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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 96

Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

Topics: Collective bargaining, Public employee, University of Wisconsin: Regents

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 31, 2025. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 28, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 94 to 0

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 31 to 1

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2025 Wisconsin Act 3

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 31, 2025: “Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 3”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 103. 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 2024-25 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.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

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Signed on in support (1)

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, 94 to 0 · Mar 18, 2025 · 5 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (94)

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

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 31 to 1 · Mar 18, 2025 · 1 didn't vote

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. Mar 31, 2025

    The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 3.

  2. Mar 28, 2025

    The new law was published.

  3. Mar 24, 2025

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 18, 2025

    The Senate passed it too, 31 to 1.

  5. Mar 18, 2025

    The Senate received it.

  6. Mar 18, 2025

    The Assembly passed it, 94 to 0.

  7. Mar 18, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  8. Mar 18, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Mar 17, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  10. Feb 28, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  11. Feb 28, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Committee on Employment Relations

  2. Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 by Committee on Rules

  4. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  8. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 0

  11. Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1)

  14. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  15. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  18. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 1

  19. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Mar 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  21. Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2025

  22. Mar 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-24-2025

  23. Mar 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 3-29-2025

  24. Mar 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 3

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

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

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

Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor

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