Senate Bill 764
An exemption from work search requirements for certain individuals claiming unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
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
Feb 23, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides that a claimant for unemployment insurance benefits who reasonably expects to be reemployed by the claimant's former employer within 26 weeks is exempt from the eligibility requirement of conducting weekly searches for suitable work.
Under current law, a claimant is generally required to conduct searches for work each week to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Current law provides that a claimant who is laid off is exempt from the work search requirement if the claimant reasonably expects to be reemployed by the former employer and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) verifies that expectation. DWD may grant a claimant a waiver of the work search requirement under certain conditions.
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Administrative rules promulgated by DWD require DWD to grant a claimant a waiver of the work search requirement for eight weeks if the claimant reasonably expects to be reemployed with the claimant's employer within that period. The rules permit DWD to provide an additional four-week extension of that waiver. The rules also provide additional reasons a claimant may qualify for a waiver.
This bill modifies current law to specifically provide that a claimant is exempt from the work search requirement for up to 26 weeks after the week the claimant was laid off if the claimant reasonably expects to be reemployed within that 26-week period.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . All 8 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 31, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 26, 2016
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 23, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs.
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Feb 23, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 23, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Bewley, Erpenbach, Lassa, Hansen, Harris Dodd, C. Larson, Ringhand and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Hesselbein, Sinicki, Berceau, Considine, Genrich, Goyke, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Spreitzer, Subeck and Zepnick
- Feb 23, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs
- Feb 26, 2016 · Senate
Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
- Mar 31, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate