The 2025-26 session was defined by two simultaneous realities. We saw repeated efforts to restrict speech and privacy, target LGBTQ+ people, and increase involvement in federal immigration enforcement. At the same time, sustained advocacy secured meaningful victories, including protections for DACA recipients, postpartum Medicaid extension, codifying Indigenous students’ rights, and the defeat of dozens of harmful proposals.

The work you see documented in these pages — all the policy proposals our team tracked, every legislative hearing where we submitted testimony, every harmful bill we helped to stop, and every meaningful protection we fought to advance — was made possible by the volunteers, donors, and advocates who supported the work and fought alongside the ACLU of Wisconsin this session.