Senate Bill 75
Eliminating certain abortion prohibitions
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
Feb 5, 2021
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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, Jul 25, 2022: “Representative Hintz added as a cosponsor”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
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 repeals a statute relating to abortion that has been held unenforceable by a federal court. Under that statute, any person, other than the mother, who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child is guilty of a Class H felony.
“Unborn child" is defined as a human being from the time of conception until born alive. Also, any person, other than the mother, who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn quick child or causes the mother's death by an act done with intent to destroy the life of an unborn child is guilty of a Class E felony. None of these penalties apply to a therapeutic abortion that is performed by a physician; is necessary, or advised by two other physicians as necessary, to save the life of the mother; and, unless an emergency prevents, is performed in a licensed maternity hospital.
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The statute was cited in Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (1973), as similar to a Texas statute that was held to violate the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The unenforceability of the statute following the Roe v. Wade decision was noted in a subsequent decision by a federal district court, Larkin v.
McCann , 368 F. Supp. 1352 (E.D. Wis., 1974).
Who's behind it
12 senators are its . All 12 are Democrats.
35 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (35)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Vruwink and Doyle
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate vote
Failed, 12 to 21 · Jan 25, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to withdraw from the committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 21”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Jul 14, 2022 to Jul 25, 2022
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 15, 2021 to Dec 1, 2021
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 5, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.
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Feb 5, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Johnson, L. Taylor, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Emerson, Andraca, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, B. Meyers, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Vining and Considine
- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families
- Nov 15, 2021 · Senate
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- Nov 17, 2021 · Senate
Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
- Dec 1, 2021 · Senate
Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Refused to withdraw from the committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 21
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Jul 14, 2022 · Senate
- Jul 25, 2022 · Senate
Representative Hintz added as a cosponsor
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote