.S. flag, the state flag, the official POW/MIA flag recognized by Congress, and the official flags of each branch of the U.S. armed forces from being flown, hung, or displayed from any flagpole or building, structure, or facility, including the state capitol, that is owned or occupied entirely by a state agency or authority or by a city, village, town, or county. However, the bill authorizes the legislature to make exceptions for state flagpoles and facilities by joint resolution adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of all members elected to each house. Similarly, a city, village, town, or county may make exceptions for its flagpoles and facilities by a three-fourths majority vote of all members elected to its governing body.
The bill also repeals an administrative rule that includes requirements similar to those of the bill but that authorizes the governor to make exceptions. The bill delays its requirements for state flagpoles and facilities until January 1, 2027.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB51,1
1
Section
1
.
1.14 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB51,2,2
2
1.14
(1)
(am) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.
SB51,2
3
Section
2
.
1.14 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB51,2,10
4
1.14
(1m)
(a) The U.S. flag, the state flag, the official POW/MIA flag
5
recognized by Congress under P.L.
101-355
, and the official flags of each branch of
6
the U.S. armed forces shall be the only flags flown, hung, or displayed from any
7
flagpole or building, structure, or facility, including the state capitol, that is owned
8
or occupied entirely by a state agency or state authority, except that the legislature
9
may direct otherwise by joint resolution adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of
10
all members elected to each house.
SB51,2,16
11
(b) The U.S. flag, the state flag, the official POW/MIA flag recognized by
12
Congress under P.L.
101-355
, and the official flags of each branch of the U.S. armed
13
forces shall be the only flags flown, hung, or displayed from any flagpole or building,
14
structure, or facility that is owned or occupied entirely by a political subdivision,
15
except that a political subdivision may direct otherwise by a three-fourths majority
16
vote of the members elect of its governing body.
SB51,3
17
Section
3
.
Adm 2.07 (1) of the administrative code is repealed.
SB51,4
18
Section
4
. Initial applicability.
SB51,2,20
19
(
1
)
State facilities.
The treatment of s. 1.14 (1m) (a) first applies to flags
20
flown, hung, or displayed on January 1, 2027.
SB51,5
21
Section
5
. Effective dates.
This act takes effect on the day after
22
publication, except as follows:
SB51,3,2
1
(
1
)
Notwithstanding s. 227.265, the treatment of administrative rules takes
2
effect on January 1, 2027.
SB51,3,3
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