AJR 91 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday.

AJR 91 is a ceremonial joint resolution recognizing the U.S. Navy's 250th birthday on October 13, 2025, marking the anniversary of the Continental Congress vote to establish the Navy on October 13, 1775. It expresses the Wisconsin Legislature's appreciation for the Navy's historical service and its legacy of defending U.S. freedoms, values, and interests over 250 years. The resolution has no binding effect or policy changes; it solely serves to honor the Navy's history and its connections to Wisconsin through shipbuilding, named vessels, and military contributions.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Oct 2025

Assembly Passage

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Oct 2025

Governor

Introduced Sep 15, 2025 Last action Jan 8, 2026

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What changed between versions

Joint Resolution Text → Enrolled Joint Resolution · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft version to an enrolled (final) version, adding signatures from legislative leaders and changing the date references from 2025 to 2026 to reflect the current legislative session. The content of the resolution regarding the U.S. Navy's 250th birthday remains substantively the same, though some punctuation was adjusted.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability did not change; it is still a resolution recognizing the U.S. Navy's birthday.

TIMELINE

The header date was changed from the 2025-2026 session to the 2026 session, and the resolution text changed the recognition date from October 13, 2025, to October 13, 2026, to align with the new legislative session.

TECHNICAL

Signatures from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, and the Assembly Chief Clerk were added to finalize the bill.

Minor punctuation changes were made, such as replacing apostrophes with brackets around possessive words like 'Navy's' and 'Wisconsin's'.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Oct 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

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upper

Oct 8, 2025

Committee

Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization

upper

Oct 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted

lower

Sep 15, 2025

Committee

Read and referred to Committee on Rules

lower

Sep 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Anderson, Bare, Behnke, Brooks, Brown, Callahan, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, McCarville, Melotik, Murphy, Nedweski, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger,

lower

49 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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