Genome Statute and Legislation Database
The Genome Statute and Legislation Database is comprised of state statutes and bills introduced during the 2002-2024 U.S. state legislative sessions.
State Sort descending | Primary Link | Topic(s) | Bill Status | Summary |
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Wisconsin | State StatuteWisconsin: WSA 111.31 et seq. , 942.07 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Statute | An employer, labor organization or employment or licensing agency may not (1) solicit, require or administer a genetic test to any person as a condition of employment, labor organization membership or licensure or affect the terms, conditions or privileges of employment, labor organization membership or licensure; (2) terminate the employment, labor organization membership or licensure of any person who obtains a genetic test; or (3) require or administer a genetic test without the prior written and informed consent of the employee, labor organization member or licensee, or of the prospective employee, labor organization member or licensee, who is the subject of the test. No person may disclose to an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency that an employee, labor organization member or licensee, or a prospective employee, labor organization member or licensee, has taken a genetic test, and no person may disclose the results of such a test to an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency without the prior written and informed consent of the subject of the test. |
Wisconsin | 2009 State Bills Wisconsin 2009 AB 75 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill amends statute section 631.89 (2) (bm) related to requesting or requiring genetic information from health care providers by amending the definition of covered providers to include providers as defined in section 146.81 (a) to (p). Report approved by the Governor with partial veto June 26, 2009 (section pertaining to genetic testing unaffected by partial veto) |
Wisconsin | 2016 State Bills Wisconsin 2016 AB 570 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Authorizes the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damage. 4/13/2016 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | 2020 State Bills Wisconsin 2020 SB 851 | Privacy | Died | Establishes requirements for businesses related to personal information such as biometric information collected about consumers. Biometric information is defined to include DNA. 4/1/2020 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | State StatuteWisconsin: WSA 631.89 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | An insurer offering group health_insurance_coverage may not use genetic information as the basis for a pre-existing condition exclusion in the absence of a diagnosis or establish rules for eligibility or continued eligibility based on health status-related factors, including genetic information. An insurer with respect to a self-insured health plan, or a county, city, village or school board that provides health care services for individuals on a self-insured basis, may not (1) require or request any individual or a member of the individual's family obtain a genetic test or reveal whether a test was taken or the results or (2) condition coverage or health care benefits on or use in the determination of rates whether an individual or his/her family member has taken a genetic test or what the results of the test were. Life insurance or income continuance insurers are not subject to the above provisions but may not provide rates or aspects of coverage that are contrary to the risk involved. |
Wisconsin | 2011 State Bills Wisconsin 2011 SB 202 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Enacted | This bill would eliminate the compensatory and punitives damages for acts of employment discrmination or unfair honesty or genetic testing. Signed by the Governor April 6, 2012. |
Wyoming | 2017 State Bills Wyoming 2017 SF 34 | Privacy | Died | Creates the Student Personal Digital Information Protection Act. The Act establishes protections to safeguard the privacy of student data, including biometric information. It is unclear whether biometric information includes genetic information or a DNA sequence. The term is not defined. Failed 2/13/2017 |
Wyoming | State StatuteWyoming WSA 35-31-101 et seq. | Privacy | Statute | The law prohibits the collection, retention and disclosure of genetic information without informed consent with some exceptions such as for law enforcement purposes, newborn screening and anonymous research. An individual may inspect, correct and obtain retained genetic information. A person conducting genetic analysis must destroy an individual's genetic information upon request. Genetic information about an individual obtained for purposes exempt from consent requirements may only be used for the purposes obtained and must be destroyed or returned to the individual upon completion of use or in accordance with law. |
Wyoming | 2018 State Bills Wyoming 2018 HB 119 | Privacy | Enacted | Prohibits the collection, retention and disclosure of genetic information without informed consent. Establishes requirements for the retention and destruction of genetic information. 3/16/2018 Governor Signed HEA No. 0060. |
Wyoming | State StatuteWyoming: WSA 26-19-107 and 26-19-306 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination, Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination | Statute | A policy of group or blanket disability insurance or health benefit plan covering small employers may not treat genetic information as a pre-existing condition in the absence of a diagnosis or establish rules for eligibility or continued eligibility based on a health status-related factor, including genetic information. These entities also may not deny eligibility, or adjust premium or contribution rates based on genetic testing information of an individual or family member or request or require predictive genetic testing information about an individual or family member except as needed for diagnosis, treatment, or payment purposes. |
Last updated: September 14, 2023