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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 241

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Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

Apprenticeship Building 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 law, the Department of Workforce Development may not prescribe, enforce, or authorize a ratio of apprentices to journeyworkers for apprenticeship programs or apprentice contracts that requires more than one journeyworker for each apprentice. This bill increases the allowable ratio to one journeyworker to two apprentices.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brill (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

8 cosponsors

B. Jacobson (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Kapenga (R) , Stafsholt (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 27

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 Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jun 20, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Jun 20, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 54–40 Feb 19, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 54

Nay · 40

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 16, 2026 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 Mar 17, 2026 official source full page

Full history

  1. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James and Stafsholt

  2. May 2, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey

  4. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative B. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Maxey

  7. Jun 9, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)

  8. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  11. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:11 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 40

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  23. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

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

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026

  31. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  32. Apr 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026

  33. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

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

  34. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82