AB501,19,1310 111.32 (7j) “Gender identity or gender expression” means any of the following
11with respect to an individual, whether actual or perceived, and regardless of the
12individual's assigned sex at birth or gender identifiers on official documents issued
13by a federal, state, or local government agency:
AB501,19,1414 (a) Gender-related identity.
AB501,19,1515 (b) Gender-related appearance.
AB501,19,1616 (c) Gender-related expression.
AB501,19,1717 (d) Gender-related behavior.
AB501,45 18Section 45 . 111.321 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,20,2 19111.321 Prohibited bases of discrimination. Subject to ss. 111.33 to
20111.365, no employer, labor organization, employment agency, licensing agency, or
21other person may engage in any act of employment discrimination as specified in s.
22111.322 against any individual on the basis of age, ; race,; creed, ; color,; disability,;
23marital status,; sex, ; national origin,; ancestry ,; sexual orientation; gender identity
24or gender expression;
arrest record,; conviction record,; military service ,; use or
25nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during nonworking hours,; or

1declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious
2matters or political matters.
AB501,46 3Section 46. 111.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,20,5 4111.36 (title) Sex, sexual orientation , gender identity or gender
5expression
; exceptions and special cases.
AB501,47 6Section 47. 111.36 (1) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,20,177 111.36 (1) (br) Engaging in harassment that consists of unwelcome verbal or
8physical conduct directed at another individual because of that individual's gender,
9or gender identity or gender expression, other than the conduct described in par. (b),
10and that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive
11work environment or has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with that
12individual's work performance. Under this paragraph, substantial interference with
13an employee's work performance or creation of an intimidating, hostile or offensive
14work environment is established when the conduct is such that a reasonable person
15under the same circumstances as the employee would consider the conduct
16sufficiently severe or pervasive to interfere substantially with the person's work
17performance or to create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
AB501,48 18Section 48. 111.36 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,20,2219 111.36 (1) (c) Discriminating against any woman individual on the basis of
20pregnancy, childbirth, maternity parental leave, or related medical conditions by
21engaging in any of the actions prohibited under s. 111.322, including, but not limited
22to, actions concerning fringe benefit programs covering illnesses and disability.
AB501,49 23Section 49. 111.36 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,21,524 111.36 (1) (d) 1. For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
25employment agency or other person to refuse
Refusing to hire, employ, admit, or

1license, or to bar or terminate any individual; barring or terminating from
2employment, membership, or licensure any individual ,; or to discriminate
3discriminating against an any individual in promotion, in compensation , or in the
4terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of the individual's sexual
5orientation; or or gender identity or gender expression.
AB501,50 6Section 50. 111.36 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,21,127 111.36 (1) (d) 2. For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
8employment agency or other person to discharge
Discharging or otherwise
9discriminate discriminating against any person because he or she the person has
10opposed any discriminatory practices under this paragraph or because he or she the
11person
has made a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding under this
12paragraph.
AB501,51 13Section 51. 111.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,21,2014 111.36 (2) For the purposes of this subchapter, sex is a bona fide occupational
15qualification if all of the members of one sex are physically incapable of performing
16the essential duties required by a job, or if the essence of the employer's business
17operation would be undermined if employees were not hired exclusively from one sex,
18provided that an individual may not, for the purposes of this subsection, be treated
19or regarded inconsistent with the individual's gender identity, or discriminated
20against based on the individual's gender identity or gender expression
.
AB501,52 21Section 52. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,22,2522 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees have the right
23of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to
24bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in
25lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual

1aid or protection. Municipal employees have the right to refrain from any and all
2such activities. A general municipal employee has the right to refrain from paying
3dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety
4employee or a transit employee, however, may be required to pay dues in the manner
5provided in a fair-share agreement; a fair-share agreement covering a public safety
6employee or a transit employee must contain a provision requiring the municipal
7employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the
8earnings of the employee affected by the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount
9deducted to the labor organization. A fair-share agreement covering a public safety
10employee or transit employee is subject to the right of the municipal employer or a
11labor organization to petition the commission to conduct a referendum. Such
12petition must be supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the employees in the
13collective bargaining unit desire that the fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon
14so finding, the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuation of the
15agreement is not supported by at least the majority of the eligible employees, it shall
16terminate. The commission shall declare any fair-share agreement suspended upon
17such conditions and for such time as the commission decides whenever it finds that
18the labor organization involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual
19orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender expression, as
20defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
creed, or sex to receive as a member any public safety
21employee or transit employee of the municipal employer in the bargaining unit
22involved, and such agreement is subject to this duty of the commission. Any of the
23parties to such agreement or any public safety employee or transit employee covered
24by the agreement may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask
25the performance of this duty.
AB501,53
1Section 53. 111.81 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,23,52 111.81 (12) (b) Which discriminates with regard to the terms or conditions of
3membership because of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation , as defined in
4s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
or
5national origin.
AB501,54 6Section 54. 111.85 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,23,167 111.85 (2) (b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of
8membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
9commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
10refused on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32
11(13m), gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
or creed to
12receive as a member any public safety employee in the collective bargaining unit
13involved, and the agreement shall be made subject to the findings and orders of the
14commission. Any of the parties to the agreement, or any public safety employee
15covered thereby, may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and
16petition the commission to make such a finding.
AB501,55 17Section 55. 118.019 (2d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,24,218 118.019 (2d) Nondiscrimination. An instructional program under this section
19shall use instructional methods and materials that, consistent with s. 118.13 (1), do
20not discriminate against a pupil based upon the pupil's race, gender, gender identity
21or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
religion, sexual orientation, as
22defined in s. 111.32 (13m),
or ethnic or cultural background or against sexually active
23pupils or children with disabilities. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
24prohibit a school board from approving an instructional program under this section

1that includes instruction on abstinence from sexual activity or that is
2abstinence-centered.
AB501,56 3Section 56. 118.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,24,114 118.13 (1) Except as provided in s. 120.13 (37m), no person may be denied
5admission to any public school or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits
6of, or be discriminated against in any curricular, extracurricular, pupil services,
7recreational, or other program or activity because of the person's sex,; race,; religion, ;
8national origin,; ancestry,; creed,; pregnancy ,; marital or parental status, ; sexual
9orientation or, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m); gender identity or gender expression, as
10defined in s. 111.32 (7j);
or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability of the
11person or of the person's parent
.
AB501,57 12Section 57. 118.13 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB501,24,1613 118.13 (1m) A school board may not discriminate against a pupil-led
14organization because the organization's mission is related to sexual orientation, as
15defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s.
16111.32 (7j).
AB501,58 17Section 58. 118.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,25,418 118.20 (1) No discrimination because of sex, except where sex is a bona fide
19occupational qualification as defined in s. 111.36 (2), ; race, nationality; national
20origin; sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m); gender identity or gender
21expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j);
or political or religious affiliation may be
22practiced in the employment of teachers or administrative personnel in public
23schools or in their assignment or reassignment. No questions of any nature or form
24relative to sex, except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification, as defined
25described in s. 111.36 (2),: race, nationality; national origin; sexual orientation, as

1defined in s. 111.32 (13m); gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s.
2111.32 (7j);
or political or religious affiliation may be asked applicants for teaching
3or administrative positions in the public schools either by public school officials or
4employees or by teachers agencies or placement bureaus.
AB501,59 5Section 59. 118.40 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,25,116 118.40 (4) (b) 2. Except as provided in sub. (3) (h), discriminate in admission
7or deny participation in any program or activity on the basis of a person's the sex,;
8race,; religion, ; national origin,; ancestry ,; pregnancy,; marital or parental status,;
9sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m); gender identity or gender
10expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j);
or physical, mental, emotional, or learning
11disability of the person or of the person's parent.
AB501,60 12Section 60. 194.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,25,16 13194.025 Discrimination prohibited. No motor carrier may engage in any
14practice, act, or omission which that results in discrimination on the basis of race,
15creed, sex, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender
16expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
or national origin.
AB501,61 17Section 61. 224.77 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,25,2518 224.77 (1) (o) In the course of practice as a mortgage banker, mortgage loan
19originator, or mortgage broker, except in relation to housing designed to meet the
20needs of elderly individuals, treat a person unequally solely because of sex, race,
21color, handicap disability, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender
22identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
religion, national origin,
23age, or ancestry, the person's lawful source of income, or the sex, marital status, or
24status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s.
25106.50 (1m) (u), of the person maintaining a household.
AB501,62
1Section 62. 227.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,26,52 227.10 (3) (a) No rule, either by its terms or in its application, may discriminate
3for or against any person by reason of sex, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32
4(13m), gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
race, creed,
5color, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry.
AB501,63 6Section 63. 230.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,26,137 230.01 (2) (b) It is the policy of this state to provide for equal employment
8opportunity by ensuring that all personnel actions including hire, tenure or term,
9and condition or privilege of employment be based on the ability to perform the duties
10and responsibilities assigned to the particular position without regard to age, race,
11creed or religion, color, disability, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation,
12as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s.
13111.32 (7j),
or political affiliation.
AB501,64 14Section 64. 230.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,27,2 15230.18 Discrimination prohibited. No question in any form of application
16or in any evaluation used in the hiring process may be so framed as to elicit
17information concerning the partisan political or religious opinions or affiliations of
18any applicant nor may any inquiry be made concerning such those opinions or
19affiliations and all disclosures thereof of those opinions or affiliations shall be
20discountenanced except that the director may evaluate the competence and
21impartiality of applicants for positions such as clinical chaplain in a state
22institutional program. No discriminations may be exercised in the recruitment,
23application, or hiring process against or in favor of any person because of the person's
24political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of age, sex, disability, race,
25color, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender

1expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
national origin, or ancestry, except as
2otherwise provided.
AB501,65 3Section 65. 234.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,27,13 4234.29 Equality of occupancy and employment. The authority shall
5require that occupancy of housing projects assisted under this chapter be open to all
6regardless of sex,; race,; religion,; creed; sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32
7(13m); gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j); or
status as
8a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m)
9(u), or creed, and that contractors and subcontractors engaged in the construction of
10economic development or housing projects, shall provide an equal opportunity for
11employment, without discrimination as to sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, as
12defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s.
13111.32 (7j),
or creed.
AB501,66 14Section 66. 321.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,27,25 15321.37 No discrimination. No person, otherwise qualified, may be denied
16membership in the national guard or state defense force because of sex, color, race,
17creed, or sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or gender identity or
18gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
and no member of the national guard
19or state defense force may be segregated within the national guard or state defense
20force on the basis of sex, color, race, creed, or sexual orientation, as defined in s.
21111.32 (13m), or gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j)
.
22Nothing in this section prohibits separate facilities for persons of different sexes with
23regard to dormitory accommodations, toilets, showers, saunas, and dressing rooms,
24except that no person may be denied equal access to facilities most consistent with
25the person's gender identity
.
AB501,67
1Section 67. 440.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,28,72 440.45 (1) Each licensed company shall adopt a policy of nondiscrimination on
3the basis of trip origin or destination, race, color, national origin, religious belief or
4affiliation, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or
5gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), with respect to
6passengers and prospective passengers and notify all of its participating drivers of
7the nondiscrimination policy.
AB501,68 8Section 68. 440.45 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,28,129 440.45 (2) A participating driver may not discriminate against any passenger
10or prospective passenger on the basis of destination, race, color, national origin,
11religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, as defined in s.
12111.32 (13m),
or gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j).
AB501,69 13Section 69. 452.14 (3) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,28,1814 452.14 (3) (n) Treated any person unequally solely because of sex,; race, ; color,;
15handicap, disability; national origin,; ancestry, ; marital status,; lawful source of
16income,; sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m); gender identity or gender
17expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j);
or status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual
18assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u).
AB501,70 19Section 70. 625.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,29,520 625.12 (2) Classification. Except as provided in s. 632.729, risks may be
21classified in any reasonable way for the establishment of rates and minimum
22premiums, except that no classifications may be based on race, color, creed or,
23national origin, sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), or gender identity
24or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
and classifications in automobile
25insurance may not be based on physical condition or developmental disability as

1defined in s. 51.01 (5). Subject to ss. 632.365 and 632.729, rates thus produced may
2be modified for individual risks in accordance with rating plans or schedules that
3establish reasonable standards for measuring probable variations in hazards,
4expenses, or both. Rates may also be modified for individual risks under s. 625.13
5(2).
AB501,71 6Section 71 . 628.34 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB501,29,127 628.34 (3) (c) No insurer may refuse to insure or refuse to continue to insure,
8or limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to an individual, or charge
9an individual a different rate for the same coverage because of a person's age, sex,
10residence, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status,
11occupation, gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), or
12sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m).
AB501,72 13Section 72. 632.35 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,29,19 14632.35 Prohibited rejection, cancellation , and nonrenewal. No insurer
15may cancel or refuse to issue or renew an automobile insurance policy wholly or
16partially because of one or more of the following characteristics of any person: a
17person's
age, sex, residence, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry,
18marital status or, occupation, gender identity or gender expression, as defined in s.
19111.32 (7j), or sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m)
.
AB501,73 20Section 73. 756.001 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB501,30,221 756.001 (3) No person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be
22excluded from that service in any court of this state on the basis of sex, race, color,
23sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender identity or gender
24expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j),
disability, religion, national origin, marital

1status, family status, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry or because of a
2physical condition.
AB501,30,33 (End)
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