Dianne Hesselbein

Senator · Wisconsin

Party

Democratic

State

Wisconsin

Chamber

Senator

District

SD-027

Years active

2014–2026

Bills sponsored

57 bills

Bills sponsored

• WI-AB215-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
• WI-AB314-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
• WI-AB316-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
• WI-AB359-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibiting conversion therapy.
• WI-AB361-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
• WI-AB588-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Statutory right to contraception.
• WI-AJR31-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-AJR76-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-AJR79-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month.
• WI-SB217-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
• WI-SB320-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
• WI-SB321-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
• WI-SB324-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Prohibiting conversion therapy.
• WI-SB380-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
• WI-SB589-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Statutory right to contraception.
• WI-SJR109-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Recognizing October 26 in 2025 and 2026, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
• WI-SJR31-2026 pending · primary sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-SJR68-2026 pending · primary sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-SJR73-2026 failed · primary sponsor
  Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month.
• WI-AB1000-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
• WI-AB307-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
• WI-AB436-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee's child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
• WI-AB526-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Pupil discrimination and private school participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty.
• WI-AJR20-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-AJR50-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
• WI-AJR51-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing October 26, 2023, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
• WI-AJR61-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing June 2023 as LGBTQ Pride Month.
• WI-SB1065-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Prohibiting conversion therapy.
• WI-SB307-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
• WI-SB393-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
• WI-SB430-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee's child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
• WI-SB505-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Pupil discrimination and private school participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty.
• WI-SB698-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence related to sex, gender, or sexuality.
• WI-SB907-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
• WI-SJR15-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-SJR41-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Recognizing October 26, 2023, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
• WI-SJR42-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
• WI-SJR51-2024 failed · primary sponsor
  Recognizing June 2023 as LGBTQ Pride Month.
• WI-AB360-2022 failed · primary sponsor
  Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.
• WI-AJR25-2022 failed · primary sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2021, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-AJR85-2022 failed · primary sponsor
  Recognizing October 26, 2021, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
• WI-SB362-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.
• WI-SJR18-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Proclaiming March 31, 2021, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.
• WI-SJR66-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing October 26, 2021, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
• WI-AB319-2020 failed · primary sponsor
  Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, jury duty, and the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. (FE)
• WI-AJR68-2020 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-SB308-2020 failed · co-sponsor
  Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, jury duty, and the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. (FE)
• WI-SJR51-2020 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-AJR68-2018 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-SB867-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's gender identity. (FE)
• WI-SJR27-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  Proclaiming November 20, 2017, Transgender Day of Remembrance in Wisconsin.
• WI-SJR65-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-AB524-2016 failed · primary sponsor
  Policies related to transgender pupils.
• WI-AJR53-2016 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-SJR46-2016 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-AJR109-2014 failed · primary sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
• WI-SJR74-2014 failed · co-sponsor
  Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).