2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 462

An Act to repeal 101.1472; to renumber and amend 108.221 (1) (a) and 108.221 (2); to amend 102.125 (2), 102.125 (3), 102.85 (1) (a), 102.85 (1) (b) and 102.85 (2) (intro.); to create 16.40 (24), 71.738 (1b), 71.738 (3h), 71.738 (3m), 71.815, 101.147, 101.19 (1g) (m), 102.125 (1m), 102.85 (1) (c), 102.85 (1) (d), 102.85 (2j), 102.85 (2k), 103.005 (4m), 108.221 (1) (a) 2., 108.221 (2) (b), 182.01 (8), 601.41 (14) and 943.395 (1) (e) of the statutes; Relating to: employee misclassification; construction contractor registration; reporting state tax law violations committed by construction industry employers; and granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Status: A - Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
9/26/2025 Asm.Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining;
cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall
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9/26/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment267
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