Legislation

This bill establishes standards and requirements related to free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System (UWS) and Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) institutions.

AB-446/SB-445 directs all state and local government entities to consider the IHRA definition of antisemitism, including its examples but The IHRA definition and its non-exhaustive list of examples are overbroad by equating protected speech with unprotected discrimination.

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suits are frivolous lawsuits intended to punish speech protected by the First Amendment.

This bill could criminalize various aspects of lawful assembly and threaten punishment of innocent protesters.

This bill would require governmental units and schools to refrain from banning or unreasonably restricting access to materials based on viewpoint.

Section 11 of this bill would criminalize conduct protected by the First Amendment such as posting someone's information online with the intent to annoy them.

This bill would require schools to notify parents and guardians of their student's school library materials no later than 24 hours after checkout.