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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 146

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Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.

Employment Employment relations commission Unemployment insurance Workforce development department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Spiros (R)

5 cosponsors

Hutton (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Tusler (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 12

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

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

Passed 5–3 May 29, 2025 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Oct 13, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 18–15 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  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

    Rules suspended

  10. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Sep 11, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  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