SJR 131 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: the right to privacy (first consideration).

This bill proposes adding a new constitutional right to privacy. It would create Section 1m in Article I of the state constitution stating: "As a necessary part of a free society, the people have an individual and fundamental right to privacy." If approved by voters, this would establish a fundamental constitutional protection directly affecting all residents, requiring future laws to align with this privacy right. The proposal must be approved by voters in the next general election to become part of the constitution.
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Feb 2026
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Introduced Feb 12, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Feb 12, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Wall, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hysell, Mayadev, Stroud, DeSanto, Arney, Brown, Cruz, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Johnson, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Spaude, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell, Anderson, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Hong, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck and Stubbs
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