WI-SB217-2026
Wisconsin · SB 217 · 2025–2026
Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- WI-SB217-2026
- State
- Wisconsin
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- failed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 217, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Wis. 2025), https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb217.
- Short citation
- Wis. S.B. 217.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Ratcliff | Democratic | Senator | SD-016 | Primary sponsor |
| Mark Spreitzer | Democratic | Senator | SD-015 | Primary sponsor |
| Kristin Dassler-Alfheim | Democratic | Senator | SD-018 | Primary sponsor |
| Timothy Carpenter | Democratic | Senator | SD-003 | Primary sponsor |
| Kelda Roys | Democratic | Senator | SD-026 | Primary sponsor |
| Christopher Larson | Democratic | Senator | SD-007 | Primary sponsor |
| Dianne Hesselbein | Democratic | Senator | SD-027 | Primary sponsor |
| Dora Drake | Democratic | Senator | SD-004 | Primary sponsor |
| Jeff Smith | Democratic | Senator | SD-031 | Primary sponsor |
30 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Clancy | Democratic | Representative | HD-019 | Co-sponsor |
| Lee Snodgrass | Democratic | Representative | HD-052 | Co-sponsor |
| Margaret Arney | Democratic | Representative | HD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Angelina Cruz | Democratic | Representative | HD-062 | Co-sponsor |
| Greta Neubauer | Democratic | Representative | HD-066 | Co-sponsor |
| Christian Phelps | Democratic | Representative | HD-093 | Co-sponsor |
| Amaad Rivera-Wagner | Democratic | Representative | HD-090 | Co-sponsor |
| Randy Udell | Democratic | Representative | HD-047 | Co-sponsor |
| Angela Stroud | Democratic | Representative | HD-073 | Co-sponsor |
| Ben DeSmidt | Democratic | Representative | HD-065 | Co-sponsor |
| Angelito Tenorio | Democratic | Representative | HD-014 | Co-sponsor |
| Francesca Hong | Democratic | Representative | HD-076 | Co-sponsor |
| Joan Fitzgerald | Democratic | Representative | HD-046 | Co-sponsor |
| Alex Joers | Democratic | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| Darrin Madison | Democratic | Representative | HD-010 | Co-sponsor |
| Karen Kirsch | Democratic | Representative | HD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| Supreme Omokunde | Democratic | Representative | HD-017 | Co-sponsor |
| Sylvia Ortiz-Velez | Democratic | Representative | HD-008 | Co-sponsor |
| Clinton Anderson | Democratic | Representative | HD-045 | Co-sponsor |
| Robyn Vining | Democratic | Representative | HD-013 | Co-sponsor |
| Lisa Subeck | Democratic | Representative | HD-079 | Co-sponsor |
| Jodi Emerson | Democratic | Representative | HD-091 | Co-sponsor |
| Mike Bare | Democratic | Representative | HD-080 | Co-sponsor |
| Lori Palmeri | Democratic | Representative | HD-054 | Co-sponsor |
| Christine Sinicki | Democratic | Representative | HD-020 | Co-sponsor |
| Tara Johnson | Democratic | Representative | HD-096 | Co-sponsor |
| Ann Roe | Democratic | Representative | HD-044 | Co-sponsor |
| Vinnie Miresse | Democratic | Representative | HD-071 | Co-sponsor |
| Joe Sheehan | Democratic | Representative | HD-026 | Co-sponsor |
| Renuka Mayadev | Democratic | Representative | HD-077 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (4,527 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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