Senate Bill 906
Suspension of the waiting period for collection of 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
Mar 26, 2020
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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 22, 2020: “Fiscal estimate received”
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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, a claimant must wait one week after becoming eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits before the claimant may receive benefits for a week of unemployment. The waiting period does not affect the maximum number of weeks of a claimant's benefit eligibility.
This bill allows the secretary of workforce development to suspend the application of the one-week waiting period for up to 52 weeks during a declared state of emergency as is needed to address the state of emergency. The bill also specifically requires the secretary to suspend the application of the one-week waiting period retroactively for benefit years that began on March 15, 2020, so as to apply to the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 22, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 26, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform.
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Mar 26, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 26, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Risser, L. Taylor and Kooyenga; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Nygren, Brostoff, Cabrera, Edming, Milroy, Schraa, Vorpagel and Tittl
- Mar 26, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 22, 2020 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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