Wisconsin Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)
Status: Failed on March 15 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-15 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber 15.04 (1) (g), 48.82 (1), 106.58, 118.13 (1), 118.20 (1), 230.18 and 756.001 (1); and to create 15.04 (1) (g) 1., 16.70 (10p), 16.70 (10t), 36.05 (10g), 36.05 (10r), 38.01 (6g), 38.01 (6r), 47.01 (4), 47.01 (4m), 48.82 (1g), 51.01 (13g), 51.01 (13r), 66.1011 (1m) (f), 66.1011 (1m) (g), 66.1201 (3) (mg), 66.1201 (3) (mr), 66.1213 (4) (ng), 66.1213 (4) (nr), 66.1301 (3) (pg), 66.1301 (3) (pr), 66.1331 (3) (hm), 66.1331 (3) (jm), 66.1333 (2m) (hm), 66.1333 (2m) (im), 106.50 (1m) (pg), 106.50 (1m) (pr), 106.52 (1) (dg), 106.52 (1) (er), 106.58 (1), 111.32 (12k), 111.32 (12L), 111.70 (1) (mg), 111.70 (1) (mr), 111.81 (15p), 111.81 (15u), 118.13 (1) (a), 118.134 (1g), 118.20 (1) (a), 118.40 (4) (ae), 194.01 (11m), 194.01 (12m), 224.71 (12g), 224.71 (12r), 227.01 (10g), 227.01 (10r), 230.18 (1), 234.01 (11), 234.01 (12), 321.01 (10g), 321.01 (10r), 440.40 (5g), 440.40 (5r), 600.03 (40g), 600.03 (40r) and 756.001 (1d) of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting discrimination based on traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.

Prohibiting discrimination based on traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.

Sen. Lena Taylor [D]	Sen. LaTonya Johnson [D]	Sen. Kelda Roys [D]	Sen. Melissa Agard [D]
Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Robert Wirch [D]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]	Rep. LaKeshia Myers [D]
Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]	Rep. Dora Drake [D]	Rep. Katrina Shankland [D]	Rep. Sara Rodriguez [D]
Rep. Jimmy Anderson [D]	Rep. Gary Hebl [D]	Rep. Greta Neubauer [D]	Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez [D]
Rep. Francesca Hong [D]	Rep. Jodi Emerson [D]	Rep. Lee Snodgrass [D]	Rep. Marisabel Cabrera [D]
Rep. Samba Baldeh [D]	Rep. Sue Conley [D]	Sen. Dianne Hesselbein [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]
Rep. Robyn Vining [D]	Rep. Gordon Hintz [D]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Kristina Shelton [D]
Rep. Jill Billings [D]	Rep. Jonathan Brostoff [D]	Rep. David Bowen [D]	Rep. Dave Considine [D]
Rep. Evan Goyke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-15	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2021-10-04	Senate	Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
2021-03-31	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform
2021-03-31	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb251
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB251.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/related/records/senate/labor_and_regulatory_reform/1681556.pdf