---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 11 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agard", "Ballweg", "Bewley", "Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Nass", "Pfaff", "Ringhand", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52533000-c22d-4e86-8682-d9f5310ef126"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb11"
source_hash: "b9ddaf466de42fce395775b14e27678dedbc25d0ae68bc55d7f7a328816b9629"
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 SB 11 (2021) — Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law. (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/SB11)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agard — primary (person)
- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Bewley, Agard, Ballweg, Nass, Pfaff, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ramthun and Thiesfeldt `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Johnson added as a coauthor
- **2021-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Spreitzer and Shelton added as cosponsors
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Johnson
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Armstrong added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Drake added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Vruwink added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Steffen and Krug added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative S. Rodriguez added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-27-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-28-2021 `became-law`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52533000-c22d-4e86-8682-d9f5310ef126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).