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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 965

Collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority

Topics: Collective bargaining, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 6, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Chris Kapenga. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 999. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill makes a number of changes with respect to collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. The bill does all of the following:

1. Provides that certain employees of the UWHCA may authorize a representative of a collective bargaining unit by a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit indicating their preference through a petition for certification in lieu of an election and requires the Employment Relations Commission to certify the representative as the representative of the collective bargaining unit. Under current law, a majority of employees in a collective bargaining unit may select a representative only through an election.

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2. Requires UWHCA to allow representatives of collective bargaining units representing employees of the authority to present information at any mandatory orientation for new employees.

3. Requires UWHCA to allow representatives of collective bargaining units representing employees of the authority to use the authority’s email system and other workplace communication systems to discuss workplace issues and the administration of collective bargaining agreements and for employee organizing activity.

Who's behind it

15 senators are its ⁠. All 15 are Democrats.

43 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (15)

Signed on in support (43)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 6, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.

  3. Feb 6, 2026

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining

  2. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

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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

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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