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AB162 • 2025
workforce metrics
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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workforce metrics Status: A - Veto Sustained
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025
Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025
Report correctly enrolled on 10-17-2025
Read a second time
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Senate concurred in
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Executive action taken
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development , Ayes 3, Noes 2
Available for scheduling
Public hearing held
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
Received from Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
Read a second time
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 42, Paired 2
Ordered immediately messaged
Executive action taken
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment , Ayes 6, Noes 3
Referred to committee on Rules
Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 by Committee on Rules
Public hearing held
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong , O'Connor , Brooks , Dittrich , Green , Knodl , Kreibich , Murphy and Penterman ; cosponsored by Senator Feyen
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
workforce metrics Status: A - Veto Sustained
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB162,1 Section 1 . 106.11 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: 106.11 (title) Workforce investment programs ; metrics . AB162,2 Section 2 . 106.11 of the statutes is renumbered 106.11 (1) (a) and amended to read: 106.11 (1) (a) The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 29 USC 2801 to 2945 Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 USC 3101 to 3361 . In administering the programs authorized by that act , the department shall, in cooperation with other state agencies and with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 2832 3122 , establish a statewide workforce investment system to meet the employment, training, and educational needs of persons in this state. (b) If a local workforce development board anticipates that there may be a business closing or mass layoff under s. 109.07 in the area served by that board, the board may prepare a list of resources available in that area that provide career planning, job search, job skills training, and other support services for affected employees, as defined in s. 109.07 (1) (a), including contact information for those resources, for distribution to those employees under s. 109.07 (1m) (a). AB162,3 Section 3 . 106.11 (1) (title) and (2) of the statutes are created to read: 106.11 (1) (title) Workforce investment. (2) Workforce development metrics. (a) In this subsection: 1. “Workforce development program or activity” means any program or coordinated activities funded in whole or in part by the state, whether by using state or federal funds, that does any of the following within this state: a. Promotes or provides job training or work readiness services. b. Assists individuals with looking for wage-earning work in this state. c. Assists with or otherwise facilitates job placement within the state. 2. “Workforce development program or activity” includes all of the following, in addition to what is specified under subd. 1.: a. The Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs programs under s. 49.163. b. The department of corrections’ initiatives to reintegrate offenders into the community. c. The employment and training program administered by the department of children and families under s. 49.79 (9). d. The Wisconsin Works program administered by the department of children and families under ss. 49.141 to 49.161. e. Any workforce development program or activity funded, whether directly or indirectly, by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2. (b) 1. Any state agency or authority that operates, coordinates, or oversees a workforce development program or activity shall, subject to subd. 3., track and report on the performance of the workforce development program or activity, using all of the following primary indicators of performance: a. The percentage of program or activity participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the 2nd quarter after exit from the program or activity. b. The percentage of program or activity participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the 4th quarter after exit from the program or activity. c. The median earnings of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the 2nd quarter after exit from the program. d. The percentage of program or activity participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary credential, or a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, during participation in or within one year after exit from the program or activity. For purposes of this subd. 1. d., program or activity participants who obtain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent shall be included in the percentage counted as meeting the criterion only if such participants, in addition to obtaining such diploma or its recognized equivalent, have obtained or retained employment or are in an education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential within one year after exit from the program or activity. e. The percentage of program participants who, during a program year, are in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment and who are achieving measurable skill gains toward such a credential or employment. f. The percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during the 2nd quarter after exit from the program or activity who were employed by the same employer in the 2nd and 4th quarters after exit. 2. Any state agency or authority that is required to perform the tracking and reporting under subd. 1. shall publish the data through a single, state-maintained website. 3. A state agency is not required to do any of the following under subds. 1. and 2.: a. Report data on minors. b. Report on the performance of a workforce development program or activity to the extent that such reporting would violate confidentiality requirements under federal law. 4. The agency shall make or update the report required under subd. 1. at least annually and shall submit reports to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). (c) The department shall assist state agencies to comply with par. (b). AB162,4 Section 4 . 109.07 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: 109.07 (1m) (a) Subject to sub. (5) or (6), an employer that has decided upon a business closing or mass layoff in this state shall promptly notify the subunit of the department that administers s. 106.15, any affected employee, any collective bargaining representative of any affected employee, and the highest official of any municipality in which the affected employment site is located, in writing of such action no later than 60 days prior to the date on which the business closing or mass layoff takes place. The notice to an affected employee shall also include contact information for the local workforce development board under 29 USC 2832 serving the area in which the employment site is located and, if available, the list of resources prepared under s. 106.11 (1) (b) . The employer shall provide in writing all information concerning its payroll, affected employees, and the wages and other remuneration owed to those employees as the department may require. 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