Assembly Bill 394
Recovery of unemployment insurance benefit overpayments. (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
Jun 10, 2021
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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 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development. 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
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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
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.
Under current law, if unemployment insurance benefits are erroneously paid to an individual, that payment constitutes a benefit overpayment. The Department of Workforce Development may recover benefit overpayments by various means, but is required to waive recovery of a benefit overpayment if 1) the overpayment was the result of a departmental error; and 2) the overpayment did not result from the fault of the claimant, or because of a claimant's false statement or misrepresentation.
This bill requires DWD, in addition to and notwithstanding the standard described above, to waive recovery of a benefit overpayment made to an individual without fault on the part of that individual if such recovery would be against equity and good conscience, as further specified in the bill.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . All 18 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · 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 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Aug 16, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 10, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
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Jun 10, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 10, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Doyle, B. Meyers, Andraca, Shankland, Sinicki, Emerson, Conley, Snodgrass, Vruwink, Subeck, Cabrera, Spreitzer, Hong, S. Rodriguez, Drake, Baldeh, Riemer and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Ringhand, Smith, Roys, Larson and Carpenter
- Jun 10, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development
- Aug 16, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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