Kalan Haywood · Candidate for State Assembly

Does Kalan Haywood really represent you?

Wisconsin deserves representation closer to its people than to party leadership.

On major issues, Haywood takes positions aligned with national party leadership and well outside the views of ordinary Wisconsinites. From your family’s choices to your workplace freedoms, his positions put the party’s agenda ahead of the safeguards Wisconsin families deserve.

North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Milwaukee.

For voters in the Milwaukee neighborhoods of Assembly District 16, including the Marquette University and Fiserv Forum areas downtown.

Haywood’s 2025–26 legislative actions below are from his service in the State Assembly.

Cost of living

Cosponsored mandatory union membership and payments

You should be able to keep your job without being required to join or pay a union. Haywood cosponsored repealing Wisconsin’s right-to-work protections.

Sponsored: SB458

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Haywood cosponsored SB458 at introduction.

Outcome: Senate did not pass SB458; it failed to pass March 23, 2026. Assembly recorded no passage of SB458. It did not become law.

SB458 would restore all-union agreements subject to Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission voting and referendum safeguards. Haywood was named as a representative cosponsor at introduction on October 2, 2025.

Voted against banning tax increases through partial vetoes

Tax and fee increases should require legislators’ approval. Haywood voted against a constitutional amendment that would stop a governor from using partial vetoes to create or increase taxes or fees.

Voted no: SJR116

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Haywood voted no on SJR116 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Senate adopted January 21, 2026, 18–15. Assembly concurred as amended February 19, 2026, 54–41. Senate concurred in Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 March 17, 2026, 18–15. Published as Enrolled Joint Resolution 14; the amendment is submitted to voters at the November 3, 2026 election. Voter approval is required before the constitution changes.

The acted-on Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 retains the tax-and-fee partial-veto prohibition and changes the resolution’s submission provisions.

Elections

Voted against voter photo ID in the constitution

It should be easy to vote and hard to cheat. Election integrity is foundational to our republic, worthy of constitutional protection.

Voted no: SJR2

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Haywood voted no on SJR2 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Senate adopted January 8, 2025, 17–15. Assembly concurred January 14, 2025, 54–45. Voters approved the constitutional amendment in the April 1, 2025 referendum; the resolution was published as Enrolled Joint Resolution 1.

The resolution concerns constitutional protection of photo ID, including legislative authority for exceptions and provisional ballots.

Schools

Voted against timely access to classroom materials

Parents need to know what their children are taught. Haywood voted against requiring schools to allow no-cost inspection of covered classroom materials within 14 days and an online list of adopted textbooks.

Background: A 2021 report by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty concluded that political agendas are pervasive in Wisconsin classrooms and that parental inspection of teaching materials is difficult, costly, and subject to months-long delays. Examples in the report included no response from Sheboygan after three months and an estimated $5,250 charge from Madison for records from seven teachers.

Voted no: AB5

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Haywood voted no on AB5 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Assembly passed February 19, 2025, 54–43. Senate concurred October 14, 2025, 18–15. Governor vetoed October 31, 2025; the bill did not become law.

The bill preserves copyright protections and existing public-records rights. The Senate rejected Senate Amendment 1; no substantive amendment was adopted.

Voted against restoring nationally aligned school-testing standards

Parents need consistent standards to judge their children’s academic progress. Haywood voted against realigning Wisconsin standardized test scoring with the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Voted no: AB1

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Haywood voted no on AB1 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Assembly passed February 19, 2025, 54–44. Senate concurred March 18, 2025, 18–14. Governor vetoed March 28, 2025; the bill did not become law.

It uses 2019–20 report-card thresholds and descriptions, NAEP-aligned Forward English and math classifications, and 2021–22 PreACT/ACT classifications.

Voted against federal scholarship tax credits for Wisconsin

Haywood voted against requiring Wisconsin to participate in the federal scholarship tax-credit program. Families could use the scholarship for tuition, tutoring, materials, technology, and other eligible expenses.

Voted no: AB602

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Haywood voted no on AB602 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Assembly passed November 19, 2025, 54–44. Senate concurred January 21, 2026, 18–15. Governor vetoed March 30, 2026; the bill did not become law.

AB602 would require the governor to elect participation in the federal scholarship tax-credit program, which begins in 2027, and provide for scholarship-organization lists and certification.

Sports and campus rights

Voted against protections for girls’ and women’s sports

Haywood voted against bills that would have protected girls’ and women’s sports and kept biological males out of female locker rooms. Girls and women deserve fair competition and private spaces.

Voted no: AB100, AB102

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School sports

AB100 would set biological-sex eligibility rules for school sports.

Voted no: AB100

Haywood voted no on AB100 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Assembly passed March 20, 2025, 51–43. Senate concurred February 11, 2026, 18–15. Governor vetoed March 31, 2026; the bill did not become law.

The amended bill retains mixed-team rules and would designate multi-user school locker rooms, including shower rooms, for exclusive use by one biological sex, defined by the original birth certificate. It covers public schools, including charter schools, and private schools participating in parental-choice programs. Ordinary use of female-designated locker rooms would exclude biological males. Exceptions permit entry for custodial work, maintenance or inspection, medical assistance, specified employees performing their duties, children assisted by family or guardians, disability assistance, and emergencies or safety drills. Schools could temporarily redesignate rooms for the opposite sex during special events. Written requests trigger reasonable accommodations, such as single-occupancy or regulated staff locker-room use, and ADA accommodations remain permitted.

College sports

AB102 would set biological-sex eligibility rules for UW and technical-college sports.

Voted no: AB102

Haywood voted no on AB102 in the Assembly.

Outcome: Assembly passed March 20, 2025, 50–43. Senate concurred February 11, 2026, 18–15. Governor vetoed March 31, 2026; the bill did not become law.

The amended bill retains mixed-team rules and would designate multi-user UW and technical-college locker rooms, including shower rooms, for exclusive use by one biological sex, defined by the original birth certificate. Ordinary use of female-designated locker rooms would exclude biological males. Exceptions permit entry for custodial work, maintenance or inspection, medical assistance, specified employees performing their duties, children assisted by family or guardians, disability assistance, and emergencies or safety drills. Institutions could temporarily redesignate rooms for the opposite sex during special events. Written student requests trigger reasonable accommodations, such as single-occupancy or regulated staff locker-room use, and ADA accommodations remain permitted. These provisions do not extend to all private colleges.