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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1234
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Subeck
,
Anderson
,
Bare
,
Clancy
,
McCarville
,
Palmeri
,
Sinicki
,
Stubbs
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Roys
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Smith
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB1234,1,8
1
An Act
to repeal
118.019 (2m);
to renumber and amend
118.019 (1m) (b)
2
and 118.019 (2d);
to amend
115.29 (7), 118.019 (1m) (a), 118.019 (2) (intro.),
3
118.019 (2) (a) 1. and 2., 118.019 (2) (a) 5., 118.019 (2) (c), 118.019 (2) (e),
4
118.019 (2) (f), 118.019 (3), 118.019 (4), 118.019 (5) and 146.89 (3r) (e);
to
5
repeal and recreate
118.019 (1), 118.019 (2) (a) 10. and 118.019 (2) (a) 11.;
to
6
create
118.019 (1m) (b) 1. and 3., 118.019 (2) (a) 3., 3m. and 4., 118.019 (2) (a)
7
6., 118.019 (2) (g) and 118.019 (2r) of the statutes;
relating to:
human growth
8
and development instruction.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law and this bill, a school board may offer an instructional program in human growth and development (instructional program) in grades kindergarten to 12. Current law recommends, but does not require, that a school board include certain instructional topics in the instructional program. Under the bill, a school board that offers an instructional program must include certain topics in the instructional program. The required topics are based on the requirements created in
2009 Wisconsin Act 134
, known as the Healthy Youth Act.
Under the bill, the instructional program must present medically accurate information to pupils and must, among other things, address the following topics when age-appropriate:
1. The importance of communication between the pupil and the pupil’s family members about sexuality and decision-making about sexual behavior.
2. Reproductive and sexual anatomy and physiology, including biological, psychosocial, and emotional changes that accompany maturation.
3. Puberty, pregnancy, parenting, body image, and gender stereotypes.
4. The skills needed to make responsible decisions about sexuality and sexual behavior throughout the pupil’s life, including the ability to recognize and unlearn behaviors that include inappropriate verbal, physical, and sexual advances, how to use nonviolent communication and deescalate conflict, and how to identify and report conduct to a trusted adult.
5. The benefits of and reasons for abstaining from sexual activity.
6. The health benefits, side effects, and proper use of contraceptives and barrier methods to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
7. Methods for developing healthy life skills, including setting goals, making responsible decisions, communicating, and managing stress.
8. How alcohol and drug use affect responsible decision-making.
9. The impact of media and one’s peers on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to sexuality.
10. Sexual orientation, including romantic and sexual attraction.
11. Parental responsibility.
12. Online safety, digital literacy, and health literacy.
13. The criminal penalties for engaging in sex.
Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction may apply for federal funds allocated for providing instruction in any of the topics recommended under current law to be included in a human growth and development instructional program. The bill modifies that authority by authorizing the state superintendent to apply for federal funds allocated for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs that meet criteria for program effectiveness.
Finally, the bill allows a volunteer health care provider to provide instruction in human growth and development if the instructional program complies with the requirements above. Under current law, a “volunteer health care provider” is an individual who meets certain licensing requirements and who, while receiving no income, provides certain health care services free of charge to pupils from four-year-old kindergarten to grade six at a public school or private school participating in a parental choice program. Current law explicitly prohibits a volunteer health care provider from providing that instruction.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1234,1
1
Section
1
.
115.29 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1234,2,7
2
115.29
(7)
Teen pregnancy prevention.
Apply for all federal funds
3
allocated for
providing instruction in any of the subjects identified in s. 118.019
4
evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs that meet criteria for program
5
effectiveness, including at least one favored outcome from increased contraceptive
6
use or reduced sexual activity, number of sexual partners, sexually transmitted
7
infections, or pregnancy rates
.
AB1234,2
8
Section
2
.
118.019 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB1234,2,14
9
118.019
(1)
Purpose.
The purpose of this section is to ensure that all school
10
boards provide pupils in their districts with age-appropriate instruction in human
11
growth and development. The instruction should support and enhance
12
communication between pupils and their parents and provide pupils with the
13
knowledge, skills, and support necessary to make healthy decisions now and
14
throughout their lifetimes and to make responsible decisions about sexual behavior.
AB1234,3
15
Section
3
.
118.019 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1234,2,19
16
118.019
(1m)
(a) “Age-appropriate” means suitable to a particular age group
17
of pupils based on
their
the
developing cognitive and emotional capacity
of
and
18
consistent with adolescent development and community standards
behaviors
19
typical for the age group
.
AB1234,4
20
Section
4
.
118.019 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.019 (1m) (b)
21
(intro.) and amended to read:
AB1234,3,2
1
118.019
(1m)
(b) (intro.) “Medically accurate information” means information
2
that is
scientifically-based and published, where
all of the following:
AB1234,3,3
3
2. When
appropriate,
published
in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
AB1234,5
4
Section
5
.
118.019 (1m) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
AB1234,3,6
5
118.019
(1m)
(b) 1. Supported by the weight of research conducted in
6
compliance with accepted scientific methods.
AB1234,3,9
7
3. Recognized as accurate by relevant leading professional organizations or
8
agencies, such as the American Medical Association, the American Public Health
9
Association, or the American Academy of Pediatrics.
AB1234,6
10
Section
6
.
118.019 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1234,3,19
11
118.019
(2)
Subjects.
(intro.) A school board may provide an instructional
12
program in human growth and development in grades kindergarten to 12.
If the
13
school board elects to provide an instructional program under this section, when
14
the school board establishes the curriculum for the instructional program, the
15
school board shall make determinations as to whether and, if so, for what subjects
16
covered in the curriculum the pupils shall be separated by gender.
If
an
a school
17
board elects to provide an
instructional program
is provided
, the
school board shall
18
develop the instructional program to include the subjects under sub. (2r) and to do
19
all of the
following
instructional program is recommended
:
AB1234,7
20
Section
7
.
118.019 (2) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1234,3,23
21
118.019
(2)
(a) 1. The importance of communication
about sexuality
between
22
the pupil and the pupil’s parents
or
,
guardians
, or other family members about
23
sexuality and decision-making about sexual behavior
.
AB1234,4,2
1
2. Reproductive and sexual anatomy and physiology, including biological,
2
psychosocial,
and
emotional
, and intellectual
changes that accompany maturation.
AB1234,8
3
Section
8
.
118.019 (2) (a) 3., 3m. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:
AB1234,4,5
4
118.019
(2)
(a) 3. Puberty and adolescent development, human reproduction,
5
including pregnancy and child birth, parenting, and body image.
AB1234,4,7
6
3m. Gender, gender expression, gender identity, and the harm of gender
7
stereotypes.
AB1234,4,12
8
4. The skills needed to make responsible decisions about sexuality and sexual
9
behavior throughout the pupil’s life, including the ability to recognize and unlearn
10
behaviors that include inappropriate verbal, physical, and sexual advances, how to
11
use nonviolent communication and deescalate conflict, and how to identify and
12
report conduct to a trusted adult.
AB1234,9
13
Section
9
.
118.019 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1234,4,19
14
118.019
(2)
(a) 5. The benefits of and reasons for abstaining from sexual
15
activity. Instruction under this subdivision shall stress the value of abstinence as
16
the
only
most
reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted
17
infections
, and shall identify the skills necessary to remain abstinent
. Abstinence
18
may not be taught in lieu of providing other materials and instruction on
19
contraceptives and disease prevention
.
AB1234,10
20
Section
10
.
118.019 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1234,5,2
21
118.019
(2)
(a) 6. The health benefits, side effects, and proper use of
22
contraceptives and barrier methods approved by the federal food and drug
1
administration to prevent pregnancy and barrier methods approved by the federal
2
food and drug administration to prevent sexually transmitted infections.
AB1234,11
3
Section
11
.
118.019 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
4
read:
AB1234,5,6
5
118.019
(2)
(a) 10. Sexual orientation, including romantic and sexual
6
attraction.
AB1234,12
7
Section
12
.
118.019 (2) (a) 11. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
8
read:
AB1234,5,9
9
118.019
(2)
(a) 11. Online safety, digital literacy, and health literacy.
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