AB 100 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

AB 100 requires public and participating private schools to designate athletic teams and sports as "males" or "females" based solely on the sex assigned at birth (as recorded on a birth certificate). It prohibits students assigned male at birth from participating on female-designated teams or using female-designated locker rooms. The bill allows students denied participation or harmed by violations to sue for relief, and gives schools legal recourse if they face penalties for following the policy. This directly affects student athletes in school sports programs and defines participation eligibility based on biological sex at birth.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Vetoed
Mar 2026
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Vetoed Mar 31, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was amended to include a new category allowing athletic teams to be designated as 'mixed-sex,' 'coed,' or 'inclusive,' which was not present in the original version. Additionally, the definition of 'sex' was changed from 'sex determined at birth' to 'biological sex,' and the statute reference was updated to include a new section, 118.315. These changes expand the flexibility for schools to organize teams while maintaining protections against discrimination based on biological sex.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly permit coeducational or inclusive athletic teams as a third option alongside male-only and female-only teams.
DEFINITION

The definition of 'sex' was updated from 'sex determined at birth by a physician' to 'biological sex,' defined as the physical condition of being male or female at birth as stated on the original birth certificate.

REQUIREMENT

A new designation option was added, allowing educational institutions to expressly designate athletic teams as 'Males and females' (referred to as 'mixed-sex,' 'coed,' or 'inclusive').

SCOPE

The statute citation was updated to reflect the creation of a new section, 118.315, in addition to the existing 118.132.

Floor votes · Assembly Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 31, 2026
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-31-2026
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 43
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 3-20-2025 by Committee on Rules
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Knodl, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brooks, Callahan, Donovan, Duchow, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Krug, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell, Steffen, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Kapenga, Nass, Quinn, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard
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29 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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