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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 153

The amount of benefits received under the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 7, 2023

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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 changes the maximum number of weeks of regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits payable to an eligible claimant who is totally unemployed to an amount that varies depending upon the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate.

Currently, the maximum number of weeks of regular UI benefits payable to an eligible claimant who is totally unemployed and who earns sufficient wages to qualify for those benefits is fixed at 26 weeks.

Read the full summary

AB153,2,59 Under the bill, the maximum number of weeks available to claimants is determined monthly, based upon the unemployment rate using the most recently available federal data. Once a claimant begins a benefit year, the claimant's maximum number of weeks of regular benefits is fixed for that benefit year. Because the maximum number of weeks of state supplemental benefits payable to a claimant is calculated in part based upon the maximum number of weeks of regular benefits payable to a claimant, the change also affects the maximum number of weeks of state supplemental benefits payable to a claimant. Under the bill, the maximum number of weeks of regular benefits for total unemployment is determined as follows:

- See PDF for table

Who's behind it

22 representatives are its ⁠. All 22 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 29 names

Authors (22)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 5 · Apr 18, 2023

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 and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 24, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Apr 18, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Apr 18, 2023

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 5.

  5. Apr 17, 2023

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Apr 12, 2023

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Apr 11, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  8. Apr 7, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities.

  9. Apr 7, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Brooks, Allen, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Plumer, Rettinger, Rozar, Sortwell, Wichgers and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Bradley, Felzkowski, Marklein and Stroebel

  2. Apr 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities

  3. Apr 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  8. Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Apr 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-25-2023 by Committee on Rules

  10. Apr 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  11. May 9, 2023 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  12. Apr 15, 2024 · 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.

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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary