WI SB 287
passed one chamberRelating to: the employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did WI SB 287 pass?
Not yet. WI SB 287 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI SB 287 about?
WI SB 287 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: the employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI SB 287?
Tomczyk, Nass, Jagler and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 287, joined by 13 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-30
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
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- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tomczykprimary
- Nassprimary
- Jaglerprimary
- Wimbergerprimary
- Piwowarczykcosponsor
- Brillcosponsor
- Brookscosponsor
- Dittrichcosponsor
- Goebencosponsor
- Knodlcosponsor
- Kreibichcosponsor
- Maxeycosponsor
- Melotikcosponsor
- Murphycosponsor
- Mursaucosponsor
- Steffencosponsor
- Wichgerscosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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2026-02-18
Received from Senate
receipt
2026-02-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15
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2026-02-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-18
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-02-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-11
Available for scheduling
2026-02-11
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-11
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
amendment-passage
2026-02-11
Executive action taken
2025-12-12
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
amendment-introduction
2025-11-03
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-29
Public hearing held
2025-10-24
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-20
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-15
Fiscal estimate received
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2025-10-10
Fiscal estimate received
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2025-10-10
Fiscal estimate received
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2025-10-09
Fiscal estimate received
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2025-10-06
Fiscal estimate received
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2025-05-30
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
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2025-05-30
Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Jagler, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Steffen and Wichgers
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Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-02-11 · pass · 3-2
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-02-11 · pass · 3-2
PASSAGE
2026-02-18 · 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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