Assembly Bill 418
Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, jury duty, and the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services on the basis of a person's gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. (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
Jun 30, 2017
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's gender identity or gender expression, which is defined in the bill as a person's gender-related identity, gender-related appearance, gender-related expression, or gender-related behavior, regardless of the person's assigned sex at birth or gender identifiers on official documents issued by a federal, state, or local government agency. The bill also adds sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression as bases of discrimination in certain other laws prohibiting discrimination.
Current law prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and the equal enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement on the basis of a person's sex or sexual orientation. Current law also prohibits the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, public elementary and secondary schools, and charter schools from discriminating against a student on the basis of the student's sex or sexual orientation. In addition, current law prohibits exclusion of a person from jury duty on the basis of the person's sex or sexual orientation.
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This bill adds gender identity or gender expression as a prohibited basis for discrimination in employment, housing, and the equal enjoyment of a public place of accommodation or amusement; prohibits the UW System, the Technical College System, public elementary and secondary schools, and charter schools from discriminating against a student on the basis of the student's gender identity or gender expression; and prohibits exclusion of a person from jury duty on the basis of the person's gender identity or gender expression.
Current law prohibits motor carriers, automobile insurers, and real estate brokers and salespersons from discriminating against a person on the basis of sex;
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the provision of vocational rehabilitation or mental health services; and prohibits the UW System Board of Regents from investing gifts, grants, and bequests in companies that practice discrimination based on sex.
This bill prohibits motor carriers, automobile insurers, and real estate brokers and salespersons from discriminating against a person on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in the provision of vocational rehabilitation or mental health services; and prohibits the UW System Board of Regents from investing gifts, grants, and bequests in companies that practice discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
The bill also generally prohibits an insurer from discriminating against a person on the basis of age, sex, residence, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, occupation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 34 to 59 · Feb 22, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jul 18, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 14, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 13, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 11, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 10, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 5, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 30, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Jun 30, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 30, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Goyke, Mason, Milroy, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Larson, Miller, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor and Vinehout
- Jun 30, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Jul 5, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 5, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 5, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 10, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 11, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 13, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 13, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 14, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 14, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 18, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 18, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote