Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin SB 1001

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 Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Habush Sinykin (Democratic)
• Hesselbein (Democratic)
• Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic)
• Keyeski (Democratic)
• Larson (Democratic)
• Wall (Democratic)
• Spreitzer (Democratic)
• Carpenter (Democratic)
• Ratcliff (Democratic)
• Pfaff (Democratic)
• Drake (Democratic)
• Roys (Democratic)
• L. Johnson (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jul 8, 2026 · Senate
  Fiscal estimate received
• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
  Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
• Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
  Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
• Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
• Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Roys, Drake, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Wall, Larson, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein and Habush Sinykin; cosponsored 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