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WI SJR115
Joint Resolution
Status
12/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Melissa Ratcliff
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AI Summary
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Proclaims November 20 in 2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance to memorialize those murdered as a result of transphobia
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Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts
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Cites American Medical Association recognition of violence against transgender and nonbinary people as an epidemic
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References Human Rights Campaign data showing at least 33 fatal incidents against transgender and gender-expansive people in 2023, and at least 30 in 2024
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Introduced December 12, 2025 by Senator Ratcliff and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
Legislative Description
Proclaiming November 20 in 2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Last Action
Representative Tenorio added as a cosponsor
12/16/2025