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WI AB809

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ann Roe

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits criminal prosecution, fines, or imprisonment against a woman for the outcome of her own pregnancy, including stillbirth, miscarriage, abortion, or any pregnancy outcome not resulting in a live birth

  • Bars law enforcement officers and agencies from investigating a person as a crime suspect because of any pregnancy outcome they experienced

  • Requires law enforcement to obtain consent from the person whose pregnancy was affected before investigating crimes related to another person's pregnancy outcome

  • Prohibits state, county, city, village, town, and federal pass-through funds from being used to compensate investigations of persons as crime suspects based on their pregnancy outcomes

  • Excludes fetal tissue from pregnancy outcomes (other than live birth or stillbirth) from the definition of "corpse" for criminal penalties related to mutilating/hiding a corpse or concealing a child's death

Legislative Description

Investigation of any pregnancy outcome and civil and criminal liability exemptions relating to pregnancy outcome.

Last Action

Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice and Public Safety12/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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