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2017 Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform


Committee Clerk

Mike Mikalsen

Legislative Council Staff

Margit Kelley

Andrea Brauer

Hearing Notices

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB308
    Relating to: the composition of the Council on Worker's Compensation.
    Representative Spiros
    Senator Stroebel
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • AB384
    Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules.
    Representative Steineke
    Senator Darling
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB43
    Relating to: material misstatements on applications for certain credentials and providing a criminal penalty.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Allen
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB87
    Relating to: the minimum wage required to be paid to tipped employees.
    Senator Taylor
    Representative Fields
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB103
    Relating to: the exemption of bona fide administrative, executive, and professional employees from the overtime pay requirements of the wage and hours laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Mason
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB140
    Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB142
    Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on or inquiring about a prospective employee's current or prior compensation and from restricting an employee's right to disclose compensation information and providing a penalty.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB235
    Relating to: the composition of the Council on Worker's Compensation.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Spiros
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB295
    Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Steineke
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB371
    Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, various changes pertaining to wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Wirch
    Representative Ohnstad
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB419
    Relating to: modifications to a local governmental unit's employee grievance procedure.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Brooks
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB490
    Relating to: exempting from the state family and medical leave law an employer that is covered under the federal family and medical leave law.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB665
    Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law, modifying administrative rules related to worker's compensation, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Labor and Regulatory Reform
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB867
    Relating to: prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's gender identity.
    Senator Erpenbach
    Representative Hesselbein
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB869
    Relating to: allowing the enactment of local family and medical leave ordinances.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Subeck
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB60
    Relating to: an employee in the classified service representing himself or herself as an engineer.
    Representative Weatherston
    Senator Nass
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB317
    Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision.
    Representative Ballweg
    Senator Nass
    A-Enacted into Law
  • CR16-033
    Relating to technical and minor substantive changes in existing ETF administrative rules.
    Employee Trust Funds
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR16-034
    Relating to technical and minor substantive changes in existing ETF administrative rules.
    Employee Trust Funds
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR16-092
    Relating to liquefied gas suppliers.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-034
    Relating to explosives, fireworks, mines, pits, and quarries.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-016
    Relating to unarmed combat sports.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-067
    Relating to fire department safety and health.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-067
    Relating to fire department safety and health.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR18-013
    Relating to an order of selection for vocational rehabilitation services.
    Workforce Development
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAMAXWELLG
    of Madison, as a Commissioner on the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2019.
    Labor and Industry Review Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EAMCCALLUM
    of Lodi, as a Commissioner on the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2023.
    Labor and Industry Review Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EADALEY
    of Oconomowoc, as Commissioner of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2023.
    Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • SB3
    Relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts.
    Senator Vukmir
    Representative Hutton
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB61
    Relating to: forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Tauchen
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB76
    Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.
    Senator Fitzgerald
    Representative Tauchen
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB216
    Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage.
    Senator Vukmir
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB220
    Relating to: outdated rules of the Department of Tourism and the Arts Board.
    Senator Olsen
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB241
    Relating to: an employee in the classified service representing himself or herself as an engineer.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Weatherston
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB275
    Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit the enforcement of federal or state law Relating to illegal aliens or immigration status, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, providing a reduction in shared revenue payments, and creating governmental liability for damages caused by illegal aliens.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Spiros
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB322
    Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB397
    Relating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB399
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Kulp
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB411
    Relating to: apprentice-to-journeyworker ratios in apprenticeships and the minimum duration of carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Hutton
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB412
    Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide.
    Senator Nass
    Representative August
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB414
    Relating to: allowing minors to operate temporary stands without a permit or license.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Kleefisch
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB420
    Relating to: child labor permits.
    Senator Marklein
    Representative Novak
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB564
    Relating to: worker's compensation claims by certain public safety employees for post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Jacque
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB604
    Relating to: fingerprinting and conducting background investigations of employees in the state civil service or of a political subdivision, and of individuals performing contractual services for the state, who have access to federal tax information.
    Senator Marklein
    Representative Kooyenga
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB634
    Relating to: preventing the state or local governments from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive its rights under the National Labor Relations Act or state labor law; prohibiting local regulation of employee hours and overtime, employment benefits, wage claims and collections, an employer's right to solicit salary information of prospective employees, employment discrimination, and professions regulated by the state; and providing a criminal penalty.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Hutton
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB745
    Relating to: deference by courts to agency interpretations of law, notice and comment requirements for guidance documents issued by agencies, and agency rule-making authority.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Jacque
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB781
    Relating to: actions against certain third parties by injured employees under the worker's compensation law.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Duchow
    S-Enacted into law

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB308
    Relating to: the composition of the Council on Worker's Compensation.
    Representative Spiros
    Senator Stroebel
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • AB384
    Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules.
    Representative Steineke
    Senator Darling
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB43
    Relating to: material misstatements on applications for certain credentials and providing a criminal penalty.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Allen
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB87
    Relating to: the minimum wage required to be paid to tipped employees.
    Senator Taylor
    Representative Fields
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB103
    Relating to: the exemption of bona fide administrative, executive, and professional employees from the overtime pay requirements of the wage and hours laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Mason
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB140
    Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB142
    Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on or inquiring about a prospective employee's current or prior compensation and from restricting an employee's right to disclose compensation information and providing a penalty.
    Senator Hansen
    Representative Sinicki
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB235
    Relating to: the composition of the Council on Worker's Compensation.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Spiros
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB295
    Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Steineke
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB371
    Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, various changes pertaining to wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation.
    Senator Wirch
    Representative Ohnstad
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB419
    Relating to: modifications to a local governmental unit's employee grievance procedure.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Brooks
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB490
    Relating to: exempting from the state family and medical leave law an employer that is covered under the federal family and medical leave law.
    Senator Darling
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB665
    Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law, modifying administrative rules related to worker's compensation, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Labor and Regulatory Reform
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB867
    Relating to: prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's gender identity.
    Senator Erpenbach
    Representative Hesselbein
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform
  • SB869
    Relating to: allowing the enactment of local family and medical leave ordinances.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Subeck
    S-Labor and Regulatory Reform

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB60
    Relating to: an employee in the classified service representing himself or herself as an engineer.
    Representative Weatherston
    Senator Nass
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB317
    Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision.
    Representative Ballweg
    Senator Nass
    A-Enacted into Law
  • CR16-033
    Relating to technical and minor substantive changes in existing ETF administrative rules.
    Employee Trust Funds
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR16-034
    Relating to technical and minor substantive changes in existing ETF administrative rules.
    Employee Trust Funds
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR16-092
    Relating to liquefied gas suppliers.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-034
    Relating to explosives, fireworks, mines, pits, and quarries.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-016
    Relating to unarmed combat sports.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-067
    Relating to fire department safety and health.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR17-067
    Relating to fire department safety and health.
    Safety and Professional Services
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • CR18-013
    Relating to an order of selection for vocational rehabilitation services.
    Workforce Development
    S-Committee Action Complete
  • EAMAXWELLG
    of Madison, as a Commissioner on the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2019.
    Labor and Industry Review Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EAMCCALLUM
    of Lodi, as a Commissioner on the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2023.
    Labor and Industry Review Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • EADALEY
    of Oconomowoc, as Commissioner of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2023.
    Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
    S-Confirmed
  • SB3
    Relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts.
    Senator Vukmir
    Representative Hutton
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB61
    Relating to: forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Tauchen
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB76
    Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.
    Senator Fitzgerald
    Representative Tauchen
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB216
    Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage.
    Senator Vukmir
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB220
    Relating to: outdated rules of the Department of Tourism and the Arts Board.
    Senator Olsen
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB241
    Relating to: an employee in the classified service representing himself or herself as an engineer.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Weatherston
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB275
    Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit the enforcement of federal or state law Relating to illegal aliens or immigration status, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, providing a reduction in shared revenue payments, and creating governmental liability for damages caused by illegal aliens.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Spiros
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB322
    Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Ballweg
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB397
    Relating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Hutton
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB399
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation.
    Senator Nass
    Representative Kulp
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB411
    Relating to: apprentice-to-journeyworker ratios in apprenticeships and the minimum duration of carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Hutton
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB412
    Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide.
    Senator Nass
    Representative August
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB414
    Relating to: allowing minors to operate temporary stands without a permit or license.
    Senator Johnson
    Representative Kleefisch
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB420
    Relating to: child labor permits.
    Senator Marklein
    Representative Novak
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB564
    Relating to: worker's compensation claims by certain public safety employees for post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Senator Wanggaard
    Representative Jacque
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB604
    Relating to: fingerprinting and conducting background investigations of employees in the state civil service or of a political subdivision, and of individuals performing contractual services for the state, who have access to federal tax information.
    Senator Marklein
    Representative Kooyenga
    S-Enacted into law
  • SB634
    Relating to: preventing the state or local governments from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive its rights under the National Labor Relations Act or state labor law; prohibiting local regulation of employee hours and overtime, employment benefits, wage claims and collections, an employer's right to solicit salary information of prospective employees, employment discrimination, and professions regulated by the state; and providing a criminal penalty.
    Senator Kapenga
    Representative Hutton
    S-Hold (Available for Scheduling)
  • SB745
    Relating to: deference by courts to agency interpretations of law, notice and comment requirements for guidance documents issued by agencies, and agency rule-making authority.
    Senator Craig
    Representative Jacque
    S-Available for Scheduling
  • SB781
    Relating to: actions against certain third parties by injured employees under the worker's compensation law.
    Senator Stroebel
    Representative Duchow
    S-Enacted into law

Authored Proposals Feed for Authored items feed

  • 12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 665
    Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law, modifying administrative rules related to worker's compensation, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)