Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin AB 1012

Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Miresse (Democratic)
• Palmeri (Democratic)
• Moore Omokunde (Democratic)
• Clancy (Democratic)
• McCarville (Democratic)
• Vining (Democratic)
• Johnson (Democratic)
• Fitzgerald (Democratic)
• Andraca (Democratic)
• Brown (Democratic)
• Madison (Democratic)
• Roe (Democratic)
• Anderson (Democratic)
• DeSmidt (Democratic)
• DeSanto (Democratic)
• Snodgrass (Democratic)
• Kirsch (Democratic)
• Stubbs (Democratic)
• Tenorio (Democratic)
• Rivera-Wagner (Democratic)
• Prado (Democratic)
• Udell (Democratic)
• Sinicki (Democratic)
• Bare (Democratic)
• Phelps (Democratic)
• Mayadev (Democratic)
• Joers (Democratic)
• Haywood (Democratic)
• Hong (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jun 16, 2026 · House
  Fiscal estimate received
• Mar 23, 2026 · House
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
• Feb 6, 2026 · House
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
• Feb 6, 2026 · House
  Introduced by Representatives Hong, Haywood, Joers, Mayadev, Phelps, Bare, Sinicki, Udell, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Stubbs, Kirsch, Snodgrass, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Anderson, Roe, Madison, Brown, Andraca, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Vining, McCarville, Clancy, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri and Miresse; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Roys, Drake, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Wall, Larson, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim and Hesselbein