Subjects

Children — Adoption

103 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 70 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 79 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2025
• AB 220 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2025
• AB 314 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 390 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 761 Relating to: funding for the department of financial institutions from the college savings program trust fund and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 762 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 898 Relating to: registration of births by surrogate mother. Died at session end 2025
• AB 918 Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 223 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2025
• SB 321 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 388 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 752 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 753 Relating to: funding for the department of financial institutions from the college savings program trust fund and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 887 Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 888 Relating to: registration of births by surrogate mother. Died at session end 2025
• AB 13 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 15 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 80 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2023
• AB 107 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2023
• AB 336 Relating to: a grant program for financial assistance for adoption and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 383 Relating to: preadoption training formats. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 501 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2023
• SB 346 Relating to: a grant program for financial assistance for adoption and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 381 Relating to: preadoption training formats. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 385 Relating to: use of social media platforms by minors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 474 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2023
• SB 907 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 950 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1000 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1012 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1142 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1046 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 29 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2021
• AB 138 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. Died at session end 2021
• AB 197 Relating to: pre-adoption training formats. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 360 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2021
• AB 484 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 502 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 577 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 629 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2021
• AB 978 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 294 Relating to: pre-adoption training formats. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 362 Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services. Died at session end 2021
• SB 464 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 483 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 524 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 686 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2021
• SB 879 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1085 Relating to: rescission of adoption by a stepparent and restoration of parental rights. Died at session end 2021
• AB 201 Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and modifying eligibility for the adoption expenses tax deduction. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 263 Relating to: termination of parental rights; the rights of alleged fathers in certain proceedings; and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 337 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 561 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2019
• AB 564 Relating to: eligibility for adoption assistance. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 579 Relating to: access by an adult adoptee to report of adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 625 Relating to: searching for a biological sibling who has been adopted, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 656 Relating to: the Wisconsin Adoption and Permanency Support program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 657 Relating to: scholarships for sibling connections and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 658 Relating to: adoption of children in foster care and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 191 Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and modifying eligibility for the adoption expenses tax deduction. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 232 Relating to: termination of parental rights; the rights of alleged fathers in certain proceedings; and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 521 Relating to: access by an adult adoptee to report of adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 533 Relating to: eligibility for adoption assistance. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 534 Relating to: postadoption contact agreements. Died at session end 2019
• SB 566 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 695 Relating to: searching for a biological sibling who has been adopted, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• AB 208 Relating to: changing the individual income tax deduction eligibility requirements for certain adoption-related expenses. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 417 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 157 Relating to: changing the individual income tax deduction eligibility requirements for certain adoption-related expenses. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 327 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• AB 39 Relating to: jurisdiction and venue in adoption proceedings and investigation of suitability of a home for adoption of a child. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: preadoption preparation requirements and referrals to postadoption resource centers. Became law 2015
• AB 41 Relating to: readoption of a child adopted by a resident of this state under an order of a court of a foreign jurisdiction. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 42 Relating to: including a statement as to whether a child has been adopted in a petition for a proceeding under the Children's Code or Juvenile Justice Code, in a petition for guardianship of a minor, in an informal disposition under the Children's Code or the Juvenile Justice Code, or in a voluntary out-of-home care agreement under the Children's Code, and requiring an annual report to the governor and the legislature on children who enter out-of-home care after they have been adopted or placed under a guardianship. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 513 Relating to: access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 514 Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 528 Relating to: the disclaimer of parental rights by a birth parent and his or her appearance in court. Died at session end 2015
• AB 650 Relating to: contact preference forms for birth parents whose parental rights have been terminated in this state; access by such a birth parent to identifying information about his or her child or an offspring of that child; access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent; and access by an adult adoptee or an adult born to a surrogate mother to his or her original birth certificate. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 816 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AJR 75 Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2015
• SB 386 Relating to: access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 387 Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE) Became law 2015
• SJR 67 Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin. Passed one chamber 2015
• AB 1011 Relating to: extended out-of-home care to 21 years of age for persons who are completing secondary education, enrolled in postsecondary or vocational education, participating in an employment program or activity, employed at least part-time, or incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 17 Relating to: the restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 150 Relating to: posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child; disclosure of the name and address of an out-of-home placement of a child; sharing of home study reports with another agency; elimination of home studies for certain proposed adoptive parents; disclosure of the name and last-known address of a proposed adoptive parent of a child to an agency that is determining the availability of an adoptive placement for a sibling of the child; providing full faith and credit to a tribal court proceeding for a suspension of parental rights or an adoption under tribal law or custom; and jurisdiction over and venue for an adoption petition. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 581 Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 664 Relating to: waiver of a parent's right to counsel in a contested adoption or an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court. Died at session end 2013
• AJR 71 Relating to: Wisconsin Adoption Month. Died at session end 2013
• SB 272 Relating to: the restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 461 Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 504 Relating to: waiver of a parent's right to counsel in a contested adoption or an involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding for failure to personally appear as ordered by the juvenile court. Became law 2013