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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Assembly BILL 467

July 13, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Cabrera, Neubauer, Spreitzer, Anderson, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Vining and Subeck, cosponsored by Senators Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith and L. Taylor. Referred to Committee on Assembly Organization.

AB467,1,3 An Act relating to: establishing a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates the Transgender Equality Task Force. The task force is required to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals in Wisconsin and provide recommendations to the governor and the legislature on how to ensure the equality and improve the lives of those individuals. The recommendations must address the following areas:

1. Health care.

2. Long-term care.

3. Education in primary and secondary schools.

4. Higher education.

5. Housing, including the prevention and reduction of homelessness among transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming youth and adults.

6. Employment.

7. Criminal justice, policing, and prisons.

8. Any other issue the task force considers relevant.

The task force consists of the following members:

1. A representative of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance whose duties or expertise includes insurance services and policies as applied to transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals.