Assembly Bill 398
Participants in clinical research trials. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor
Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Mar 29, 2024. Lawmakers did not , so it stands.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 6, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2024
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 12, 2024
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Governor, stopped here
Vetoed Mar 29, 2024.
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 15, 2024: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”
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Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides that for the purposes of the minimum wage law and worker's compensation law an individual who is a participant in a clinical research trial and receives remuneration, a stipend, or compensation for participating in the trial is not an employee of the entity that conducts the trial. The bill also provides that such participation is generally not considered covered employment under the unemployment insurance (UI) law. As a consequence, amounts paid by employers for such participation are not subject to UI contribution requirements and are not counted as base period wages for purposes of determining eligibility for UI benefits.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . All 7 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 5 · Feb 14, 2024
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 Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote
Passed, 63 to 35 · Feb 20, 2024 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (63)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Amanda Nedweski (R, 32)
- Amy Binsfeld (R, 27)
- Angie Sapik (R, 73)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Bob Donovan (R, 61)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Chanz Green (R, 74)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Donna Rozar (R, 69)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Ellen Schutt (R, 31)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Gus Gustafson (R, 55)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jerry O'Connor (R, 60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Joy Goeben (R, 5)
- Karen Hurd (R, 69)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nik Rettinger (R, 83)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Melotik (R, 22)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Peter Schmidt (R, 6)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Johnson (R, 33)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tom Michalski (R, 13)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Ty Bodden (R, 59)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
No (35)
- Alex Joers (D, 81)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Clint Anderson (D, 45)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Jenna Jacobson (D, 50)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Kristina Shelton (D, 90)
- LaKeshia Myers (D, 12)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
- Melissa Ratcliff (D, 16)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
- Samba Baldeh (D, 48)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Sue Conley (D, 44)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
Didn't vote (1)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
Official motion: “SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 11, 2024
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
What happened
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May 15, 2024
The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.
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Mar 29, 2024
The governor vetoed it.
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Mar 26, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 12, 2024
The Senate passed it too.
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Mar 11, 2024
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Feb 26, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 21, 2024
The Senate received it.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 20, 2024
“Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken” (the official wording)
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Feb 14, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 14, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 5.
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Jan 10, 2024
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 27, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 6, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Sep 6, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Armstrong, Dittrich, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Ballweg and Knodl
- Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Sep 27, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5
- Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Decision of the Chair appealed
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 63, Noes 35
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 26, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 26, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 11, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 11, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 19, 2024 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-19-2024
- Mar 26, 2024 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024
- Mar 29, 2024 · Assembly
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024
- May 14, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- May 15, 2024 · 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.
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote