republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-778.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 778"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 778 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behnke", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Goodwin", "Gundrum", "Kaufert", "Melotik", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Prado", "Rodriguez", "Steffen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27db9282-7c71-4409-b942-135ef7dc494d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab778"
source_hash: "1c798118f8e8048de19e5ce4aba7eeaa9c1ce1eac1d06773aa5277c7caed7216"
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 778 (2025) — Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (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/2025/REG/AB778)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Prado — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Rodriguez, Donovan, Ortiz-Velez, Allen, Behnke, Dittrich, Goodwin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Drake added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 176 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27db9282-7c71-4409-b942-135ef7dc494d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).