Assembly Bill 193
Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time for an employee who is breast-feeding her child to express breast milk for the child. (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
Mar 31, 2017
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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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Small Business Development. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
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 requires an employer, including the state, to provide the following for an employee who is breast-feeding her child under one year of age: 1) a reasonable break time to express breast milk for the child; 2) a private place, other than a bathroom, for the employee to express breast milk; and 3) access to an electrical outlet, running water, and a refrigerator for the storage of breast milk. The bill permits that break time to be unpaid but requires an employer to treat such unpaid break time as paid work time for purposes of determining eligibility for health care coverage.
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires an employer engaged in interstate commerce, which is generally defined as an employer having an annual dollar volume of sales of $500,000 or more, to provide the following: 1) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time the employee needs to express that milk; and 2) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public that may be used by an employee to express breast milk.
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In addition, the FLSA permits that break time to be unpaid and provides that an employer that employs fewer than 50 employees is not subject to those requirements if those requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer's business.
This bill codifies into the laws of this state the requirements of the FLSA with respect to reasonable break time for employees to express breast milk for their children under one year of age, applying those requirements to all employers, including the state, employing at least one individual. In addition, the bill 1) requires an employer to provide access to an electrical outlet, running water, and a refrigerator for the storage of breast milk; and 2) provides that if an employee's eligibility for an employer contribution towards the employee's health care coverage is dependent on the number of hours that the employee works, the employer must treat any unpaid break time taken by the employee to express breast milk as paid work time for purposes of determining that eligibility.
Who's behind it
27 lawmakers are its . 22 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (27)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 12, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 5, 2017
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 31, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Small Business Development.
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Mar 31, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 31, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Ballweg, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Considine, Genrich, Goyke, Hesselbein, Jacque, Kleefisch, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, C. Larson, Risser, L. Taylor and Wirch
- Mar 31, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development
- Apr 5, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 2018 · 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
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