Another of Senator Andre Jacque’s bills has passed a committee vote.
Senate Bill 294, which aims to enforce stiffer penalties for those who damage and deface historic monuments on public property, passed the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, and is now headed before the full Senate.
The New Franken Senator pointed to the damaging and defacing of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial during Madison’s “No Kings” protests, and the attacks on the Hans Christian Heg statue, which honors an anti-slavery Wisconsin immigrant who organized a Norwegian regiment to fight in the Civil War, and the Forward statue, erected in 1996 to celebrate the women’s suffrage movement.
Sen. Jacque tells SeehaferNews.com, “These shrines, along with memorials and monuments across the state, serve as an important reminder of our shared history. They tell the story of Wisconsin and who we are as a people, and as such, should be protected and honored as records of the past that provide important lessons for the present.”
Identical legislation was previously vetoed by Governor Tony Evers.
