https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/proposals/sb356
Senate Bill 356
An Act to create 146.67 of the statutes; Relating to: perimenopause and menopause education. (FE)
Status: S – Available for Scheduling
Important Actions
3/23/2026 Sen. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1; Journal 841
10/28/2025 Sen. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0; Journal 473
1 An Act to create 146.67 of the statutes; relating to: perimenopause and
2 menopause education.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to enter into partnerships with health care providers, including obstetricians and gynecologists, and community health centers and hospitals to educate women on the symptoms, processes, and other issues surrounding perimenopause and menopause so that women may be prepared for perimenopause and menopause. The bill requires DHS to create, in coordination with these partners, informational materials, in electronic and physical form, that may be distributed to or accessed by women who are determined by their health care provider to be experiencing or will soon be experiencing perimenopause and menopause.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
3 Section 1. 146.67 of the statutes is created to read:
1 146.67 Perimenopause and menopause education. (1) The department
2 shall do all of the following:
3 (a) Enter into partnerships with health care providers, including
4 obstetricians and gynecologists, and community health centers, as defined in s.
5 250.15 (1) (a), and hospitals to educate women on the symptoms, processes, and
6 other issues surrounding perimenopause and menopause so that women may be
7 prepared for perimenopause and menopause.
8 (b) Create informational materials, in coordination with the partners
9 described in par. (a), in electronic and physical form, that may be distributed to or
10 accessed by women who are determined by their health care provider to be
11 experiencing or will soon be experiencing perimenopause and menopause. The
12 informational materials shall include information regarding all of the following:
13 1. Symptoms of and treatments for perimenopause and menopause.
14 2. Symptoms of perimenopause and menopause for which a woman would
15 consult a health care provider.
16 3. The biological process behind perimenopause and menopause.
17 4. How to talk to family and friends about perimenopause and menopause.
18 5. Any other information that the department determines is necessary to
19 prepare and educate women regarding perimenopause and menopause.
20 Section 2. Effective date.
21 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after
22 publication.
23 (end)
June 27, 2025 – Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Cabral-Guevara, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim, cosponsored by Representatives DeSanto, Vining, Emerson, Bare, Brown, Cruz, DeSmidt, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Snodgrass, Stroud, Tenorio, Udell, Sinicki, Fitzgerald and Haywood. Referred to Committee on Health.
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