Senate Bill 582
Use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 15, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires a school board to designate each pupil restroom and changing room (together, changing room) located in a public school building and accessible by multiple pupils as for the exclusive use of pupils of only one sex. The bill defines "sex" as the physical condition of being male or female, as determined by an individual's reproductive organs and as designated on that individual's birth certificate. With certain exceptions, the bill prohibits a member of the female sex from using a changing room that has been designated as a male changing room and prohibits a member of the male sex from using a changing room that has been designated as a female changing room. In addition, the bill permits a school board to temporarily redesignate a pupil restroom or changing room for special events.
The bill requires a school board to provide reasonable accommodations to a pupil to use a single-occupancy changing room or the regulated use of a faculty changing room if the parent or guardian of the pupil submits a written request to receive the accommodations. The bill requires the school to treat a written request for accommodations as a confidential pupil record.
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The bill also permits a school board to provide a gender-neutral restroom in a school for use by pupils. The bill defines a gender-neutral restroom as a restroom that satisfies all of the following requirements: 1) the restroom has two or more stalls; 2) each stall in the restroom has a floor-to-ceiling door with a lock or latch so that the door may be locked or latched from the inside; 3) each stall in the restroom is separated from any other stall by either a wall or floor-to-ceiling partitions; 4) there are no spaces between the doors, walls, and partitions used in the construction of each stall so that a person standing outside a stall cannot see inside the stall and a person inside a stall cannot see into any other stall; 5) if the restroom has a urinal, the urinal is located in a stall that meets all the other requirements for a stall.
The bill permits the pupil's parent or guardian to file a written complaint regarding a violation of the requirements in the bill, and requires the school board to investigate and attempt to resolve the complaint.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- David Heaton · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 28, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 15, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jan 15, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 15, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Nass, Moulton and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, Thiesfeldt, Craig, Gannon, Horlacher, Jacque, Skowronski, Tittl and Heaton
- Jan 15, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 28, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate