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WI SB 242

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

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 242 pass?

No. WI SB 242 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 242 about?

WI SB 242 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 SB 242?

Testin, Cabral-Guevara, Stafsholt and 5 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 242.

Introduced
2025-05-09
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Testinprimary
  • Cabral-Guevaraprimary
  • Stafsholtprimary
  • Jamesprimary
  • Jacqueprimary
  • Huttonprimary
  • Feyenprimary
  • Kapengaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-09

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James, Stafsholt, Cabral-Guevara and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Gustafson, Zimmerman and Goeben

    introduction

  2. 2025-05-09

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-29

    Representative B. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. 2025-06-09

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kapenga

    amendment-introduction

  5. 2025-07-03

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  6. 2026-01-07

    Public hearing held

  7. 2026-02-27

    Executive action taken

  8. 2026-03-03

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

    amendment-passage

  9. 2026-03-03

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-03-03

    Available for scheduling

  11. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

    2026-03-03 · pass · 4-1

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

    2026-03-03 · pass · 3-2

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb242

Attribution

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