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- 2024 LEGISLATURE
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 22
     March 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, SPREITZER, AGARD,
         CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS, SMITH, TAYLOR and WIRCH,
         cosponsored by Representatives SINICKI, PALMERI, MADISON, C. ANDERSON, J.
         ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, BILLINGS, CABRERA, CLANCY, CONLEY,
         CONSIDINE, DOYLE, DRAKE, EMERSON, GOYKE, HAYWOOD, HONG, JACOBSON,
         JOERS, MCGUIRE, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MYERS, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD,
         ORTIZ-VELEZ, RATCLIFF, RIEMER, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SNODGRASS, STUBBS,
         SUBECK and VINING. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
 Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.
      Whereas, Equal Pay Day occurs each year on the day that symbolizes how far
 into the new year women must work full time to earn the same wages that their male
 counterparts earned the previous year; and
      Whereas, since World War II, when Wisconsin women worked in factories and
 shipyards, Wisconsin women remain among the most likely in the United States to
 be in the paid workforce, consistently ranking among the top 10 of states; and
      Whereas, in 2021, about 63 percent of Wisconsin women age 16 years and older
 were in the civilian labor force; and
      Whereas, 2023 marks 104 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment by
 Congress on June 4, 1919, which was one of the first steps in providing equal rights
 to women; and
      Whereas, working Wisconsin women contribute to a profoundly better quality
 of life in our state by significantly raising the incomes of their families and their
 communities; and
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      Whereas, Wisconsin narrowed its pay equity gap between 2004, when women
 earned on average 29 cents less per dollar than men, and 2021, when women earned
 on average 17 cents less per dollar; and
      Whereas, in 2021, Asian women earned 21 cents less per dollar than Asian men,
 Hispanic women earned 12 cents less than Hispanic men, and Black women earned
 6 cents less than Black men; and
      Whereas, continued progress in narrowing the pay equity gap in Wisconsin will
 help to maintain Wisconsin families' high quality of life; now, therefore, be it
      Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the legislature
 recognizes Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day for all working women in
 Wisconsin.
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