Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period.
AB 469 modifies Wisconsin's unemployment insurance rules for claimants who concealed work. It repeals outdated provisions and amends Section 108.04(11)(bm) to clarify that claimants who hid work (triggering ineligibility) will not earn "waiting period credit" during their ineligibility period. Instead, if no benefit rate applies to their claim week, the department will use their next benefit year's rate to calculate any reduction. This directly affects unemployed workers who previously concealed employment when filing for benefits.
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Sep 2025
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Introduced Sep 26, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced
Introduced by Representatives DeSmidt, Kirsch, Tenorio, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, Bare, Roe, McCarville, Stroud, Miresse, Stubbs, Arney, Snodgrass, Subeck, Udell, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Madison, Clancy, Phelps, Joers, Johnson, Brown, Palmeri, Andraca and Sheehan;
cosponsored by Senators Smith, Pfaff, Roys, Ratcliff, Wall, Larson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Habush Sinykin, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim and Keyeski
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District
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Alex Joers
DDemocratic
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Angela Stroud
DDemocratic
P
Angelito Tenorio
DDemocratic
P
Ann Roe
DDemocratic
P
Ben DeSmidt
DDemocratic
P
Brienne Brown
DDemocratic
P
Christian Phelps
DDemocratic
P
Darrin Madison
DDemocratic
P
Deb Andraca
DDemocratic
P
Greta Neubauer
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Emerson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Sheehan
DDemocratic
P
Karen Kirsch
DDemocratic
P
Lee Snodgrass
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Subeck
DDemocratic
P
Lori Palmeri
DDemocratic
P
Margaret Arney
DDemocratic
P
Maureen McCarville
DDemocratic
P
Mike Bare
DDemocratic
P
Randy Udell
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Clancy
DDemocratic
P
Shelia Stubbs
DDemocratic
P
Supreme Moore Omokunde
DDemocratic
P
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez
DDemocratic
P
Tara Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Vinnie Miresse
DDemocratic
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