AB 377 Wisconsin Assembly · 2023-2024 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.

This bill would have required public schools and private schools in Wisconsin to label their athletic teams and sports as male, female, or mixed-sex based on the sex assigned at birth. It prohibited students from participating in sports designated for the opposite sex and mandated written notice to students and parents if a team's designation changed. The legislation also established legal rights for female students to sue schools for damages if they were denied participation or faced retaliation for reporting violations. Although the bill passed the legislature, the governor vetoed it, and the state legislature did not override that veto.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Assembly Passage
Oct 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Aug 11, 2023 Vetoed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly Oct 12, 2023

How they voted

2111
Passed
Total votes 32
Mar 12, 2024
D Democratic9
9 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican23
21 Yea 2 Nay
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Apr 2, 2024
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-2-2024
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 11
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 2, Noes 3
upper
Oct 13, 2023
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
upper
Oct 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 63, Noes 35
lower
Oct 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4
lower
Aug 11, 2023
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Rettinger, Callahan, Magnafici, Binsfeld, O'Connor, Gundrum, Gustafson, Maxey, Bodden, Penterman, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Tusler, S. Johnson, Sapik, Macco, Rozar, Green, Schmidt, Allen, Behnke, Duchow, Hurd, Tittl, Nedweski, Schraa, Wichgers, Edming, Sortwell, Donovan and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Quinn, Marklein, Hutton and Tomczyk
lower
32 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors