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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 146

Requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims

Topics: Employment, Unemployment insurance, Workforce Development, Department of

Vetoed by the governor

Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Oct 31, 2025. Lawmakers did not ⁠, so it stands.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 17, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Sep 11, 2025

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 18 to 15

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Vetoed Oct 31, 2025.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, May 13, 2026: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”

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

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 151. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

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

Under current rules of the Department of Workforce Development, in order to determine unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims, DWD may require employers to provide information about claimants’ employment separations, dates of work, wages and other payments, and other issues that may be disqualifying. This bill requires DWD to allow an employer no less than 12 business days to respond to an initial request for information about a UI benefit claim.

Who's behind it

13 representatives are its ⁠. All 13 are Republicans.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 18 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (5)

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 3 · May 29, 2025

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, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Oct 13, 2025

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 15 · Oct 14, 2025

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

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

What happened

  1. May 13, 2026

    The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.

  2. Oct 31, 2025

    The governor vetoed it.

  3. Oct 29, 2025

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Oct 14, 2025

    The Senate passed it too, 18 to 15.

  5. Oct 13, 2025

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

  6. Sep 12, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. Sep 11, 2025

    The Senate received it.

  8. Sep 11, 2025

    The Assembly passed it.

  9. May 29, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. May 29, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.

  11. Apr 29, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  12. Mar 25, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  13. Mar 17, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.

  14. Mar 17, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Nass, Tomczyk and Kapenga

  2. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

  3. Mar 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  9. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Sep 11, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

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

  18. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025

  26. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025

  27. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025

  28. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  29. May 13, 2026 · 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

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary