Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin SB 242

Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

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

Sponsors

• Testin (Republican)
• Cabral-Guevara (Republican)
• Stafsholt (Republican)
• James (Republican)
• Jacque (Republican)
• Hutton (Republican)
• Feyen (Republican)
• Kapenga (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Amendment 1
• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Actions

• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  Available for scheduling
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1
• Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
  Executive action taken
• Jan 7, 2026 · Senate
  Public hearing held
• Jul 3, 2025 · Senate
  LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
• Jun 9, 2025 · Senate
  Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kapenga
• May 29, 2025 · Senate
  Representative B. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
• May 9, 2025 · Senate
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
• May 9, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James, Stafsholt, Cabral-Guevara and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Gustafson, Zimmerman and Goeben