Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive 16 D cosponsors

AB 538 — Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee's compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee's compensation and from restricting an employee's right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Last action — Representative Bare added as a coauthor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Fiscal estimate received

  4. Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  5. Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  6. Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment

  8. Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Shankland, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Haywood, Subeck, Goyke, Conley, Joers, Hong, Stubbs, Cabrera, Doyle, Snodgrass, Shelton, Emerson, Ratcliff, Ortiz-Velez, J. Anderson, Considine, C. Anderson, Moore Omokunde and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Smith, Larson, Hesselbein, Roys, Carpenter, Wirch, Spreitzer and Pfaff

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23 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 109 not signed on

Sponsors (23)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (109)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 538?
AB 538 is sponsored by Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Shankland, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Greta (Democrat), Haywood, Kalan (Democrat), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Goyke, Conley, Joers, Alex (Democrat), Hong, Francesca (Democrat), Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Cabrera, Doyle, Steve (Democrat), Snodgrass, Lee (Democrat), Shelton, Emerson, Jodi (Democrat), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Considine, Anderson, Clinton (Democrat), Moore Omokunde, Supreme (Democrat), and Palmeri, Lori (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 538?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 538?
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