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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 786

Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2025-26 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

Topics: Collective bargaining, Public employee: Labor union

Became law

The governor signed it on Feb 6, 2026. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 23, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 99 to 0

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 32 to 1

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2025 Wisconsin Act 84

Latest entry in the official record, Feb 6, 2026: “Published 2-7-2026”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 793. That version died when the session ended.

What it does

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

This proposal is introduced under s. 111.92 (1), stats. The proposal ratifies the collective bargaining contract for state employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit negotiated for the 2025-26 fiscal year under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. Currently, statutory program supplement appropriations fund the costs of collective bargaining agreements to the extent that they exceed budgeted costs. The proposal authorizes expenditure of moneys from those appropriations to fund the cost of this agreement.

Who's behind it

The Joint Committee on Employment Relations introduced it.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 99 to 0 · Jan 13, 2026

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (99)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 32 to 1 · Jan 21, 2026

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Feb 6, 2026

    The new law was published.

  2. Feb 6, 2026

    The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 84.

  3. Feb 5, 2026

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Jan 22, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Jan 21, 2026

    The Senate passed it too, 32 to 1.

  6. Jan 14, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. Jan 14, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  8. Jan 13, 2026

    The Assembly passed it, 99 to 0.

  9. Dec 23, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. Dec 23, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Committee on Employment Relations

  2. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules

  4. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  6. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  7. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0

  8. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  10. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  11. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  16. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1

  17. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jan 22, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  19. Jan 22, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  20. Jan 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-26-2026

  21. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-5-2026

  22. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 84

  23. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 2-7-2026

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act. 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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote