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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 39

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer.

Investment board Jail Public employee Public employee — Hours of labor State agencies University of wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority

  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 this bill, state agencies must require employees to perform their work in person at state agency offices during the employee’s regularly scheduled work hours, beginning July 1, 2025. The bill exempts telehealth services and duties that were performed off site before March 1, 2020.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , Penterman (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tusler (R) , Vos (R)

6 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , O'Connor (R) , Quinn (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 State Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 2

Passed 6–2 Apr 15, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 51–44 Sep 11, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 51

Nay · 44

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 51–44 Sep 11, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 51

Nay · 44

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 51–44 Sep 11, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 51

Nay · 44

Not voting · 2

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 17–16 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Penterman, Swearingen, Tusler and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Cabral-Guevara, Quinn, Stafsholt and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 2

  7. Apr 15, 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 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nedweski

  10. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Joers

  11. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  12. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  13. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 51, Noes 44

  14. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki

  15. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  16. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  17. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 51, Noes 44

  18. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  19. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 44, Paired 2

  22. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Sep 11, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  24. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  26. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

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

  28. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

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

  29. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  30. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  32. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  33. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-16-2025

  36. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025

  37. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025

  38. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

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

  39. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

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