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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 465
September 26, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Fitzgerald
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Hong
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
McCarville
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Palmeri
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Snodgrass
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Smith
,
Carpenter
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Wall
,
Wirch
and
Dassler-Alfheim
. Referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.
AB465,1,4
1
An Act
to repeal
103.81 (2m);
to amend
102.60 (1m) (c), 103.25 (1), 103.27 (2),
2
103.28 (2), 103.70 (1), 103.70 (2) (a), 103.70 (2) (b) (intro.), 103.71 (1), 103.74
3
(intro.), 103.80 (2), 103.81 (1) and 103.81 (2);
to create
103.70 (2) (c) of the
4
statutes;
relating to:
permits authorizing the employment of minors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Subject to certain exceptions, current law prohibits a minor under 16 years of age from being employed or permitted to work at any employment unless the minor's employer obtains a written permit authorizing the employment of the minor. Subject to certain exceptions, current law also prohibits a minor under 16 years of age from being permitted to work at any “street trade” unless 1) the minor's employer obtains a street trade permit and 2) the minor obtains an identification card. Street trade permits must contain certain information but otherwise must be in the same format as child labor permits. Such permits are issued by the Department of Workforce Development or by certain other permit officers designated by DWD.
This bill raises the age for which a permit is required so that it applies to all minors. A “minor” is defined as someone who is less than 18 years of age.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB465,1
1
Section
1
.
102.60 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,2,5
2
102.60
(1m)
(c) An amount equal to double the amount recoverable by the
3
injured employee, but not to exceed $15,000, if the injured employee is a minor of
4
permit age
or older
and at the time of the injury is employed, required, suffered, or
5
permitted to work at prohibited employment.
AB465,2
6
Section
2
.
103.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,2,10
7
103.25
(1)
A minor
under 16 years of age
shall not be employed or permitted
8
to work at any street trade unless the minor’s employer first obtains from the
9
department or a permit officer a street trade permit and the minor first obtains an
10
identification card, both issued in accordance with this section.
AB465,3
11
Section
3
.
103.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,2,16
12
103.27
(2)
Every employer shall receive and file a street trade permit
13
authorizing employment of each minor
under 16 years of age
by the employer before
14
the minor is permitted to work; and shall keep the permit on file and allow
15
inspection of the permit at any time by the department or any police or school
16
attendance officer.
AB465,4
17
Section
4
.
103.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,2,21
18
103.28
(2)
The failure of an employer to produce for inspection by the
19
department or any school attendance or police officer a permit required for a minor
20
under 16 years of age
employed in street trades is prima facie evidence of unlawful
21
employment of the minor.
AB465,5
22
Section
5
.
103.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,3,10
1
103.70
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and in ss. 103.21 to 103.31,
2
103.78, 938.245 (2) (a) 5. b., 938.32 (1t) (a) 2., and 938.34 (5) (b) and (5g) (c), and as
3
may be provided under s. 103.79, a minor
under 16 years of age
may not be
4
employed or permitted to work at any gainful occupation or employment,
unless
5
employed under an apprentice contract under s. 106.01,
unless 12 years and over
6
and engaged in farming, unless 14 years and over and enrolled in a youth
7
apprenticeship program under s. 106.13, or unless there is first obtained from the
8
department or a permit officer a written permit authorizing the employment of the
9
minor within those periods of time stated in the permit, which may not exceed the
10
maximum hours prescribed by law.
AB465,6
11
Section
6
.
103.70 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,3,16
12
103.70
(2)
(a) A minor
under 16 years of age
may be employed without a
13
permit in or around a home in work usual to the home of the employer, if the work
14
is not in connection with or a part of the business, trade, or profession of the
15
employer; is in accordance with the minimum age stated in s. 103.67 (2) (f); and is
16
not specifically prohibited by ss. 103.64 to 103.82 or by an order of the department.
AB465,7
17
Section
7
.
103.70 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,3,22
18
103.70
(2)
(b) (intro.) A minor
under 16 years of age
may be employed without
19
a permit by a nonprofit organization in and around the home of an elderly person or
20
a person with a disability to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, or
21
other similar work usual to the home of the elderly person or person with a
22
disability, if all of the following apply:
AB465,8
23
Section
8
.
103.70 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB465,4,2
1
103.70
(2)
(c) A minor may be employed without a permit as an election
2
inspector as provided in s. 7.30 (2) (am).
AB465,9
3
Section
9
.
103.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,4,8
4
103.71
(1)
Except as provided in s. 103.78, a permit shall not be issued
5
authorizing any minor to be employed during the hours that the minor is required
6
to attend school under s. 118.15.
The department and its permit officers shall
7
accept a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma as evidence that
8
a minor has completed high school.
AB465,10
9
Section
10
.
103.74 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,4,12
10
103.74
Duties of employers of minors.
(intro.) Every employer employing
11
a minor
under 16 years of age
for whom a permit is required, except in street trades,
12
shall:
AB465,11
13
Section
11
.
103.80 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,4,18
14
103.80
(2)
The failure of any employer to produce for inspection by the
15
department, or school attendance officers, a permit required for a minor
under 16
16
years of age
under s. 103.70 shall be prima facie evidence of unlawful employment
17
of the minor. The presence of any minor in any factory, workshop or other place of
18
employment shall be prima facie evidence of the employment of the minor.
AB465,12
19
Section
12
.
103.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,5,2
20
103.81
(1)
Except as provided in sub. (2m), during
During
the term that the
21
public schools are in session, a person shall not advertise or cause or permit any
22
advertisement to be published in any newspaper for the labor or services of any
23
minor during school hours in any employment
for which a child labor permit is
1
required under s. 103.70 that does not specifically state the minimum age of the
2
minor whose services are desired
.
AB465,13
3
Section
13
.
103.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB465,5,6
4
103.81
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (2m), a
A
person shall not solicit in the
5
schools or homes of this state
,
minors to leave school and enter their employment
if
6
a child labor permit is required for that employment by s. 103.70
.
AB465,14
7
Section
14
.
103.81 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB465,15
8
Section
15
. Initial applicability.
AB465,5,10
9
(
1
)
The treatment of s. 102.60 (1m) (c) first applies to an injury or death
10
occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
AB465,16
11
Section
16
. Effective date.
AB465,5,13
12
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after
13
publication.
AB465,5,14
14
(end)
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