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WI SJR 98

in committee

Relating to: equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration).

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did WI SJR 98 pass?

Not yet. WI SJR 98 is in committee as of 2026-03-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SJR 98 about?

WI SJR 98 is a joint resolution in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration).”.

Who sponsors WI SJR 98?

Wirch, Wall, Spreitzer and 8 others are the primary sponsors of WI SJR 98.

Introduced
2025-10-09
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wirchprimary
  • Wallprimary
  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Roysprimary
  • Ratcliffprimary
  • Larsonprimary
  • Habush Sinykinprimary
  • Drakeprimary
  • Dassler-Alfheimprimary
  • Carpenterprimary
  • L. Johnsonprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-09

    Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Brown, McGuire, Palmeri, Snodgrass, Subeck, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hysell, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-09

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-12

    Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-01-20

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-03-23

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

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Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resolution/sjr98

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