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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 242

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Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

Apprenticeship 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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Workforce Development may not prescribe, enforce, or authorize a ratio of apprentices to journeyworkers for apprenticeship programs or apprentice contracts that requires more than one journeyworker for each apprentice. This bill increases the allowable ratio to one journeyworker to two apprentices.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Kapenga (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Testin (R)

22 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Brill (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 17

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 adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 3, 2026 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 3, 2026 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. May 9, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James, Stafsholt, Cabral-Guevara and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Gustafson, Zimmerman and Goeben

  2. May 9, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. May 29, 2025 · Senate

    Representative B. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 9, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kapenga

  5. Jul 3, 2025 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  6. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  10. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1