Assembly Bill 286
Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law
Topics: County: Ordinance, Crime and criminals: Felony, Discrimination in employment, Municipality: Ordinance, Town: Laws, Village: Ordinance
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 29, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The current state fair employment law, subject to certain exceptions, prohibits discrimination in employment based on arrest or conviction record. That law specifies, however, that it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or other offense, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job. This bill specifies that it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record for an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony, whether or not the circumstances of the felony substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job.
Under current constitutional and statutory home rule provisions, a city or village may determine its own local affairs subject only to the Wisconsin Constitution and to any enactment of the legislature that is of statewide concern and that affects every city or village with uniformity. This bill states that the prohibition against discrimination in employment based on arrest or conviction record under the state fair employment law is a matter of statewide concern, requiring uniform enforcement at the state, county, and municipal levels. As such, the bill prohibits any county, city, village, or town from adopting any provision concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibits any activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 14 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Labor and Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 3 · Dec 7, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 7, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Dec 7, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.
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Oct 12, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 5, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 29, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
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Sep 29, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Litjens, LeMahieu, Jacque, Craig, Knodl, Pridemore, Ziegelbauer, Thiesfeldt, Nass, Endsley, Petersen, Kuglitsch, T. Larson and Stroebel;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Lazich, Zipperer, Moulton and Galloway
- Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Workforce Development
- Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 6, Noes 3
- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote