2025-2026 Regular Session • Wisconsin Legislature
AB169: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Legislative Summary
An Act to renumber 108.04 (2) (ae); to renumber and amend 108.14 (19); to amend 108.04 (2) (a) 3., 108.04 (2) (bm), 108.04 (2) (g) 2., 108.04 (11) (cm), 108.14 (21) and 108.22 (8) (a); to create 108.04 (1) (hg), 108.04 (2) (ae) 1., 108.04 (2) (hL), 108.14 (19) (b) and 108.14 (28) of the statutes; Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
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Bill History
4/8/2025
Introduced
State Assembly
4/8/2025
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
State Assembly
4/9/2025
Public hearing held
State Assembly
4/17/2025
Executive action taken
State Assembly
4/17/2025
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3
State Assembly
4/17/2025
Referred to committee on Rules
State Assembly
4/17/2025
Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 by Committee on Rules
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Fiscal estimate received
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Read a second time
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Ordered to a third reading
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Rules suspended
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 42, Paired 2
State Assembly
4/22/2025
Ordered immediately messaged
State Assembly
4/23/2025
Received from Assembly
Senate
4/24/2025
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Assembly: Read a third time and passed
4/22/2025
53
Yea
42
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 15
Primary Sponsor

Dan Knodl
Republican
Co-Sponsors (14)
Brent Jacobson
Republican
Elijah Behnke
Republican
Barbara Dittrich
Republican
Cindi Duchow
Republican
Chanz Green
Republican
Rick Gundrum
Republican
David Murphy
Republican
Jerry O'Connor
Republican
William Penterman
Republican
Chuck Wichgers
Republican
Cory Tomczyk
Republican
Rachael Cabral-Guevara
Republican
Howard Marklein
Republican
Chris Kapenga
Republican