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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 151

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Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.

Employment Employment relations commission Unemployment insurance Unincorporated territory Workforce development department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current rules of the Department of Workforce Development, in order to determine unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims, DWD may require employers to provide information about claimants’ employment separations, dates of work, wages and other payments, and other issues that may be disqualifying. This bill requires DWD to allow an employer no less than 12 business days to respond to an initial request for information about a UI benefit claim.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hutton (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R)

14 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 8

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Aug 19, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 21, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hutton, Nass, Tomczyk and Kapenga; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor and Spiros

  2. Mar 21, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Mar 25, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Tusler added as a cosponsor

  4. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Aug 19, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Aug 19, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. Aug 19, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1