Bills by subject

Collective bargaining

110 bills and resolutions. 23 became law and 53 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 367 Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 478 Repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 593 Collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 24

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2011–12 session: 15

Mar 23, 2012
AB 29: Collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor Relations Act.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 127: Payment by employers of contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System that are required of public safety employees, arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, allowing municipal employers choice in health care coverage plan providers and health savings accounts that cover public safety employees, and prohibited and permissive subjects of collective bargaining.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 15, 2011
AB 319: Reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to municipal employers without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement for purposes of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 338: Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 482: Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System by certain law enforcement officers.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2012
AB 707: Extensions of collective bargaining agreements covering municipal employers without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement for purposes of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 or 2011 Wisconsin Act 32.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AR 4: Requesting the governor to negotiate in good faith on January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 11.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 13: Collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor Relations Act.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 233: Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 257: Providing additional state aid and revenue limit authority for certain school districts and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 264: Reductions in cost of compensation or fringe benefits to municipal employers without modifying an existing collective bargaining agreement for purposes of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2012
SB 315: Use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to take disciplinary action against a pupil under a school district's athletic code.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 34: Collective bargaining by employees (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 71

Apr 28, 2010
AB 40: The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Jul 24, 2009
AB 95: Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 105: Arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Dec 15, 2009
AB 172: Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 194: Administration of certain public assistance programs in Milwaukee County, removing county civil service protections from certain employees, required provisions in certain collective bargaining agreements under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 441: Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 442: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 443: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Teaching Assistants' Association, AFT, Local 3220, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 444: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Professional Employees in Research, Statistics, and Analysis, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional research, statistics, and analysis collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Stopped in committee.

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