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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 478

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation. (FE)

Collective bargaining Labor Municipality

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  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

This bill repeals a provision under which neither the state nor a local government may enact a statute or ordinance, adopt a policy or regulation, or impose a contract, zoning, permitting, or licensing requirement, or any other condition, that would require any person to accept any provision that is a subject of collective bargaining under state labor laws or the federal National Labor Relations Act.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

8 cosponsors

Drake (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Madison, Cruz, Clancy, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, DeSmidt, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell, Stubbs and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Drake, Larson, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. Oct 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Nov 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Nov 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Dec 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  15. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1