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WI AB215

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ryan Clancy

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new exception to Wisconsin's name change publication requirement for individuals seeking to conform their name with their gender identity
  • Current law requires name change petitions to be published in a local newspaper once a week for three consecutive weeks before the court hearing
  • Existing exceptions allow confidential name changes only when the petitioner demonstrates publication could endanger them and they are not avoiding debt or concealing a criminal record
  • Gender identity-based name changes would only require showing the petitioner is not avoiding debt or concealing a criminal record, without needing to prove endangerment
  • Takes effect on the first day of the 6th month after publication and applies to petitions filed on or after that date

Legislative Description

Eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.

Last Action

Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

4/23/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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