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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 500: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

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 500 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE). Primary sponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 23 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 30

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
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. Fiscal estimate received
  3. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  6. Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Arney, Anderson, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Roe, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio and Udell

Sources

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