WisconsinSB4572025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)Senate

An Act to repeal 108.02 (26m) and 108.04 (3); to amend 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes; Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period.

Sponsored By: Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Robert Wirch (Democratic)

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Sen Bill 457Unemployment insurance

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Bill Overview

No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Kristin Dassler-Alfheim

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jodi Habush Sinykin

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dianne Hesselbein

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sarah Keyeski

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Larson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Brad Pfaff

    Democratic • Senate

  • Melissa Ratcliff

    Democratic • Senate

  • Kelda Roys

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jeff Smith

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mark Spreitzer

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jamie Wall

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert Wirch

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Deb Andraca

    Democratic • House

  • Margaret Arney

    Democratic • House

  • Mike Bare

    Democratic • House

  • Brienne Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Ryan Clancy

    Democratic • House

  • Ben DeSmidt

    Democratic • House

  • Jodi Emerson

    Democratic • House

  • Jenna Jacobson

    Democratic • House

  • Alex Joers

    Democratic • House

  • Tara Johnson

    Democratic • House

  • Karen Kirsch

    Democratic • House

  • Darrin Madison

    Democratic • House

  • Maureen McCarville

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent Miresse

    Democratic • House

  • Supreme Moore Omokunde

    Democratic • House

  • Greta Neubauer

    Democratic • House

  • Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

    Democratic • House

  • Lori Palmeri

    Democratic • House

  • Christian Phelps

    Democratic • House

  • Ann Roe

    Democratic • House

  • Joe Sheehan

    Democratic • House

  • Christine Sinicki

    Democratic • House

  • Lee Snodgrass

    Democratic • House

  • Angela Stroud

    Democratic • House

  • Shelia Stubbs

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Angelito Tenorio

    Democratic • House

  • Randy Udell

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    3/23/2026Senate
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

    1/9/2026Senate
  3. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

    11/12/2025Senate
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    10/2/2025Senate
  5. Introduced by Senators Smith, Pfaff, Roys, Ratcliff, Wall, Larson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Habush Sinykin, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives DeSmidt, Kirsch, Tenorio, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, Bare, Roe, McCarville, Stroud, Miresse, Stubbs, Arney, Snodgrass, Subeck, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Madison, Clancy, Phelps, Joers, Johnson, Brown, Palmeri, Andraca and Sheehan

    10/2/2025Senate

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