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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Senate Bill 142

Prohibiting an employer from relying on or inquiring about a prospective employee's current or prior compensation and from restricting an employee's right to disclose compensation information and providing a penalty. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 29, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill prohibits certain employer conduct related to compensation information of current and prospective employees.

The bill prohibits an employer from doing any of the following with respect to a prospective employee:

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1. Relying on or soliciting information about the prospective employee's current or prior compensation.

2. Requiring that the prospective employee's current or prior compensation meet certain criteria in order for the prospective employee to be considered for employment.

3. Refusing to hire the prospective employee for exercising his or her rights relating to compensation information.

The bill also prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against a current employee for disclosing the details of the employee's compensation, discussing the compensation of other employees, asking other employees for details regarding their compensation, or taking certain actions to enforce an employee's rights under the bill.

The bill requires employers to post notices, where notices to employees are customarily posted and on any electronic job posting, regarding employees' and prospective employees' rights under the bill and provides a penalty for an employer's failure to do so.

Who's behind it

11 senators are its ⁠. All 11 are Democrats.

30 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (11)

Signed on in support (30)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 3, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 25, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 29, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform.

  5. Mar 29, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, Ringhand, Johnson, Carpenter, Erpenbach, C. Larson, Miller, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Ohnstad, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Meyers, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Bowen, Crowley, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  2. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Apr 25, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 3, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · 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.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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