Bills by subject

Vital statistics

40 bills and resolutions. 5 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 21 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 103 School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 595 Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 146 Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 1022 Creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 13, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 28

Mar 23, 2026
AB 44: Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 90: Copies of and inspection or disclosure of information contained in certain vital records. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 28, 2025
AB 99: Authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 103: School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 124: Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 215: Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 311: Changing an individual’s sex on a birth certificate.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 314: Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 390: Access to an original impounded birth record. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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May 13, 2026
AB 595: Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 762: Creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 898: Registration of births by surrogate mother.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 13, 2026
AB 1022: Creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Aug 11, 2025
SB 43: Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 52: Copies of and inspection or disclosure of information contained in certain vital records. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 86: Authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 120: School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 146: Prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 217: Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 312: Changing an individual’s sex on a birth certificate.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 321: Adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 388: Access to an original impounded birth record. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 595: Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 752: Creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 888: Registration of births by surrogate mother.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1008: Creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 9

Mar 23, 2012
AB 12: The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 379: Keeping certain name changes confidential.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 693: Evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; requiring informed consent for performance of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 165: Birth certificates for Milwaukee County residents.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 323: Birth certificates that are requested for the purpose of voting.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 412: Obtaining a certified copy of a birth certificate.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 460: The provision of notices to, and the exercise of rights by, an unborn child's guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceedings investigations when the individual who is suspected of the abuse or neglect cannot be identified; eliminating a voluntary foster care education program developed by the Department of Children and Families; releasing a frozen bank account of a support obligor; deleting a reference to minors acknowledging paternity; parties on whom the summons and petition must be served in a paternity action when the respondent is deceased; and the maximum prison term length stated in the form for a paternity action summons (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 532: Evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; requiring informed consent for performance of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 544: Keeping certain name changes confidential.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2009–10 session: 3

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 858: The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 546: Authorizing the copying of a birth certificate in order for a child to participate in an organized youth sport.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject