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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

Introduced
2025-10-09
Status date
—
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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