WI AB 241

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Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 241 pass?

No. WI AB 241 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-05-13): Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

What is WI AB 241 about?

WI AB 241 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 241?

Zimmerman, Wittke, Wichgers and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 241, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-05-02
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-13
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
failure
2026-05-12
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-04-08
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
executive-veto
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-24
Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026
enrolled
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-16
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-02-27
Available for scheduling
2026-02-27
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 40
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:11 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2025-06-20
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-06-20
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-20
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-12
Executive action taken
2025-06-09
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
2025-06-05
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Maxey
amendment-introduction
2025-05-29
Representative B. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-05-28
Public hearing held
2025-05-28
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey
amendment-introduction
2025-05-02
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-02
Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James and Stafsholt
introduction

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Votes

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3
2025-06-20 · pass · 6-3
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-06-20 · pass · 9-0
PASSAGE
2026-02-19 · pass · 54-40
Member-level votes (94)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: no
- JOERS: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: no
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab241

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