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==== 3. Wisconsin: AB 105 / SB 130 and corporate VPNs ====

Wisconsin’s bill is different and more targeted:
* It’s an age-verification and “harmful to minors” bill.
* It requires websites that distribute certain “sexual content” / “material harmful to minors” to: 1. Implement age verification, and 2. Block users connecting via VPN when accessing that content.TechRadar<ref>{{cite web|title=TechRadar|url=https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/wisconsin-wants-to-force-all-adult-sites-to-block-vpns-with-a-new-age-verification-bill-heres-everything-we-know|publisher=techradar.com|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>

Key points for your WFH question:
* The obligation is on websites, not on ISPs or on you as an end user.
* It is about using a VPN to access specific types of content (adult / “harmful to minors”), not about using a VPN to reach your company network.

So if AB 105 / SB 130 passes in its current form, the most likely real‑world effect is:
* Adult-content and other “sexual content” sites will either: - Block all traffic they think is from VPNs, or - Block all VPN traffic worldwide to avoid liability, since they can’t reliably tell which VPN users are in Wisconsin.Electronic Frontier Foundation<ref>{{cite web|title=Electronic Frontier Foundation|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>

That could cause collateral damage, such as:
* Some sites overzealously blocking traffic from: - Data-center IP ranges - SASE egress points - Corporate exit IPs that look “VPN-ish” to their vendor

But importantly:

: The Wisconsin bill does not ban you from using a corporate VPN to do your job or require ISPs to block VPN tunnels generally. It’s about blocking VPN access to certain websites, not blocking VPNs as a networking tool.

Your WFH tunnel to your employer’s private network should remain legal and technically unaffected, unless you’re trying to visit one of the regulated sites through that same tunnel and they decide to block that egress IP.