Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB1111 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1111
5	5	February 23, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives EDMING, SINICKI, ANDRACA,
6	6	BARE, BEHNKE, CONLEY, EMERSON, S. JOHNSON, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MICHALSKI,
7	7	MOORE OMOKUNDE, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SUBECK and JACOBSON, cosponsored
8	8	by Senators WIRCH, AGARD, CARPENTER and LARSON. Referred to Committee on
9	9	Veterans and Military Affairs.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to create 103.08 of the statutes; relating to: informational posters
12	12	regarding veterans benefits.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to consult with
15	15	the Department of Veterans Affairs to design an informational poster for benefits
16	16	and services available to veterans. The information on the poster must be in at least
17	17	English, Spanish, and Hmong. The bill requires DWD to make the poster available
18	18	to print from its website. Also under the bill, employers that are required to display
19	19	the poster must display it in a conspicuous place where notices to employees are
20	20	typically posted.
21	21	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
22	22	an appendix to this bill.
23	23	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
24	24	enact as follows:
25	25	SECTION 1. 103.08 of the statutes is created to read:
26	26	103.08 Veterans' benefits and services poster. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this
27	27	section:
28	28	(a) “Employer” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (c).
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37	37	(b) “Veteran” has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12).
38	38	(2) INFORMATIONAL POSTER. (a) The department shall design a poster in
39	39	consultation with the department of veterans affairs that provides information with
40	40	respect to benefits and services available to veterans. The poster shall include at a
41	41	minimum all of the following information:
42	42	1. Contact information and the website for the department of veterans affairs
43	43	and information about programs available through the department of veterans
44	44	affairs.
45	45	2. Contact information and the website for the U.S. department of veterans
46	46	affairs.
47	47	3. The phone number for the U.S. department of veterans affairs crisis line.
48	48	4. Information regarding substance use disorder and mental health treatment
49	49	services.
50	50	5. Educational, employment, and training resources.
51	51	6. Tax benefit availability.
52	52	7. Drivers' licenses and identification cards specifically for veterans.
53	53	8. Unemployment insurance benefits.
54	54	(b) The poster shall be written in at least English, Spanish, and Hmong.
55	55	(c) The department shall make the poster under this subsection available to
56	56	employers to print from its website.
57	57	(3) EMPLOYER DUTIES. Each employer shall post, in one or more conspicuous
58	58	places where notices to employees are customarily posted, the poster created under
59	59	sub. (2).
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