Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: definition of personal assistance services for the purposes of vocational rehabilitation; updating reference to federal vocational rehabilitation law; updating references to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014; updating reference to federal law for certificate of registration as a migrant labor contractor; updating statutory reference to federal Social Security Act; and updating references to federal law for safety standards for vehicles used to transport traveling sales crews (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Workforce Development).
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill updates references to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which was repealed and largely replaced by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.
The bill updates a reference to a definition under federal law of “personal assistance services” for the purposes of vocational rehabilitation.
The bill updates references to federal vocational rehabilitation statutes that have been repealed and replaces the references with the current references.
The bill updates a statutory reference to the federal Social Security Act in the Worker’s Compensation Act.
The bill updates statutory references to federal law regarding safety standards that are prescribed by the federal secretary of transportation and that are applicable to the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles that are commonly used to transport traveling sales crew workers.
Finally, the bill updates a statutory reference to a federal law for a certificate of registration as a migrant labor contractor. Under current law, no person may engage in activities as a migrant labor contractor without first receiving a certificate of registration from the Department of Workforce Development, and an applicant may submit a copy of the contractor’s federal application for a certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor in lieu of submitting the forms prescribed by DWD.
For further information, see the
Notes
provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Law Revision Committee
1 cosponsors
Carpenter (D)
Votes
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 pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Law Revision Committee
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 25, 2026 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026
- Mar 26, 2026 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026
- Mar 27, 2026 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 139
- Mar 27, 2026 · Assembly
Published 3-28-2026