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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 494

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation. (FE)

Collective bargaining Labor Municipality

  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

This bill repeals a provision under which neither the state nor a local government may enact a statute or ordinance, adopt a policy or regulation, or impose a contract, zoning, permitting, or licensing requirement, or any other condition, that would require any person to accept any provision that is a subject of collective bargaining under state labor laws or the federal National Labor Relations Act.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Drake (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

21 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSmidt (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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

Full history

  1. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Drake, Larson, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Madison, Cruz, Clancy, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, DeSmidt, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck, Tenorio and Udell

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 3, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 21, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 22, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 22, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Nov 5, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Nov 5, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Nov 11, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Dec 1, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  15. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  16. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1