WI SB540 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
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]

Summary

An Act to repeal 103.36; to amend 111.322 (2m) (a), 111.322 (2m) (b) and 814.04 (intro.); to create 103.135 of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)

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Title

Prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2026-03-23SenateFailed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2025-12-09SenateFiscal estimate received
2025-10-17SenateRead first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
2025-10-17SenateIntroduced

Same As/Similar To

AB512 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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