Skip to content
Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 237

Deposits into the unemployment reserve fund. (FE)

Vetoed by the governor

Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Apr 22, 2021. Lawmakers did not ⁠, so it stands.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 2, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 57 to 36

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 18 to 13

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Vetoed Apr 22, 2021.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, May 17, 2022: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”

Read the governor's veto message · All vetoes this session

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

What it would have done

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

EMPLOYMENT Deposits into unemployment reserve fund Current law provides four schedules of unemployment insurance contribution (tax) rates, with Schedule D containing the lowest rates and Schedule A containing the highest. Which schedule is in effect for a given calendar year depends on the cash balance of the state's unemployment reserve fund as of the preceding June 30.

Schedule D, which is in effect in calendar year 2021, is otherwise in effect for any calendar year whenever, as of the preceding June 30, the state's unemployment reserve fund has a cash balance of at least $1,200,000,000. If the state's unemployment reserve fund has a cash balance of less than $1,200,000,000, then one of the three other schedules applies, depending on the fund's cash balance.

Read the full summary

This bill requires the governor to allocate federal moneys provided to this state, including moneys provided under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, for one or more deposits into the state unemployment reserve fund, to the extent that the deposits are needed to keep Schedule D of the unemployment insurance contribution (tax) rates in effect through the end of calendar year 2023.

Who's behind it

27 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 27 are Republicans.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (27)

Signed on in support (10)

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 5 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 3 · Apr 7, 2021

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 8, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 58 to 36 · Apr 13, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 57 to 36 · Apr 13, 2021 · 5 didn't vote

See how each of the 98 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (57)

No (36)

Didn't vote (5)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Apr 14, 2021

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 to pass it

Passed, 18 to 13 · Apr 14, 2021 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 32 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 17, 2022

    The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.

  2. Apr 22, 2021

    The governor vetoed it.

  3. Apr 22, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Apr 21, 2021

    Sent to the governor.

  5. Apr 14, 2021

    The Senate passed it too, 18 to 13.

  6. Apr 14, 2021

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  7. Apr 14, 2021

    The Senate received it.

  8. Apr 13, 2021

    The Assembly passed it, 57 to 36.

  9. Apr 9, 2021 to Apr 12, 2021

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  10. Apr 7, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  11. Apr 7, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 3.

  12. Apr 7, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  13. Apr 6, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  14. Apr 6, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  15. Apr 2, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.

  16. Apr 2, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Brooks, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Katsma, Krug, Loudenbeck, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Oldenburg, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Stroebel, Felzkowski, Jacque and Stafsholt

  2. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development

  3. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Shankland and Sinicki

  5. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Schraa added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 8, Noes 3

  9. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  11. Apr 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  12. Apr 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Kitchens and Allen added as coauthors

  13. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  15. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 58, Noes 36

  16. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 36

  19. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  22. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 13

  27. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-14-2021

  30. Apr 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2021 by directive of the Speaker

  31. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  32. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-22-2021

  33. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  34. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Terms on this page

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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