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WI SB 471

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Relating to: unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 471 pass?

No. WI SB 471 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 471 about?

WI SB 471 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI SB 471?

Spreitzer, Smith, Roys and 4 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 471.

Introduced
2025-10-02
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Smithprimary
  • Roysprimary
  • Ratcliffprimary
  • Larsonprimary
  • Dassler-Alfheimprimary
  • Wallprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-02

    Introduced by Senators Wall, Dassler-Alfheim, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Stroud, DeSanto, Moore Omokunde, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio and Udell

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-02

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-03

    Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor

  4. 2025-11-12

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-01-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-01-28

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  7. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

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