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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1001: Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1001 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic). It lists 29 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 8, 2026): Fiscal estimate received.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 42

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Robyn ViningCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Fiscal estimate received
  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  6. Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Roys, Drake, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Wall, Larson, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein and Habush Sinykin; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, Haywood, Joers, Mayadev, Phelps, Bare, Sinicki, Udell, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Stubbs, Kirsch, Snodgrass, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Anderson, Roe, Madison, Brown, Andraca, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Vining, McCarville, Clancy, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri and Miresse

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source