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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 76
July 9, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Smith
,
Ratcliff
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Moses
,
Phelps
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Brown
,
DeSmidt
,
Murphy
,
Roe
and
Subeck
. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR76,1,1
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Relating to:
honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin.
SJR76,1,4
2
Whereas, Senator Bruce Peloquin, a dedicated public servant, business
3
executive, and school psychologist, passed away in Eau Claire on October 2, 2024, at
4
the age of 87; and
SJR76,1,6
5
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was born on November 3, 1936, in Chippewa Falls,
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the youngest of Anna and Frank Peloquin’s 10 children; and
SJR76,1,10
7
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin graduated from McDonell Central Catholic High
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School in Chippewa Falls in 1954 and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in
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business administration in 1966 and a master’s in school psychology in 1973 from
10
the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire; and
SJR76,1,14
11
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin’s first forays into public service were his two
12
unsuccessful runs for the Chippewa Falls City Council, losing the second race by a
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mere seven votes, followed by his tenure on the Chippewa County Board from 1962
14
to 1965; and
SJR76,2,3
1
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1964,
2
serving from 1965 to 1971, and was only the second Democrat in the 20th century to
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hold the seat from Chippewa County; and
SJR76,2,7
4
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin served on the Assembly Committees on Education,
5
Tourism, Elections, Public Welfare, and Review of Administrative Rules, as well as
6
the Committee to Visit State Institutions, the Joint Interim Committee, and the
7
Council on Traffic Law Enforcement; and
SJR76,2,17
8
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was elected to the Wisconsin Senate and served
9
from 1971 to 1979 with appointments to the Joint Committee on Finance; the
10
Senate Committees on Education, Audit, Government and Veterans’ Affairs, and
11
Health, Education and Welfare; the Education Commission of the States; the
12
Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission Legislative Advisory
13
Committee; the Interim Study Committee on Campus Funding and Faculty Salary
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Equity in the University of Wisconsin System; the Environmental Education
15
Council; the Special Committee on Education Program Review Project; and
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Legislative Council committees on education, the school aid formula, and
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compulsory attendance; and
SJR76,2,22
18
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin’s proudest legislative achievements included his role
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in strengthening child abuse laws, requiring public schools to provide special
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education, requiring public schools to employ reading specialists, aligning state
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statute with the state constitution’s guarantee of free public education, and
22
supporting the foster grandparent program; and
SJR76,3,3
23
Whereas, in addition to being a legislator, Bruce Peloquin was a “jack of all
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trades,” having worked on a cement crew; tended bar at Glen Loch Saloon; co-owned
1
the Bloomer golf course; been employed at Mason Shoe, Uniroyal Tires, and 3M; and
2
served as a licensed school psychologist at public schools in Greenwood, New
3
Auburn, Gilman, and Cameron; and
SJR76,3,5
4
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin enjoyed golf, card games, back-road travels,
5
auctions, antiques, flea markets, birdwatching, and nature; and
SJR76,3,10
6
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was an accomplished woodworker, spending years
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deconstructing 14 barns from around Wisconsin and a pickle factory in Chippewa
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Falls to salvage materials for the “recycled house” that he lived in with his wife, and
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constructing the timber cross that now stands at Round Hill, a sacred site in the
10
community of Arkansaw; and
SJR76,3,12
11
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin was a loving husband to Nancy and a devoted father
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to his children, Simone, Traci, and Dean; and
SJR76,3,14
13
Whereas, Bruce Peloquin will be remembered for wit, wisdom, and generosity;
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now, therefore, be it
SJR76,3,17
15
Resolved by the
senate
, the
assembly
concurring, That
the members of
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the Wisconsin Legislature honor the life and public service of Senator Bruce S.
17
Peloquin and extend their condolences to his family and friends.
SJR76,3,18
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