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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to: various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)"
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description: "Relating to: various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
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legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "AB 651"
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citation: "Wisconsin AB 651 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21615547-da6f-4d05-8de1-595e02fcfff6"
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source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab651"
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source_hash: "9b73fd3e3bebbb027d0e3535a0272c511c8b086203468b910cd1bfe75932ea43"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
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---
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# Wisconsin AB 651 (2025) — Relating to: various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB651-AA1)
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2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB651)
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## Votes
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- Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15 — **18–15** (pass) · upper
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- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3 — **6–3** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment `introduction`
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- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
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- **2025-12-29T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Melotik
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- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
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- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
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- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
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- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
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- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
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- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
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- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-30-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 145 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-31-2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21615547-da6f-4d05-8de1-595e02fcfff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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