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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 515: Relating to: unemployment insurance benefits. (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 515 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: unemployment insurance benefits. (FE). Primary sponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 31

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Andrew HysellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
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. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Representative Sinicki 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, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives McCarville, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Johnson

Sources

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