WisconsinAB1582025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)House

An Act to renumber and amend 102.17 (9) (a) 1.; to amend 102.17 (9) (b) (intro.); to create 102.17 (9) (a) 1c., 102.17 (9) (a) 1e., 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. and 102.17 (9) (a) 1p. of the statutes; Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

Sponsored By: David Armstrong (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Calvin Callahan (Republican), Chanz Green (Republican), Nate Gustafson (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Vincent Miresse (Democratic), Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Treig Pronschinske (Republican), David Steffen (Republican), Lisa Subeck (Democratic), Robert Wittke (Republican)

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • David Armstrong

    Republican • House

  • Elijah Behnke

    Republican • House

  • Calvin Callahan

    Republican • House

  • Chanz Green

    Republican • House

  • Nate Gustafson

    Republican • House

  • Joel Kitchens

    Republican • House

  • Rob Kreibich

    Republican • House

  • Paul Melotik

    Republican • House

  • Vincent Miresse

    Democratic • House

  • Jeffrey Mursau

    Republican • House

  • Todd Novak

    Republican • House

  • Jim Piwowarczyk

    Republican • House

  • Treig Pronschinske

    Republican • House

  • David Steffen

    Republican • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Robert Wittke

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Clinton Anderson

    Democratic • House

  • Jill Billings

    Democratic • House

  • Brienne Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Jodi Emerson

    Democratic • House

  • Jenna Jacobson

    Democratic • House

  • André Jacque

    Republican • Senate

  • Sarah Keyeski

    Democratic • Senate

  • Howard Marklein

    Republican • Senate

  • Maureen McCarville

    Democratic • House

  • Greta Neubauer

    Democratic • House

  • Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

    Democratic • House

  • Amaad Rivera-Wagner

    Democratic • House

  • Lee Snodgrass

    Democratic • House

  • Mark Spreitzer

    Democratic • Senate

  • Randy Udell

    Democratic • House

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Actions Timeline

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    3/23/2026House
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

    3/20/2026House
  3. Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

    3/19/2026House
  4. Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

    3/19/2026House
  5. Representative Billings added as a coauthor

    3/10/2026House
  6. Representative Brown added as a coauthor

    3/6/2026House
  7. Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a coauthor

    11/24/2025House
  8. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

    8/25/2025House
  9. Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

    7/30/2025House
  10. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

    5/13/2025House
  11. Fiscal estimate received

    4/22/2025House
  12. Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

    4/22/2025House
  13. Representative Udell added as a coauthor

    4/10/2025House
  14. Representatives Palmeri and Fitzgerald added as coauthors

    4/8/2025House
  15. Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

    4/2/2025House
  16. Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Callahan, Green, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Steffen, Subeck and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Marklein, Keyeski and Spreitzer

    4/2/2025House

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