AR 19 — Relating to: the life and public service of Ann Marie Hraychuck.

-Assembly 2022Resolution LEGISLATURE19 LRB-3945/1ENGROSSED RAC:cjs ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 19Relating Juneto: 18, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives M AGNAFICI, M ILROY, SINICKI, BILLINGS, BOWEN , CONLEY, DOYLE, DRAKE , MERSON , HEBL , ESSELBEIN , HINTZ, K ERKMAN , B.M EYERS , OHNSTAD , POPE, S.R ODRIGUEZ, SHANKLAND , SHELTON , SPREITZER , UBECK , TAUCHEN , VRUWINK and M URPHY.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

Relating to:

Hraychuck graduated from Unity High School in 1969 and later entered into the school'sschool’s Hall of Fame;

and Whereas, then-Representativethen−Representative Hraychuck chaired the Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and Wildlife, and also served on the Assembly Committees on Criminal Justice;

Hraychuck'sHraychuck’s tenure in the State Assembly, she advocated for public policies that included, but were not limited to, establishing a hunting mentorship program, improving public safety, increasing funding for rural public LRB-3945/1 - 2022 Legislature - 2 - RAC:cjs schools, expanding recreational outdoors opportunities for people with disabilities and veterans, increasing access to affordable health care, and helping the local economy through expanded job training programs and increased access to capital for small businesses;

Hraychuck served in the Polk County Sheriff'sSheriff’s Department for 32 years, including as Sheriff of Polk County from 2001 to 2006, one of only two women sheriffs in the state, and was awarded the Medal of Valor in 1991 for brave and distinguished service;

and Assembly Resolution 19 − 2− Whereas, Ms.

Hraychuck rose through the ranks in the Sheriff'sSheriff’s Department before her election as Sheriff, serving as a secretary, then a jailer-dispatcher,jailer−dispatcher, and next as an investigator specializing in crimes against children, domestic violence, and homicide cases, as well as a law enforcement educator/trainer statewide for the Wisconsin Department of Justice;

Hraychuck'sHraychuck’s tenure as Sheriff, she had made huge strides in ridding Polk County of illegal methamphetamine production and trade;

Hraychuck belonged to many outdoors groups, including the Polk County Sportsmen'sSportsmen’s Club, of which she was the first woman president, and she served also as a hunter safety education instructor and volunteered with the group Deer Hunt for Hunters with Disabilities;

Hraychuck also was a member of the Polk County Democratic Party, the Wisconsin Sentencing Guidelines Committee, the Violence Against LRB-3945/1 - 2022 Legislature - 3 - RAC:cjs Women Act Advisory Board, and the Polk County Task Forces on Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Child Abuse (chair), and Methamphetamine Abuse;

Hraychuck'sHraychuck’s husband, David Hraychuck, and her stepchildren, David Hraychuck and Katherine Sperry.

(END)S t a t e C a p i t o l Representative Robin J.

Vos Madison, Wisconsin Speaker of the Assembly Edward A.

Blazel Date Assembly Chief Clerk