AB 314 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)

AB 314 updates state statutes to replace gendered terms like "husband and wife" with gender-neutral language across numerous legal provisions. The bill specifically amends fishing license statutes (such as 29.219(4), 29.228(5), and 29.228(6)) to use inclusive terms like "spouses" instead of gendered language. It also makes similar changes to marriage and parentage rights throughout the statutes. The bill does not create new rights but ensures consistent gender-neutral terminology in existing legal language. This affects how state agencies and legal documents refer to family relationships in multiple areas of law.
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Introduced Jun 6, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Stroud, Udell, Cruz, Neubauer, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Arney, Clancy, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Brown, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Vining and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Ratcliff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff and W
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