Bills by subject

Unemployment: Relief measures

20 bills and resolutions. 5 became law and 10 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 607 Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 803 Workforce training grants. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 888 Green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 8

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 803: Workforce training grants. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 888: Green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 803: Workforce training grants. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 876: Green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 6

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 256: A grant to Milwaukee County to assist men of color in obtaining employment and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 412: Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to notify the local workforce development board when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 575: Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 424: Requiring the Department of Workforce Development, when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits, to notify the local workforce development board, and the job center, serving the area where the claimant resides.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 6

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject