Assembly Bill 578
Administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage and providing a penalty
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 18, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) must investigate and attempt to adjust any claim by an employee that his or her employer has not paid the employee any wages that are owed to the employee (wage claim).
Currently, DWD may settle a wage claim for an amount that is agreed upon between DWD, the employer, and the employee. If an employer does not agree to settle a wage claim, DWD may refer the wage claim to the district attorney for commencement of an action in circuit court to collect the wages due. If the circuit court finds that wages are due, the court may order the employer to pay to the employee, in addition to the amount of wages due, increased wages of up to 100 percent of the amount of wages due and to pay a forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense.
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This bill permits DWD to require an employer that pays a wage that is less than the state minimum wage to pay to the employee, in addition to the amount of wages due, increased wages of up to 100 percent of the amount of wages due. The bill also increases the amount of the forfeiture that a circuit court may order the employer to pay from not less than $10 nor more than $100 for each offense to not less than $25 nor more than $250 for each offense.
Who's behind it
23 lawmakers are its . All 23 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 14, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining.
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Dec 18, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.
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Dec 18, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 18, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Genrich, Ohnstad, Berceau, Clark, Goyke, Hebl, Hintz, Hulsey, Johnson, Kahl, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Pasch, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Wachs, Wright, Young and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Lehman, Harris and Lassa
- Dec 18, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor
- Mar 14, 2014 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Labor and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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