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WI SB589
Bill
Status
10/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dianne Hesselbein
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AI Summary
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Establishes a statutory right for individuals to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, and a corresponding right for health care providers to provide contraceptives, contraception, and contraception-related information
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Prohibits the state and political subdivisions from enforcing any law that restricts the sale, provision, or use of FDA-approved contraceptives, or that restricts anyone from helping another person obtain contraceptives
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Requires any party defending restrictions on contraception access to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the restriction significantly advances safety and that no less restrictive alternative exists
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Allows the attorney general, individuals, health care providers, or patients to bring civil actions against violators, with courts authorized to grant injunctive relief and award costs and attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs
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Covers FDA-approved contraceptives including oral contraceptives, long-acting reversible contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, condoms, injectables, vaginal barrier methods, patches, and rings, as well as fertility-awareness-based methods and sterilization procedures
Legislative Description
Statutory right to contraception.
Last Action
Representative Roe added as a cosponsor
3/12/2026