Wisconsin House Bill 232

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Passed on August 11 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-08-11 - Published 8-9-2025
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 102.01 (2) (ad), 102.15 (1) (b), 102.18 (1) (b) 1t., 227.43 (1) (bm), 227.43 (2) (am), 227.43 (3) (bm) and 227.43 (4) (bm); to amend 40.65 (2) (b) 3., 40.65 (2) (b) 4., 102.01 (2) (dm), 102.04 (2r) (b), 102.07 (8) (c), 102.12, 102.13 (1) (c), 102.13 (1) (d) 2., 102.13 (1) (d) 3., 102.13 (1) (f), 102.13 (2) (a), 102.13 (3), 102.13 (4), 102.13 (5), 102.14 (title), 102.14 (1), 102.14 (2), 102.16 (1m) (a), 102.16 (1m) (b), 102.16 (1m) (c), 102.16 (2) (a), 102.16 (2) (b), 102.16 (2m) (a), 102.16 (2m) (b), 102.16 (4), 102.17 (1) (a) 1., 102.17 (1) (a) 2., 102.17 (1) (a) 3., 102.17 (1) (a) 4., 102.17 (1) (b), 102.17 (1) (c), 102.17 (1) (cg) 1., 102.17 (1) (cg) 2., 102.17 (1) (cg) 2m., 102.17 (1) (cg) 3., 102.17 (1) (cr), 102.17 (1) (ct), 102.17 (1) (d) 2. and 4., 102.17 (1) (e), 102.17 (1) (f) 1., 102.17 (1) (g), 102.17 (1) (h), 102.17 (2), 102.17 (2m), 102.17 (2s), 102.17 (4) (a), 102.17 (7) (b), 102.17 (7) (c), 102.17 (8), 102.175 (2), 102.175 (3) (c), 102.18 (1) (b) 1., 102.18 (1) (b) 1d., 102.18 (1) (b) 2., 102.18 (1) (b) 3., 102.18 (1) (bg) 1., 102.18 (1) (bg) 2., 102.18 (1) (bg) 3., 102.18 (1) (bw), 102.18 (1) (c), 102.18 (1) (e), 102.18 (3), 102.18 (4) (c) 3., 102.18 (4) (d), 102.18 (5), 102.18 (6), 102.195, 102.22 (1), 102.22 (2), 102.23 (2), 102.23 (3), 102.23 (5), 102.24 (2), 102.25 (1), 102.26 (2), 102.26 (3) (b) 1., 102.26 (3) (b) 3., 102.26 (4), 102.27 (2) (b), 102.28 (3) (c), 102.28 (4) (c), 102.29 (1) (b) (intro.), 102.29 (1) (c), 102.29 (1) (d), 102.30 (7) (a), 102.32 (1m) (intro.), 102.32 (1m) (a), 102.32 (1m) (c), 102.32 (1m) (d), 102.32 (5), 102.32 (6m) (a), 102.32 (7), 102.33 (1), 102.33 (2) (a), 102.33 (2) (b) (intro.), 102.33 (2) (b) 1., 102.33 (2) (b) 2., 102.33 (2) (b) 4., 102.33 (2) (c), 102.33 (2) (d) 2., 102.35 (3), 102.42 (1m), 102.42 (6), 102.42 (8), 102.425 (4m) (a), 102.425 (4m) (b), 102.43 (5) (b), 102.44 (2), 102.44 (6) (b), 102.475 (6), 102.48 (1), 102.48 (2), 102.48 (3), 102.49 (3), 102.49 (6), 102.51 (3), 102.51 (4), 102.51 (6), 102.55 (3), 102.555 (12) (a), 102.56 (1), 102.56 (2), 102.565 (1), 102.565 (2), 102.565 (3), 102.61 (1g) (c), 102.61 (2), 102.62, 102.64 (1), 102.64 (2), 102.65 (3), 102.66 (1) and 102.75 (1); to repeal and recreate 102.16 (1) and 102.18 (2) of the statutes; Relating to: transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)

Transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE)

Rep. Shae Sortwell [R]	Rep. David Armstrong [R]	Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Clint Moses [R]
Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Sen. Patrick Testin [R]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]
Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Jamie Wall [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-08-11	House	Published 8-9-2025
2025-08-11	House	Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 33
2025-08-07	House	Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
2025-06-20	House	Report correctly enrolled on 6-20-2025
2025-06-19	House	Received from Senate concurred in
2025-06-18	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-18	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
2025-06-18	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-06-18	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2025-06-18	Senate	Read a second time
2025-06-18	Senate	Rules suspended and taken up
2025-06-18	Senate	Received from Assembly
2025-06-18	House	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-18	House	Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
2025-06-18	House	Read a third time and passed
2025-06-18	House	Rules suspended
2025-06-18	House	Ordered to a third reading
2025-06-18	House	Read a second time
2025-06-18	House	Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2025-06-17	House	Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
2025-06-16	House	Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025
2025-06-12	House	Referred to committee on Rules
2025-06-12	House	Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-06-12	House	Executive action taken
2025-05-28	House	Public hearing held
2025-05-21	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-05-02	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
2025-05-02	House	Introduced

SB229 (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/ab232
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB232.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2025/REG/AB232.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/acts/2025/33.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab232/ab232_dwd.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/workforce_development_labor_and_integrated_employment/1924932.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcactmemos/2025/REG/Act%2033.pdf