Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin SB 217
Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Smith (Democratic)
- Drake (Democratic)
- Hesselbein (Democratic)
- Larson (Democratic)
- Roys (Democratic)
- Carpenter (Democratic)
- Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic)
- Spreitzer (Democratic)
- Ratcliff (Democratic)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Apr 18, 2025 · Senate
Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor - Apr 16, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development - Apr 16, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Hesselbein, Drake and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Snodgrass, Arney, Cruz, Neubauer, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Udell, Stroud, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Hong, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, Kirsch, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Anderson, Vining, Subeck, Emerson, Bare, Palmeri, Sinicki, Johnson, Roe, Miresse, Sheehan and Mayadev