---
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: "2023"
identifier: "AB 1073"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 1073 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2006fe08-cbbc-495c-bad0-654c7a86a98a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab1073"
source_hash: "baac2bed6e5da0df35619ed17f0d9707ea062350242d3059df1c34ae5f1f73ea"
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 1073 (2023) — 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/2023/REG/AB1073)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment `introduction`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:00 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 213 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2006fe08-cbbc-495c-bad0-654c7a86a98a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).