AB241 • 2025

required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman, cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James and Stafsholt
Last action: 2026-05-13
Official status: A - Veto Sustained
Effective date: Not listed

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required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts

required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts Status: A - Veto Sustained

What This Bill Does

required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts Status: A - Veto Sustained

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Bill History

2026-05-13 Asm.
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
2026-05-12 Asm.
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-04-08 Asm.
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
2026-04-02 Asm.
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
2026-03-24 Asm.
Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026
2026-03-18 Asm.
Received from Senate concurred in
2026-03-17 Sen.
Read a second time
2026-03-17 Sen.
Ordered to a third reading
2026-03-17 Sen.
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17 Sen.
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-03-17 Sen.
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-16 Sen.
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization , pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m) , Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 Sen.
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-27 Sen.
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
2026-02-27 Sen.
Available for scheduling
2026-02-23 Sen.
Received from Assembly
2026-02-19 Asm.
Read a second time
2026-02-19 Asm.
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
2026-02-19 Asm.
Ordered to a third reading
2026-02-19 Asm.
Rules suspended
2026-02-19 Asm.
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 40
2026-02-19 Asm.
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18 Asm.
Made a special order of business at 11:11 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2025-06-20 Asm.
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment , Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-06-20 Asm.
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment , Ayes 6, Noes 3
2025-06-20 Asm.
Referred to committee on Rules
2025-06-12 Asm.
Executive action taken
2025-06-09 Asm.
LRB correction ( Assembly Amendment 2 )
2025-06-05 Asm.
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Maxey
2025-05-29 Asm.
Representative B. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-05-28 Asm.
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey
2025-05-28 Asm.
Public hearing held
2025-05-02 Asm.
Introduced by Representatives Maxey , Neylon , Armstrong , Brill , Brooks , Dittrich , Franklin , Goeben , Green , Gundrum , Gustafson , Knodl , Melotik , Murphy , Novak , O'Connor , Penterman , Tucker , Wichgers , Wittke and Zimmerman ; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga , Cabral-Guevara , Feyen , Hutton , Jacque , James and Stafsholt
2025-05-02 Asm.
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

Official Summary Text

required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts
Status: A - Veto Sustained

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Wisconsin Legislature: AB241: Text as Enrolled

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2025 Assembly Bill 241

Date of publication*:
2025 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act

to renumber and amend
106.015 (1);
to amend
106.015 (2);
to create
106.015 (1g) and 106.015 (1s) of the statutes;
relating to:
required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB241,1b
Section
1b
.
106.015 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 106.015 (1m) and amended to read:
106.015
(1m)
Except as provided in
sub.

subs. (1s) and
(2), the department may not prescribe, enforce, or authorize, whether through the promulgation of a rule, the issuance of a general or special order, the approval of an apprenticeship program or apprentice contract, or otherwise, a ratio of apprentices to journeyworkers for apprenticeship programs or apprentice contracts that requires more than one journeyworker for each apprentice
in any trade, craft, or business that is not a construction trade
.
AB241,1e
S
ection
1e
.
106.015 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
106.015
(1g)
In this section, “construction trade” means a trade, craft, or business that the department has, for purposes of its approval of apprenticeship programs under this chapter, identified as being a construction trade.
AB241,1g
S
ection
1g
.
106.015 (1s) of the statutes is created to read:
106.015
(1s)
Except as provided in subs. (1m) and (2), the department may not prescribe, enforce, or authorize, whether through the promulgation of a rule, the issuance of a general or special order, the approval of an apprenticeship program or apprentice contract, or otherwise, a ratio of apprentices to journeyworkers for apprenticeship programs or apprentice contracts that requires more than one journeyworker for 2 apprentices in a construction trade.
AB241,1r
Section
1r
.
106.015 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.015
(2)
The
prohibition

prohibitions
under
sub. (1) does

subs. (1m) and (1s) do
not apply with respect to apprentices whose employment is governed by a collective bargaining agreement.

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