Wisconsin Senate Bill 168

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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)

Sen. Andre Jacque [R]	Sen. Howard Marklein [R]	Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]
Rep. David Armstrong [R]	Rep. Elijah Behnke [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]	Rep. Calvin Callahan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-10	Senate	Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
2026-03-06	Senate	Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2025-11-24	Senate	Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a cosponsor
2025-08-25	Senate	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
2025-08-04	Senate	Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
2025-05-13	Senate	Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
2025-04-22	Senate	Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
2025-04-17	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-04-10	Senate	Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
2025-04-08	Senate	Representatives Palmeri and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors
2025-04-03	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
2025-04-03	Senate	Introduced

AB158 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb168
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB168.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb168/sb168_dwd.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/insurance_housing_rural_issues_and_forestry/1987118.pdf