Employment laws and bills in Wisconsin

Every bill in the Wisconsin Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 74bills in scope
Past committee: 22past committee
Most recent action: 16 June 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Wisconsin in 2026

7 Employment bills were enacted in Wisconsin this year, the latest with a last action on 13 May 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Wisconsin

8Enacted

8Cleared both chambers

6Past committee

52Introduced or inactive

74 bills in scope

Enacted

AB 650Relating to: funding for identity verification under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. (FE)13 May 2026Enacted AB 651Relating to: various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)30 March 2026Enacted AB 930Relating to: correcting a cross-reference related to enforcement of regulations applicable to earned wage access service providers (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions).27 March 2026Enacted AB 936Relating to: definition of personal assistance services for the purposes of vocational rehabilitation; updating reference to federal vocational rehabilitation law; updating references to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014; updating reference to federal law for certificate of registration as a migrant labor contractor; updating statutory reference to federal Social Security Act; and updating references to federal law for safety standards for vehicles used to transport traveling sales crews (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Workforce Development).27 March 2026Enacted SB 374Relating to: exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.19 March 2026Enacted AB 786Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2025-26 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)6 February 2026Enacted AB 789Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, for the 2025-27 biennium, covering employees in the public safety collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)6 February 2026Enacted AB 232Relating to: transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)11 August 2025Enacted

Cleared both chambers

AB 146Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims.13 May 2026Vetoed AB 162Relating to: workforce metrics. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed AB 167Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed AB 168Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed AB 241Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.13 May 2026Vetoed AB 281Relating to: the employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)13 May 2026Vetoed AB 39Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer.13 May 2026Vetoed SB 431Relating to: discrimination based on arrest record under the fair employment law.13 May 2026Vetoed

Past committee

AB 1Relating to: an income tax subtraction for qualified tips and for qualified overtime compensation; state aid for school districts; surplus refund payments; increasing funding for special education and school age parents programs; state aid to technical colleges and the technical college district revenue limit; and making an appropriation. (FE)27 May 2026Passed chamber AB 164Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants. (FE)23 March 2026Passed chamber AB 17Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)23 March 2026Passed chamber AB 652Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)23 March 2026Passed chamber AB 803Relating to: workforce training grants. (FE)23 March 2026Passed chamber SB 287Relating to: the employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)23 March 2026Passed chamber

Introduced or inactive

3 of 52 shown

AB 1012Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)16 June 2026Dead AB 1148Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)3 April 2026Dead AB 1160Relating to: misclassification of employees and providing a penalty. (FE)2 April 2026Dead

Showing the 25 furthest along of 74. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Wisconsin Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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