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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 480

Requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty

Topics: Employment, Employment bureau

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 9, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment. The committee's chair at the time was Paul Melotik. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 488. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires all job postings made by employers or third parties on behalf of employers to include the minimum and maximum salary or hourly pay for the job based on the employer’s good faith estimate and any other benefits available for the position, such as health insurance and retirement benefits.

The bill also provides that employers and third parties that post jobs on behalf of employers are required to retain records of listings for job vacancies and employment opportunities, including information regarding wages, salary, and other benefits, for at least two years after the vacancy or employment opportunity is filled.

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The bill provides that an employer with fewer than 50 employees who violates a requirement under the bill shall forfeit $300 for a second violation and $600 for a third or subsequent violation, and an employer with 50 or more employees who violates a requirement under the bill shall forfeit $1,000 for a second violation and $2,000 for a third or subsequent violation. Under the bill, third parties that are required to comply with the provisions of the bill are subject to the same penalties as an employer. Finally, under the bill each failure to comply with a duty required under the bill is a separate violation.

Who's behind it

26 representatives are its ⁠. All 26 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (26)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 9, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.

  3. Oct 9, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Taylor, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Palmeri, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Larson, Hesselbein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Smith and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary