Assembly Bill 625
Competitive integrated employment of persons with a disability and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 28, 2018. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Nov 9, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2018
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 20, 2018
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2017 Wisconsin Act 178
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Published 3-29-2018”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill establishes a number of requirements for certain state agencies to promote competitive integrated employment, as defined under federal law. The requirements in the bill include all of the following:
1. A requirement that publicly funded programs that provide services and supports to working age persons with disabilities, when enabling the participation of persons with disabilities in activities outside their homes, prioritize competitive integrated employment.
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2. A requirement that the Department of Workforce Development, with assistance from the departments of Public Instruction and Health Services, lead a collaboration among all state agencies that administer programs that provide services and supports to working age persons with disabilities.
3. A requirement that the three departments described above jointly develop a plan establishing specific performance improvement targets and describing specific methods used to coordinate efforts to ensure that programs, policies, and procedures support competitive integrated employment. The departments must update the plan biennially. The departments must also annually report on the progress, outcomes, and achievements made in increasing participation in competitive integrated employment in accordance with the plan described above.
The departments must either publish or provide access to the plan and reports on their Internet sites or through a single, state-maintained Internet site.
Who's behind it
34 lawmakers are its . 20 are Republicans and 14 are Democrats.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (34)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (18)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Jan 24, 2018
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 Workforce Development, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote on an amendment
Passed, 18 to 14 · Mar 20, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 14”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The new law was published.
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Mar 28, 2018
The governor signed it. It became 2017 Wisconsin Act 178.
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Mar 27, 2018
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2018
The Senate passed it too.
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Mar 15, 2018
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 12, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 21, 2018
The Senate received it.
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Feb 20, 2018
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 20, 2018
The Assembly passed it.
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Jan 24, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 24, 2018
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Jan 10, 2018
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 10, 2018
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 20, 2017 to Jan 9, 2018
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 4, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 15, 2017
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 9, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
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Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Edming, Anderson, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Steffen, Berceau, Katsma, Kolste, E. Brooks, Krug, Genrich, Loudenbeck, Spiros, Crowley, Riemer, Macco, Vruwink, Pope, Considine, Petryk, Ripp, Fields, Sinicki, Mursau, Knodl, Allen, Horlacher, Weatherston, Petersen, R. Brooks, Jacque, Kooyenga, Shankland and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Feyen, Johnson, Hansen, Miller, Ringhand, Olsen, Petrowski, Cowles, Moulton, Darling, Marklein, Risser and Testin
- Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development
- Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 15, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Nygren added as a coauthor
- Dec 4, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 20, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly
Representative Jagler added as a coauthor
- Jan 10, 2018 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 10, 2018 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:21 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Representative Barca added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser, Ringhand, Miller, Shilling, Bewley, Hansen, Larson, Schachtner and Johnson
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 14
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2018
- Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-27-2018
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 178
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
Published 3-29-2018
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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