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 | 2019 State Bills Wisconsin 2019 SB 28 | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | In selecting patients with whom to enter into a direct primary care agreement, a health care provider may not discriminate on the basis of genetic information. 4/1/2020 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | 2011 State Bills Wisconsin 2011 AB 289 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | This bill would eliminate the compensatory and punitives damages for acts of employment discrmination or unfair honesty or genetic testing. Measure failed. |
Wisconsin | 2019 State Bills Wisconsin 2019 SB 366 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Allows the Department of Workforce Development or an individual who is alleged or was found to have been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty or genetic testing to bring an action in circuit court in addition to or in lieu of filing an administrative complaint, with some exceptions. 4/1/2020 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | 2013 State Bills Wisconsin 2013 AB 269 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Permits the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) or a person who has been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty or genetic testing to bring an action in circuit court to recover compensatory and punitive damages caused by the act of discrimination or unfair honesty or genetic testing after the completion of all administrative proceedings before DWD and the Labor and Industry Review Commission concerning the violation. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | 2020 State Bills Wisconsin 2020 AB 870 | Privacy | Died | Requires controllers of consumers' personal data to provide a consumer with copies of the consumer's personal data processed by the controller. Personal data includes genetic information. 4/1/2020 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
Wisconsin | 2013 State Bills Wisconsin 2013 SB 143 | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Permits the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) or a person who has been discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty or genetic testing to bring an action in circuit court to recover compensatory and punitive damages caused by the act of discrimination or unfair honesty or genetic testing after the completion of all administrative proceedings before DWD and the Labor and Industry Review Commission concerning the violation. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1. |
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 | 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 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: February 8, 2024