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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 457: Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 457 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period. Primary sponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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 38

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“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. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  5. Introduced by Senators Smith, Pfaff, Roys, Ratcliff, Wall, Larson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Habush Sinykin, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives DeSmidt, Kirsch, Tenorio, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, Bare, Roe, McCarville, Stroud, Miresse, Stubbs, Arney, Snodgrass, Subeck, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Madison, Clancy, Phelps, Joers, Johnson, Brown, Palmeri, Andraca and Sheehan

Sources

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