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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
WI SB146 (2026)
Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
- Session
- 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Vetoed
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Birth Certificate or Identification Change BanGender Marker Change Ban
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Mar 21, 2025) at docs.legis.wisconsin.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text at docs.legis.wisconsin.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Introduced | |
| Senate | Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| Senate | Public hearing held | |
| Senate | Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard | |
| Senate | Executive action taken | |
| Senate | Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 | |
| Senate | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 | |
| Senate | Available for scheduling | |
| Senate | Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) | |
| Senate | Read a second time | |
| Senate | Senate Amendment 1 adopted | |
| Senate | Ordered to a third reading | |
| Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading | |
| Senate | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15 | |
| Senate | Ordered immediately messaged | |
| Assembly | Received from Senate | |
| Assembly | Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor | |
| Assembly | Read first time and referred to committee on Rules | |
| Assembly | Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules | |
| Assembly | Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up | |
| Assembly | Read a second time | |
| Assembly | Ordered to a third reading | |
| Assembly | Rules suspended | |
| Assembly | Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 54, Noes 45 | |
| Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged | |
| Senate | Received from Assembly concurred in | |
| Senate | Report correctly enrolled | |
| Senate | Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 | |
| Senate | Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-20-2026 | |
| Senate | Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a) | |
| Senate | Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82 |
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