On July 1, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 207 Relating to: creating a hazard mitigation revolving loan program, creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an […]
On June 18, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: SB 10: access to public high schools for military recruiters; SB 41: school safety grants and making an appropriation; SB 94: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions […]
On June 18, 2025, the Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on the following: AB 198: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program; AB 201: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty; AB 232: transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s […]
On June 17, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance met on the following: Section 13.10 Meeting Department of Military Affairs – Major General Matthew J. Strub, Adjutant General The Department of Military Affairs requests a supplement of $2,000,000 GPR in fiscal year 2024-25 from the committee’s appropriation under s. 20.865(4)(a) to the department’s grant program […]
On June 13, 2025, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday at the Rotunda at the State Capitol. Coverage includes: Welcome and Introduction: Christopher Kolakowski Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Post Colors: Wisconsin Army National Guard Color Guard Star Spangled Banner: Francis Scott Key – Lyrics; Natalie Popp – Vocalist, Miss Capital […]
On May 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Education held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 10 Relating to: access to public high schools for military recruiters. Senate Bill 11 Relating to: allowing representatives of certain federally chartered youth membership organizations to provide information to pupils on public school property. Senate Bill 58 […]
On April 22, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 23: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women; Senate Bill 24: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in […]
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, is hosting a Two Lights for Tomorrow ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol on April 14, 2025. This event is the kickoff of a week long commemoration recognized in the 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 17. This event […]
On April 3, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Colbert, Laura Of Waupaca, as an At-Large Member on the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2025 Mcphetridge, Mary Of Washburn, as a Lake Superior Representative on the […]
On March 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs and Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs held a joint informational hearing featuring invited testimony from the Department of Military Affairs on Wisconsin National Guard Legislative Report FY24 Received by the Legislature 02/04/2025.
On January 28, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 2 Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War Clearinghouse Rule 24-030 Relating to simplifying, reducing, modernizing, and making […]
