The Wisconsin Senate passed five measures aimed at keeping males out of female sports and locker rooms
The Wisconsin State Senate approved five bills aimed at ensuring fairness in school athletics, protecting parental rights, and safeguarding minors from certain gender transition medical interventions.
The legislation—Assembly Bills 100, 102, 103, and 104, plus Senate Bill 405—passed largely along party lines, with ABs 100-104 approved 18-15 and SB 405 by voice vote.
AB 100 and AB 102 mandate that K-12 schools, University of Wisconsin System institutions, and technical colleges designate sports teams based on biological sex, as indicated on an individual’s original birth certificate. These bills prohibit biological males from joining female teams or accessing female locker rooms, showers, or changing areas to promote competitive equity and privacy.
AB 103 requires written parental consent for schools to use pronouns or names for minor students that differ from their biological sex, emphasizing parental involvement in such decisions.
AB 104 bans healthcare providers from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or performing surgeries to align a minor’s physical appearance with a gender identity different from their biological sex. Exceptions are provided for treating specific intersex or congenital conditions.
SB 405 allows individuals who underwent gender transition procedures as minors to pursue civil lawsuits against providers for any resulting physical, psychological, or emotional harms, with claims possible until age 33.
Republicans have long supported the measures as protecting women’s athletics from unfair advantages and preventing children from making permanent life-altering choices they may later regret. Democrats, though, voiced strong objections.
The bills advance to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is highly likely to veto them.
