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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 232

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Relating to: transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)

Hearings and appeals division of Workers compensation Workforce development department of

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Workforce Development performs various administrative and adjudicatory functions relating to worker’s compensation, except that the adjudicatory functions of DWD relating to disputed worker’s compensation claims are performed by the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration. This bill transfers the adjudicatory functions of DHA relating to disputed worker’s compensation claims to DWD.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Dittrich (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R)

7 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Miresse (D) , O'Connor (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Testin (R) , Wall (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

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 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jun 12, 2025 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. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Armstrong, Dittrich, Moses, Murphy and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Wanggaard, Feyen and Wall

  2. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jun 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025

  9. Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  10. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse added as a coauthor

  15. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  18. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  24. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 6-20-2025

  26. Aug 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

  27. Aug 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 33

  28. Aug 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 8-9-2025