---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: unemployment insurance contribution rates. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: unemployment insurance contribution rates. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 406"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 406 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/700ecdc4-cec1-4133-b906-f1273d5fc721"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab406"
source_hash: "11b69b68dd2910ce09545d47ffaafd03c35268147760b99a2ce29a0fc080e266"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 406 (2021) — Relating to: unemployment insurance contribution rates. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB406)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Joint Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 6-29-2021 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93 `referral`
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-30-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 7-1-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-2-2021 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 59 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2021 `became-law`
- **2021-07-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/700ecdc4-cec1-4133-b906-f1273d5fc721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).