2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Senate Bill 217

An Act to renumber and amend 786.37 (4); to create 786.37 (4) (a) (intro.) and 786.37 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes; Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.

Status: S - Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
4/18/2025 Sen.Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor164

History

Date / House Action Journal
4/16/2025 Sen.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
162
4/16/2025 Sen.Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development162
4/18/2025 Sen.Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor164
 
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