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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
November 12, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Mursau, Milroy, B.
Meyers, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Drake,
Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer,
Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs,
Subeck and Vining, cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Agard,
Bewley,
Larson, Ringhand, Roys and Smith. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
AB705,1,2
1An Act to amend 118.02 (12) and 421.301 (6) of the statutes;
relating to:
2Indigenous Peoples Day.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the special observance day Columbus Day is renamed
Indigenous Peoples Day.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB705,1
3Section 1
. 118.02 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
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118.02
(12) The 2nd Monday in October
12, Christopher Columbus' birthday 5, Indigenous Peoples Day.
AB705,2
6Section 2
. 421.301 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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421.301
(6) “Business day" means any calendar day except Saturday and
8Sunday, and except the following business holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther
9King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
1Day,
Columbus Indigenous Peoples Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and
2Christmas.
