Trans Legislation Tracker

Wisconsin

We are tracking 12 anti-trans bills in Wisconsin in 2025. The legislation impacts 4 categories:

SPORTS

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

OTHER

WI AB100

SPORTS
ENGROSSED

Designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

An Act to amend 118.13 (1); to create 118.132 of the statutes; Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

An institution that operates or sponsors an intercollegiate or club athletic team or sport shall do all of the following: 1. Expressly designate the athletic team or sport as one of the following based on the sex of the participating students: a. Males or men. b. Females or women.

WI AB102

SPORTS
ENGROSSED

Designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

An Act to amend 36.12 (1) and 38.23 (1); to create 36.25 (58) and 38.12 (15) of the statutes; Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

An institution that operates or sponsors an intercollegiate or club athletic team or sport shall do all of the following: 1. Expressly designate the athletic team or sport as one of the following based on the sex of the participating students: a. Males or men. b. Females or women.

WI AB103

EDUCATION
ENGROSSED

School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.

An Act to create 118.1255 of the statutes; Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.

Each school board shall adopt a policy related to the conditions under which the school board will do each of the following: (a) Change a pupil's legal name or a pupil's legal name and pronouns in official school records. (b) Allow school board employees to regularly use or refer to a pupil who is a minor by a name other than the pupil's legal name or by pronouns other than the pronouns provided at the time the pupil first enrolls in the school district.

WI AB104

HEALTHCARE
ENGROSSED

Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

An Act to amend 441.07 (2), 448.02 (6), 448.02 (9) (intro.) and 448.978 (2) (intro.); to create 146.36, 441.07 (1j), 448.02 (3m) and 448.978 (1v) of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

A health care provider may not engage in, cause the engagement in, or make a referral for, any of the following practices upon a minor for the purpose of changing the minor's body to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the minor's biological sex: (a) Performing a surgery that sterilizes an individual [...] (b) Performing a mastectomy. (c) Administering, prescribing, or supplying any of the following medications: 1. Puberty-blocking drugs to stop or delay normal puberty. 2. [...] testosterone or other androgens to biological females. 3. [...] estrogen to biological males.

WI AB46

OTHER
INTRODUCED

Flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

An Act to create 1.14 (1) (am) and 1.14 (1m) of the statutes; Relating to: flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

This bill prohibits any flag other than the U.S. flag, the state flag, the official POW/MIA flag recognized by Congress, and the official flags of each branch of the U.S. armed forces from being flown, hung, or displayed from any flagpole or building, structure, or facility, including the state capitol, that is owned or occupied entirely by a state agency or authority or by a city, village, town, or county.

WI AB58

OTHER
INTRODUCED

Flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

An Act to create 1.14 (1m) of the statutes; Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

No flag flown, hung, or displayed [...] may be a flag that has been used for or is used for ceremonial purposes related to [...] a sexual orientation or gender identity, [...] nor a flag that commemorates, represents, or shows support for [...] a sexual orientation or gender identity.

WI SB116

SPORTS
INTRODUCED

Designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

An Act to amend 36.12 (1) and 38.23 (1); to create 36.25 (58) and 38.12 (15) of the statutes; Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

An institution that operates or sponsors an intercollegiate or club athletic team or sport shall [...] 2. Prohibit students of the male sex from participating on an athletic team or in a sport that is designated for females or women under [...] 3. Prohibit students of the male sex from using locker rooms designated for females.

WI SB117

SPORTS
INTRODUCED

Designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

An Act to amend 118.13 (1); to create 118.132 of the statutes; Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

An educational institution that operates or sponsors an interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport shall do all of the following: [...] (b) Prohibit pupils of the male sex from participating on an athletic team or in an athletic sport that is designated for females [...] (c) Prohibit pupils of the male sex from using locker rooms designated for females.

WI SB120

EDUCATION
INTRODUCED

School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.

An Act to create 118.1255 of the statutes; Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.

A school board shall include at least all of the following in a policy adopted under sub. (2) (b): (a) A pupil's parent or legal guardian determines the names and pronouns school staff may use to refer to the pupil who is a minor during school hours. (b) During school hours, school staff may not refer to a pupil who is a minor by using a name or pronouns that do not align with the pupil's biological sex without written authorization from the pupil's parent or legal guardian.

WI SB157

HEALTHCARE
INTRODUCED

Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

An Act to amend 441.07 (2), 448.02 (6), 448.02 (9) (intro.) and 448.978 (2) (intro.); to create 146.36, 441.07 (1j), 448.02 (3m) and 448.978 (1v) of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

A health care provider may not engage in, cause the engagement in, or make a referral for, any of the following practices upon a minor for the purpose of changing the minor's body to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the minor's biological sex: (a) Performing a surgery that sterilizes an individual [...] (b) Performing a mastectomy. (c) Administering, prescribing, or supplying any of the following medications: 1. Puberty-blocking drugs to stop or delay normal puberty. 2. [...] testosterone or other androgens to biological females. 3. [...] estrogen to biological males.

WI SB40

OTHER
INTRODUCED

Flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

An Act to create 1.14 (1m) of the statutes; Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

No flag flown, hung, or displayed under an exception in par. (b) may be a flag that has been used for or is used for ceremonial purposes related to [...] a sexual orientation or gender identity, [...] nor a flag that commemorates, represents, or shows support for or opposition to [...] a sexual orientation or gender identity, or [...] ideological [...] viewpoint.

WI SB51

OTHER
INTRODUCED

Flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

An Act to create 1.14 (1) (am) and 1.14 (1m) of the statutes; Relating to: flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

This bill prohibits any flag other than the U.S. flag, the state flag, the official POW/MIA flag recognized by Congress, and the official flags of each branch of the U.S. armed forces from being flown, hung, or displayed from any flagpole or building, structure, or facility, including the state capitol, that is owned or occupied entirely by a state agency or authority or by a city, village, town, or county.