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Bills · January 2021 Special Session

SB 1

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Relating to: transactions with the Department of Workforce Development under the unemployment insurance law, funding for unemployment insurance modernization efforts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, with certain exceptions, each employer that has employees who are

engaged in employment covered by the unemployment insurance law must file

quarterly contribution (tax) and employment and wage reports and make quarterly

payment of its contributions to the Department of Workforce Development. An

employer of 25 or more employees or an employer agent that files reports on behalf

of any employer must file its reports electronically. Current law also requires each

employer that makes contributions for any 12-month period ending on June 30 equal

to a total of at least $10,000 to make all contribution payments electronically in the

following year. Finally, current law allows DWD to provide a secure means of

electronic interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other

persons that, upon request to and with prior approval by DWD, may be used for

transmission or receipt of any document specified by DWD that is related to the

administration of the UI law in lieu of any other means of submission or receipt.

This bill makes use of these electronic methods mandatory in all cases, unless

the employer or other person demonstrates good cause for being unable to use the

electronic method, as determined by DWD by rule. The bill also provides that DWD

may permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures for any document

specified by DWD that is related to the administration of the UI law.

The bill also creates appropriations to provide general purpose revenue (GPR)

and federal funding to DWD for the renovation and modernization of unemployment

insurance information technology systems and appropriates $5,320,000 GPR for this

purpose.

Sponsors

1 cosponsors

Jacque (R)

Votes

Senate: Report introduction of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 17, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 17, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 17, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 11

Passed 20–11 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 12

Passed 19–12 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

Passed 19–11 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

Passed 19–11 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

Passed 19–11 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 27–3 Feb 18, 2021 official source full page

Not voting · 2

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 89–0 Feb 23, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 89

Not voting · 5

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

Passed 57–34 Feb 23, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

Passed 57–34 Feb 23, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

Passed 57–34 Feb 23, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Joint Committee on Finance

  2. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  6. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Report introduction of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  7. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  9. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 17, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Larson

  12. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Erpenbach, Ringhand, Smith, Roys, L. Taylor and Bewley

  13. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Erpenbach, Ringhand, Smith, Roys, L. Taylor and Bewley

  14. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  16. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  17. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 11

  18. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 12

  19. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 4 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

  20. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 5 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

  21. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 6 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 11

  22. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 3

  26. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  28. Feb 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to calendar of 2-23-2021 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93 (4)

  29. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  30. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  31. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

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

  32. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

  33. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Subeck, B. Meyers, Haywood, Goyke, Neubauer, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hong, McGuire, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Vining and Vruwink

  34. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

  35. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Subeck, B. Meyers, Haywood, Goyke, Neubauer, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hong, McGuire, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Vining and Vruwink

  36. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 34

  37. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  38. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  39. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 0, Paired 4

  40. Feb 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  41. Feb 23, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  42. Feb 23, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  43. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Jacque added as a coauthor

  44. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-24-2021

  45. Feb 26, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-25-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 4

  46. Feb 26, 2021 · Senate

    Published 2-26-2021