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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 539
October 17, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
L. Johnson
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Pfaff
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
Subeck
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
McCarville
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Palmeri
,
Phelps
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Snodgrass
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
and
Vining
. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.
SB539,1,4
1
An Act
to repeal
103.10 (1m) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 7., (c), (d)
2
and (e);
to renumber
103.10 (1m) (b) 6.;
to amend
103.10 (1) (b), 103.10 (1)
3
(c), 103.12 (3) (a), 103.12 (3) (b) and 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes;
relating
4
to:
allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a city, county, town, or village may not enact and administer an ordinance that requires an employer to provide family or medical leave to an employee. This bill eliminates that prohibition.
For further information see the 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:
SB539,1
5
Section
1
.
103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB539,2,2
6
103.10
(1)
(b) Except as provided in
sub. (1m) (b) 2. and
s. 452.38, “employee”
1
means an individual employed in this state by an employer, except the employer’s
2
parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child.
SB539,2
3
Section
2
.
103.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB539,2,9
4
103.10
(1)
(c)
Except as provided in sub. (1m) (b) 3., “employer”
“Employer”
5
means a person engaging in any activity, enterprise
,
or business in this state
6
employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis. “Employer” includes the
7
state and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution,
8
association, society
,
or other body in state government created or authorized to be
9
created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
SB539,3
10
Section
3
.
103.10 (1m) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 7., (c), (d)
11
and (e) of the statutes are repealed.
SB539,4
12
Section
4
.
103.10 (1m) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 165.68 (1) (h).
SB539,5
13
Section
5
.
103.12 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB539,2,18
14
103.12
(3)
(a) Except as provided in
ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and
s.
103.11 (2) (d), no
15
city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance requiring an
16
employer to provide certain employment benefits to its employees, to provide a
17
minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, or to prescribe the terms or
18
conditions of employment benefits provided to its employees.
SB539,6
19
Section
6
.
103.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB539,3,2
20
103.12
(3)
(b) Except as provided in
ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and
s.
103.11 (2) (d), if
21
a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18, 2018, an ordinance
22
requiring an employer to provide certain employment benefits or to provide a
1
minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, the ordinance does not
2
apply and may not be enforced.
SB539,7
3
Section
7
.
165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB539,3,4
4
165.68
(1)
(a) 3. Sexual abuse
, as defined in s. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6
.
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5
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