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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 888
January 27, 2026 - Introduced by Senator
Jacque
, cosponsored by Representatives
Wichgers
,
Brill
,
Kreibich
and
Maxey
. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB888,1,2
1
An Act
to renumber and amend
69.14 (1) (h);
to create
69.14 (1) (h) 2. of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
registration of births by surrogate mother.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a child is born to a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother must be entered on the child’s birth record and information about the father must be omitted from the birth record. If a court determines parental rights over the child, the clerk of court must report the court’s determination to the state registrar, who must prepare and register a new birth record and send notice to the local registrar who filed the original record to have the replaced record destroyed.
Under this bill, a court may not determine parental rights over a child born to a surrogate mother unless at least one individual petitioning for parental rights is biologically related to the child.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB888,1
3
Section
1
.
69.14 (1) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 69.14 (1) (h) 1. and
4
amended to read:
SB888,2,10
1
69.14
(1)
(h) 1. If the registrant of a birth record under this section is born to
2
a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother shall be entered on the
3
birth record and the information about the father shall be omitted from the birth
4
record.
If
Subject to subd. 2., if
a court determines parental rights over the
5
registrant, the clerk of court shall report the court’s determination to the state
6
registrar on a form prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required
7
under s. 69.22. Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall prepare and
8
register a new birth record for the registrant under s. 69.15 (6) and send notice of
9
the new record to the local registrar who filed the original record. Upon receipt of
10
the notice, the local registrar shall destroy his or her copy of the replaced record.
SB888,2
11
Section
2
.
69.14 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB888,2,14
12
69.14
(1)
(h) 2. A court may not determine parental rights over a registrant
13
under subd. 1., except through an adoption proceeding, unless at least one
14
individual petitioning for paternal rights is biologically related to the registrant.
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