Wisconsin House Bill 158

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-4)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber and amend 102.17 (9) (a) 1.; to amend 102.17 (9) (b) (intro.); to create 102.17 (9) (a) 1c., 102.17 (9) (a) 1e., 102.17 (9) (a) 1g. and 102.17 (9) (a) 1p. of the statutes; Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

Changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

Rep. David Armstrong [R]	Rep. Elijah Behnke [R]	Rep. Calvin Callahan [R]	Rep. Chanz Green [R]
Rep. Nate Gustafson [R]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. Paul Melotik [R]
Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Rep. Todd Novak [R]	Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]
Rep. Treig Pronschinske [R]	Rep. David Steffen [R]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Robert Wittke [R]
Sen. Andre Jacque [R]	Sen. Howard Marklein [R]	Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-20	House	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2026-03-19	House	Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-03-19	House	Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
2026-03-10	House	Representative Billings added as a coauthor
2026-03-06	House	Representative Brown added as a coauthor
2025-11-24	House	Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a coauthor
2025-08-25	House	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
2025-07-30	House	Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
2025-05-13	House	Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2025-04-22	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-04-22	House	Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor
2025-04-10	House	Representative Udell added as a coauthor
2025-04-08	House	Representatives Palmeri and Fitzgerald added as coauthors
2025-04-02	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
2025-04-02	House	Introduced

SB168 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab158
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB158.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab158/ab158_dwd.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/workforce_development_labor_and_integrated_employment/1985892.pdf