Date of enactment:
2023 Assembly Bill 150 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to renumber and amend 108.04 (2) (a) 4., 108.04 (15) (a) 2. and 108.13 (4) (a) 4.; to consolidate, renumber
and amend 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 20.445 (1) (aL), 20.445 (1) (gd), 20.445 (1) (nd), 40.02 (22)
(b) 3., 40.65 (5) (b) 2., 49.147 (3) (ac) 2., 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c., 71.67 (7) (title), 105.01 (1) (b) 1., 105.115 (2) (b),
105.115 (2) (c), 105.115 (3) (a) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 1., 105.115 (4) (b) 3., 106.38 (3) (c) 3., 108.04 (2) (a) 3., 108.04
(12) (b), 108.133 (2) (a) (intro.), 108.133 (2) (am), 108.14 (1), 108.141 (1) (b) 3., 108.142 (1) (h) 3., 108.19 (1m),
111.39 (4) (c), 230.43 (4), 230.85 (3) (d) and 779.01 (2) (am); to repeal and recreate chapter 108 (title); and to create
15.223 (2), 108.01 (2m), 108.013, 108.02 (21r), 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c., 108.04 (2) (a) 5., 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b., 108.04
(15) (am) and (ao) and 108.14 (8o) of the statutes; relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law,
federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule−making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 15.223 (2) of the statutes is created to
read:
15.223 (2) DIVISION OF REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
There is created in the department of workforce develop-
ment a division of reemployment assistance.
SECTION 2. 20.445 (1) (aL) of the statutes is amended
to read:
20.445 (1) (aL) Unemployment insurance Reemploy-
ment assistance administration; controlled substances
testing and substance abuse treatment. Biennially, the
amounts in the schedule for conducting screenings of
applicants, testing applicants for controlled substances,
the provision of substance abuse treatment to applicants
and claimants, and related expenses under s. 108.133.
Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (b), the unencumbered
balance on June 30 of each odd−numbered year shall be
transferred to the unemployment reemployment assist-
ance program integrity fund.
SECTION 3. 20.445 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended
to read:
20.445 (1) (gd) Unemployment Reemployment
assistance; interest and penalty payments. All moneys
received as interest and penalties collected under ss.
108.04 (11) (c) and (cm) and (13) (c) and 108.22 except
interest and penalties deposited under s. 108.19 (1q), and
forfeitures under s. 103.05 (5), all moneys not appropri-
ated under par. (gg) and all moneys transferred to this
appropriation account from the appropriation account
under par. (gh) for the payment of benefits specified in s.
108.07 (5) and 1987 Wisconsin Act 38, section 132 (1)
(c), for the payment of interest to employers under s.
108.17 (3m), for research relating to the condition of the
unemployment reserve fund under s. 108.14 (6), for
administration of the unemployment insurance reem-
ployment assistance program and federal or state unem-
ployment insurance reemployment assistance programs
authorized by the governor under s. 16.54, for satisfac-
tion of any federal audit exception concerning a payment
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
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from the unemployment reserve fund or any federal aid
disallowance concerning the unemployment insurance
reemployment assistance program, for assistance to the
department of justice in the enforcement of ch. 108, for
the payment of interest due on advances from the federal
unemployment account under title XII of the social secu-
rity act to the unemployment reserve fund, and for pay-
ments made to the unemployment reserve fund to obtain
a lower interest rate or deferral of interest payments on
these advances, except as otherwise provided in s.
108.20.
SECTION 4. 20.445 (1) (nd) of the statutes is amended
to read:
20.445 (1) (nd) Unemployment Reemployment
assistance administration; apprenticeship and other
employment services. From the moneys received from
the federal government under section 903 (d) of the fed-
eral Social Security Act, as amended, the amounts in the
schedule, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54,
to be used for administration by the department of
apprenticeship programs under subch. I of ch. 106 and for
administration and service delivery of employment and
workforce information services, including the delivery
of reemployment assistance services to unemployment
insurance reemployment assistance claimants. All mon-
eys transferred from par. (n) for this purpose shall be
credited to this appropriation account. No moneys may
be expended from this appropriation unless the treasurer
of the unemployment reserve fund determines that such
expenditure is currently needed for the purposes speci-
fied in this paragraph.
SECTION 5. 40.02 (22) (b) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
40.02 (22) (b) 3. Unemployment insurance or reem-
ployment assistance benefits.
SECTION 6. 40.65 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended
to read:
40.65 (5) (b) 2. Any unemployment insurance or
reemployment assistance benefit payable to the partici-
pant because of his or her work record.
SECTION 7. 49.147 (3) (ac) 2. of the statutes is
amended to read:
49.147 (3) (ac) 2. State and federal unemployment
reemployment assistance contributions or federal unem-
ployment taxes.
SECTION 8. 49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is
amended to read:
49.163 (3) (a) 3. c. State reemployment assistance
contributions and federal unemployment insurance con-
tributions or taxes, if any.
SECTION 9. 71.67 (7) (title) of the statutes is amended
to read:
71.67 (7) (title) WITHHOLDING FROM UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION INSURANCE REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
SECTION 10. 105.01 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.01 (1) (b) 1. The person employing the individu-
als in addition to wages or salaries pays federal social
security taxes, state reemployment assistance contribu-
tions, and federal unemployment contributions or taxes,
carries worker’s compensation insurance as required by
state law, and maintains liability insurance covering the
acts of its employees while rendering services to, for or
under the direction of a 3rd person; and
SECTION 11. 105.115 (2) (b) of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.115 (2) (b) A statement of the employment status
of the home care worker, specifically, whether the home
care worker is an employee of the home care placement
agency or of the home care consumer or is an independent
contractor and a statement identifying which party is
responsible for paying the wages or salary of the home
care worker, paying federal social security taxes and state
reemployment assistance contributions and federal
unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the
home care worker, and procuring worker’s compensation
or liability insurance covering injury to the home care
worker.
SECTION 12. 105.115 (2) (c) of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.115 (2) (c) A statement that, notwithstanding the
employment status of the home care worker specified in
the notice, the home care consumer may be determined
to be the employer of the home care worker for purposes
of certain state and federal labor laws and that, if that is
the case, the home care consumer may be held responsi-
ble for paying the wages or salary of the home care
worker, paying federal social security taxes and state
reemployment assistance contributions and federal
unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to the
home care worker, procuring worker’s compensation or
liability insurance covering injury to the home care
worker, and complying with various other state and fed-
eral labor laws.
SECTION 13. 105.115 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.115 (3) (a) 1. A statement identifying which
party is responsible for paying the wages or salary of the
home care worker, paying federal social security taxes
and state reemployment assistance contributions and fed-
eral unemployment contributions or taxes with respect to
the home care worker, and procuring worker’s compen-
sation or liability insurance covering injury to the home
care worker.
SECTION 14. 105.115 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.115 (4) (b) 1. If the department finds that a home
care placement agency has failed to provide a home care
consumer with the notice required under sub. (2) and that
the home care consumer is liable for the payment of fed-
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tions or taxes with respect to the home care worker, for
the provision of worker’s compensation or liability insur-
ance covering injury to the home care worker, for the pay-
ment of any fine or penalty imposed on the home care
consumer for noncompliance with any state or federal
labor law with respect to the home care worker, or for any
injury to the home care worker, the department may
recover from the home care placement agency, on behalf
of the home care consumer, an amount equal to the total
cost of those liabilities.
SECTION 15. 105.115 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
105.115 (4) (b) 3. In the case of a home care con-
sumer who commences an action in circuit court under
par. (a), if the circuit court finds that the home care place-
ment agency has failed to provide the home care con-
sumer with the notice required under sub. (2) and that the
home care consumer is liable for the payment of federal
social security taxes or state reemployment assistance
contributions or federal unemployment contributions or
taxes with respect to the home care worker, for the provi-
sion of worker’s compensation or liability insurance cov-
ering injury to the home care worker, for the payment of
any fine or penalty imposed on the home care consumer
for noncompliance with any state or federal labor law
with respect to the home care worker, or for any injury to
the home care worker, the court may order the home care
placement agency to pay to the home care consumer an
amount equal to the total cost of those liabilities, together
with costs under ch. 814 and, notwithstanding s. 814.04
(1), reasonable attorney fees.
SECTION 16. 106.38 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
106.38 (3) (c) 3. State reemployment assistance con-
tributions and federal unemployment insurance contri-
butions or taxes, if any.
SECTION 17. Chapter 108 (title) of the statutes is
repealed and recreated to read:
CHAPTER 108
REEMPLOYMENT ASSIST ANCE
SECTION 18. 108.01 (2m) of the statutes is created to
read:
108.01 (2m) The federal Social Security Act requires
that, in order for an individual to be eligible for reemploy-
ment assistance benefits, the individual must be able to
work, available to work, and actively seeking work. The
reemployment assistance program in Wisconsin should
enact and focus on policies that complement individuals’
efforts to find employment.
SECTION 19. 108.013 of the statutes is created to read:
108.013 Name of program. The program estab-
lished under this chapter and administered by the depart-
ment shall be referred to as the “Reemployment Assist-
ance Program,” and the benefits available under this
chapter shall be referred to as “reemployment assistance
benefits.”
SECTION 20. 108.02 (21r) of the statutes is created to
read:
108.02 (21r) REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. “Reem-
ployment assistance,” when used in reference to the law
of another state or jurisdiction or the federal government,
includes an unemployment insurance law of that state or
jurisdiction or the federal government.
SECTION 21. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable
search for suitable work during that week and provides
verification of that search to the department. The search
for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week
that constitute a reasonable search as prescribed by rule
of the department. The department shall require, for the
3rd or subsequent week of the claimant’s benefit year,
that at least 2 actions per week be direct contacts with
potential employing units, as prescribed by rule of the
department. In addition, the department may, by rule,
require a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work
search actions in any week. The department shall require
a uniform number of reasonable work search actions for
similar types of claimants. The department may require
a claimant to apply for one or more of the potential oppor-
tunities provided to the claimant under sub. (15) (a) 1. and
may refer a claimant to opportunities with a temporary
help company as part of the required search for suitable
work under this subdivision.
SECTION 22. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is renum-
bered 108.04 (2) (a) 4. (intro.) and amended to read:
108.04 (2) (a) 4. (intro.) If the claimant is claiming
benefits for a week other than an initial week, the
claimant provides does all of the following:
a. Provides information or job application materials
that are requested by the department and participates.
b. Participates in a public employment office work-
shop or training program or in similar reemployment ser-
vices that are required by the department under sub. (15)
(a) 2.
SECTION 23. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. of the statutes is cre-
ated to read:
108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. Submits and keeps posted on the
department’s job center website a current resume, if the
claimant resides in this state.
SECTION 24. 108.04 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is created
to read:
108.04 (2) (a) 5. The claimant completes any reem-
ployment counseling session required of the claimant
under sub. (15) (ao) 1.
SECTION 25. 108.04 (12) (b) of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.04 (12) (b) Any individual who receives,
through the department, any other type of unemployment
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under this chapter, except as specifically required for
conformity with 19 USC 2101 to 2497b.
SECTION 26. 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the
statutes are consolidated, renumbered 108.04 (15) (a) 1.
and amended to read:
108.04 (15) (a) 1. Except as provided in par. (b), the
department may do any of the following shall, for the pur-
pose of assisting claimants to find or obtain work: 1. Use,
use the information or, materials, and resume provided
under sub. (2) (a) 4. to assess a claimant’s efforts, skills,
and ability to find or obtain work and to develop a list of
potential opportunities for a the claimant to obtain suit-
able work. A claimant who otherwise satisfies the
requirement under sub. (2) (a) 3. is not required to apply
for any specific positions on the list in order to satisfy that
requirement The department shall provide each claimant,
prior to the claimant filing a weekly claim for benefits,
with at least 4 such potential opportunities each week,
one or more of which may be opportunities with a tempo-
rary help company.
SECTION 27. 108.04 (15) (a) 2. of the statutes is
renumbered 108.04 (15) (a) 2. a. and amended to read:
108.04 (15) (a) 2. a. Require Except as provided in
par. (b), the department shall require a claimant whom the
department identifies as likely to exhaust regular benefits
to participate in a public employment office workshop or
training program or in similar reemployment services
that do not charge the claimant a participation fee and that
offer instruction to improve the claimant’s ability to
obtain suitable work.
SECTION 28. 108.04 (15) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is cre-
ated to read:
108.04 (15) (a) 2. b. Except as provided in par. (b),
in addition to the claimants described in subd. 2. a., the
department may require other claimants to participate in
the reemployment services described in subd. 2. a., but
the department shall prioritize claimants who are more
likely to have difficulty obtaining reemployment.
SECTION 29. 108.04 (15) (am) and (ao) of the statutes
are created to read:
108.04 (15) (am) In carrying out this state’s program
of reemployment services and eligibility assessments
using grant funds awarded under 42 USC 506, the depart-
ment shall, except as provided in par. (b), provide reem-
ployment services to all claimants receiving benefits,
including benefits under ss. 108.141 and 108.142,
including by doing all of the following for each such
claimant:
1. Requiring the claimant to complete an online
assessment aimed at identifying the claimant’s skills,
abilities, and career aptitude.
2. Coordinating with the claimant to develop an indi-
vidualized employment plan for the claimant.
3. Requiring the claimant to participate in the ser-
vices described under par. (a) 2. a. as needed pursuant to
the individualized employment plan described in subd. 2.
(ao) Except as provided in par. (b), the department
shall, when a claimant’s remaining benefit entitlement
under s. 108.06 (1) is 3 or less times the claimant’s
weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1), do all of the fol-
lowing:
1. Require the claimant to participate in a live, one−
on−one reemployment counseling session between the
claimant and an employee of the department.
2. Provide the claimant information about services
and benefits that are available to the claimant pursuant to
the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of
2014, 29 USC 3101 to 3361, once the claimant exhausts
his or her benefit entitlement.
SECTION 30. 108.13 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is renum-
bered 108.13 (4) (a) 2m. and amended to read:
108.13 (4) (a) 2m. “Unemployment insurance”
“Reemployment assistance” means any compensation
payable under this chapter, including amounts payable by
the department pursuant to an agreement under any fed-
eral law providing for compensation, assistance or
allowances with respect to unemployment.
SECTION 31. 108.133 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.133 (2) (a) (intro.) Promulgate Immediately pro-
mulgate rules to establish the program. The department
shall do all of the following in the rules promulgated
under this paragraph:
SECTION 32. 108.133 (2) (am) of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.133 (2) (am) Promulgate Immediately promul-
gate rules identifying occupations for which drug testing
is regularly conducted in this state. The department shall
notify the U.S. department of labor of any rules promul-
gated under this paragraph.
SECTION 33. 108.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to
read:
108.14 (1) This chapter shall be administered by the
department through its division of reemployment assist-
ance.
SECTION 34. 108.14 (8o) of the statutes is created to
read:
108.14 (8o) The department shall act to continue to
receive grants for reemployment services and eligibility
assessments under 42 USC 506.
SECTION 35. 108.141 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.141 (1) (b) 3. Has no right to unemployment
reemployment assistance benefits or allowances, as the
case may be, under the railroad unemployment insurance
act or such other federal laws as are specified in regula-
tions issued by the U.S. secretary of labor, and has not
received and is not seeking unemployment reemploy-
ment assistance benefits under the unemployment insur-
ance reemployment assistance law of Canada, but if the
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agency finally determines that he or she is not entitled to
benefits under such law he or she is an exhaustee.
SECTION 36. 108.142 (1) (h) 3. of the statutes is
amended to read:
108.142 (1) (h) 3. Has no right to unemployment
reemployment assistance benefits or allowances under
the railroad unemployment insurance act or such other
federal laws as are specified in regulations issued by the
U.S. secretary of labor, and has not received and is not
seeking unemployment reemployment assistance bene-
fits under the unemployment insurance reemployment
assistance law of Canada, but if the individual is seeking
such benefits and the appropriate agency finally deter-
mines that he or she is not entitled to benefits under that
law, the individual is an “exhaustee”.
SECTION 37. 108.19 (1m) of the statutes is amended
to read:
108.19 (1m) Each employer subject to this chapter as
of the date a rate is established under this subsection shall
pay an assessment to the unemployment reemployment
assistance interest payment fund at a rate established by
the department sufficient to pay interest due on advances
from the federal unemployment account under Title XII
of the federal social security act, 42 USC 1321 to 1324.
The rate established by the department for employers
who finance benefits under s. 108.15 (2), 108.151 (2), or
108.152 (1) shall be 75 percent of the rate established for
other employers. The amount of any employer’s assess-
ment shall be the product of the rate established for that
employer multiplied by the employer’s payroll of the pre-
vious calendar year as taken from quarterly employment
and wage reports filed by the employer under s. 108.205
(1) or, in the absence of the filing of such reports, esti-
mates made by the department. Each assessment made
under this subsection is due within 30 days after the date
the department issues the assessment. If the amounts col-
lected from employers under this subsection exceed the
amounts needed to pay interest due, the department shall
use any excess to pay interest owed in subsequent years
on advances from the federal unemployment account. If
the department determines that additional interest obliga-
tions are unlikely, the department shall transfer the excess
to the balancing account of the fund, the unemployment
reemployment assistance program integrity fund, or both
in amounts determined by the department.
SECTION 38. 111.39 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended
to read:
111.39 (4) (c) If, after hearing, the examiner finds that
the respondent has engaged in discrimination, unfair
honesty testing or unfair genetic testing, the examiner
shall make written findings and order such action by the
respondent as will effectuate the purpose of this sub-
chapter, with or without back pay. If the examiner awards
any payment to an employee because of a violation of s.
111.321 by an individual employed by the employer,
under s. 111.32 (6), the employer of that individual is
liable for the payment. If the examiner finds a respondent
violated s. 111.322 (2m), the examiner shall award com-
pensation in lieu of reinstatement if requested by all par-
ties and may award compensation in lieu of reinstatement
if requested by any party. Compensation in lieu of rein-
statement for a violation of s. 111.322 (2m) may not be
less than 500 times nor more than 1,000 times the hourly
wage of the person discriminated against when the viola-
tion occurred. Back pay liability may not accrue from a
date more than 2 years prior to the filing of a complaint
with the department. Interim earnings or amounts earn-
able with reasonable diligence by the person discrimi-
nated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or
unfair genetic testing shall operate to reduce back pay
otherwise allowable. Amounts received by the person
discriminated against or subject to the unfair honesty
testing or unfair genetic testing as unemployment reem-
ployment assistance benefits or welfare payments shall
not reduce the back pay otherwise allowable, but shall be
withheld from the person discriminated against or sub-
ject to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing and
immediately paid to the unemployment reserve fund or,
in the case of a welfare payment, to the welfare agency
making the payment.
SECTION 39. 230.43 (4) of the statutes is amended to
read:
230.43 (4) RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEE. If an employee has
been removed, demoted or reclassified, from or in any
position or employment in contravention or violation of
this subchapter, and has been restored to such position or
employment by order of the commission or any court
upon review, the employee shall be entitled to compensa-
tion therefor from the date of such unlawful removal,
demotion or reclassification at the rate to which he or she
would have been entitled by law but for such unlawful
removal, demotion or reclassification. Interim earnings
or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence by the
employee shall operate to reduce back pay otherwise
allowable. Amounts received by the employee as unem-
ployment reemployment assistance benefits or welfare
payments shall not reduce the back pay otherwise allow-
able, but shall be withheld from the employee and imme-
diately paid to the unemployment reserve fund or, in the
case of a welfare payment, to the welfare agency making
such payment. The employee shall be entitled to an order
of mandamus to enforce the payment or other provisions
of such order.
SECTION 40. 230.85 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended
to read:
230.85 (3) (d) Interim earnings or amounts earnable
with reasonable diligence by the person subjected to the
retaliatory action or threat shall reduce back pay other-
wise allowable. Amounts received by the person sub-
jected to the retaliatory action or threat as unemployment
reemployment assistance benefits or welfare payments
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be withheld from the person subjected to the retaliatory
action or threat and immediately paid to the unemploy-
ment reserve fund or to the welfare agency making the
payment.
SECTION 41. 779.01 (2) (am) of the statutes is
amended to read:
779.01 (2) (am) “Labor” includes any wages and
related contributions for state employment taxes, work-
er’s compensation and unemployment compensation
insurance reemployment assistance, and other fringe
benefits.
SECTION 42.0Terminology changes.
(1) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; TERMINOLOGY
CHANGES.
(a) Wherever “unemployment insurance” appears in
the following, as affected by the acts of 2023, “reemploy-
ment assistance” is substituted: ss. 6.10 (9), 13.63 (1) (b),
15.227 (3), 16.48 (1) (intro.), (am), (bm), and (f) and (3),
19.85 (1) (ee), 20.002 (11) (a), 20.445 (1) (gm), (n), and
(ne), 29.024 (2r) (title) and (d) 1., 46.272 (7) (e), 47.035
(1), 48.715 (7), 49.163 (2) (am) 5., 49.19 (4) (dm) 4.,
50.498 (title) and (4) (b), 51.032 (title) and (4), 59.40 (2)
(e), 59.57 (2) (b), 66.1103 (1) (a), 71.01 (10) (b), 71.05
(6) (b) 47m., 71.26 (1) (h), 71.45 (1) (c), 71.52 (6), 71.67
(7) (a) and (b) 2., 71.80 (16) (a) and (b), 73.0301 (2) (c)
2., 73.09 (8), 93.135 (title) and (4), 101.654 (2) (c),
102.17 (1) (c) 2., 102.28 (7) (b) 2., 102.315 (2m) (d),
103.34 (10) (title), 103.92 (3) and (8) (title), 105.13 (1),
108.02 (15) (c) 1., (dm) 1., (e), (i) 2., and (k) 9., 10., and
19. b., (21) (a) 2. and (b), and (21e) (e), 108.04 (2) (ae),
(4) (c), (5) (intro.), (5g) (a) (intro.), (7) (a) and (L) (intro.),
(8) (a) and (c), (11) (g) 2. d., (12) (c) and (d), and (13) (g)
2., 108.06 (5) (a), 108.065 (3), 108.068 (6), 108.07 (3m)
and (5m), 108.13 (2) and (4) (b), (c) (intro.), (e), and (f),
108.135 (1) (intro.) and (a), 108.14 (5) (a), (ag), and (ar),
(6), (7) (a), (8) (a), (8m) (a), (8n) (a) and (b), (8s) (a) and
(b), (8t), (9), (13), (14), (18), (19), (23) (b) 1., and (24),
108.141 (1) (h) and (3g) (a) 2., (c), and (d), 108.142 (1)
(i), 108.155 (6), 108.16 (5) (b), 108.161 (3) and (3e),
108.162 (1), 108.19 (1e) (d), (1f) (b), and (4), 108.20
(2m), 108.227 (title) and (2) (c) 2., 115.31 (6m), 116.03
(4), 118.19 (1m) (b), 120.25 (2) (a) and (6), 138.09 (3)
(am) 2. and (4) (c), 138.12 (4) (b) 5m. and (5) (am) 1. b.
and 3., 138.14 (5) (b) 2m. and (9) (cm), 146.40 (4d) (d),
165.066 (title), 169.35 (title) and (3), 170.12 (8) (b) 1.
bm. and 4., 175.46 (5) (a), 202.021 (4) (a) 6., 202.06 (2)
(g), 202.23 (2), 217.06 (5m), 217.09 (1t), 218.0116 (1g)
(b) and (1m) (a) 2m. and (d), 218.02 (3) (dm), (6) (d), and
(9) (a) 1m., 218.04 (4) (am) 2m. and (5) (at), 218.05 (4)
(c) 2m., (11) (bm), and (12) (at), 218.11 (6m) (c), 218.12
(3m) (c), 218.22 (3m) (c), 218.32 (3m) (c), 218.41 (3m)
(b) 3., 218.51 (4m) (b) 3., 224.44 (title), 224.72 (7m)
(bm), 224.725 (6) (bm), 224.77 (2m) (e), 224.95 (1)
(bm), 230.26 (4), 238.31 (1) (e) 4. c., 238.397 (2) (a) 4.
c., 254.115 (title) and (5), 254.176 (5), 254.20 (7), 256.18
(title) and (4m), 299.07 (title) and (3), 303.08 (3), (4), and
(5) (intro.), 341.51 (4m) (c), 343.305 (6) (e) 6., 343.66
(3m), 440.12 (title) and (2), 463.14 (title) and (5),
551.412 (4g) (a) 2m. and (d), 562.05 (5) (a) 11. and (8)
(f), 563.285 (title) and (1m), 628.097 (title) and (2m),
628.10 (2) (cm), 628.93 (2) (title), 632.69 (2) (d) 2. and
(4) (d), 633.14 (2m) (b), 633.15 (2) (d), 751.155 (title)
and (3), 815.18 (13) (j), 859.02 (2) (a), and 949.06 (3) (b).
(b) Wherever “unemployment compensation”
appears in the following, as affected by the acts of 2023,
“reemployment assistance” is substituted: ss. 49.45 (23b)
(a) 2. f., 71.07 (6n) (c) 3., 71.28 (6n) (c) 3., 71.47 (6n) (c)
3., 108.04 (13) (g) 1. b., 108.11 (2), 701.0508 (1) (b) 1.,
756.04 (2) (c) 4., and 767.75 (3m) (title).
(c) Wherever “unemployment” appears in the fol-
lowing, as affected by the acts of 2023, “reemployment
assistance” is substituted: ss. 20.427 (1) (k) (title), 20.445
(1) (gc) (title), (gg) (title), (gh) (title), (nb) (title), (u), and
(v), 25.17 (1) (xe) and (xf), 108.04 (2) (bb) 5., 108.16 (6)
(i) and (m) and (6m) (b), 108.19 (title), (1f) (a), (1q), and
(1s) (a) (intro.) and 2. and (b), 108.221 (3), 108.225 (4)
(b), and 111.15.
SECTION 43. 0Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) The department of workforce development shall
submit a notice to the legislative reference bureau for
publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register
when the department determines that the department has
any rules in place that are necessary to implement the
treatment of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. by this act.
SECTION 44.0Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. first applies
with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on the
effective date of this subsection.
(2) The renumbering and amendment of s. 108.04 (2)
(a) 4. and (15) (a) 2., the consolidation, renumbering, and
amendment of s. 108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1., and the
creation of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. and 5. and (15) (a) 2. b.,
(am), and (ao) first apply with respect to weeks of unem-
ployment beginning on the effective date of this subsec-
tion.
SECTION 45.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on
July 2, 2024, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. and SECTION
44 (1) of this act take effect on the Sunday after the notice
under SECTION 43 (1) of this act is published in the Wis-
consin Administrative Register or on December 31,
2023, whichever occurs first.
(2) The treatment of ss. 108.01 (2m), 108.133 (2) (a)
(intro.) and (am), and 108.14 (8o) and (30), the renum-
bering and amendment of s. 108.04 (2) (a) 4. and (15) (a)
2., the consolidation, renumbering, and amendment of s.
108.04 (15) (a) (intro.) and 1., and the creation of s.
108.04 (2) (a) 4. c. and 5. and (15) (a) 2. b., (am), and (ao) − 7 − 2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Assembly Bill 150
and SECTIONS 43 (1) and 44 (2) of this act take effect on
the first Sunday after publication.