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IntroducedMay 30, 2025
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Passed AssemblyJan 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Wisconsin Assembly Bill
Relating to: the employment eligibility verification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Jan 14, 2026: Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on AB 281
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 54
- ALLEN
- ARMSTRONG
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DUCHOW
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- KAUFERT
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MELOTIK
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RODRIGUEZ
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- VANDERMEER
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
NO: 45
- ANDERSON
- ANDRACA
- ARNEY
- BARE
- BILLINGS
- BROWN
- CLANCY
- CRUZ
- DESANTO
- DESMIDT
- DOYLE
- EMERSON
- FITZGERALD
- GOODWIN
- HAYWOOD
- HONG
- HYSELL
- JACOBSON, J
- 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
- VINING
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly
- Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
- Jan 13, 2026 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 45
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 08, 2026 | Assembly
- Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Nov 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 22, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 14, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 10, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 09, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 08, 2025 | Assembly
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 4, Noes 2
- Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 06, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 02, 2025 | Assembly
- Public hearing held
- Executive action taken
- May 30, 2025 | Assembly
- Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Jagler, Nass and Tomczyk
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce
Bill Texts
Documents
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From DMA
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From DPI
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From ETF
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From SWIB
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From UWS
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From UWS (Updated)
- AB281: Fiscal Estimate From WTCS
- AB281 ROCP for Committee on Commerce On 10/8/2025
- AB281 ROCP for Committee on Commerce On 10/8/2025
- LC Hearing Materials for AB281 on 10/2/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Senate Bill 287



