2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 217

Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 9

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Senate Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 4

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
April 18, 2025	Senate	Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
April 16, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
April 16, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Hesselbein, Drake and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Snodgrass, Arney, Cruz, Neubauer, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Udell, Stroud, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Hong, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, Kirsch, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Anderson, Vining, Subeck, Emerson, Bare, Palmeri, Sinicki, Johnson, Roe, Miresse, Sheehan and Mayadev

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.