Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB478 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 478
5	5	October 12, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SUBECK, BARE, C. ANDERSON, J.
6	6	ANDERSON, CABRERA, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, GOYKE, HAYWOOD, HONG, JOERS,
7	7	OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI,
8	8	SNODGRASS, STUBBS and VINING, cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON,
9	9	HESSELBEIN, AGARD, CARPENTER, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS, SMITH, SPREITZER,
10	10	TAYLOR and WIRCH. Referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated
11	11	Employment.
12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to repeal 103.10 (1m) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 7., (c), (d)
14	14	and (e); to renumber 103.10 (1m) (b) 6.; and to amend 103.10 (1) (b), 103.10
15	15	(1) (c), 103.12 (3) (a), 103.12 (3) (b) and 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes; relating
16	16	to: allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances.
17	17	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
18	18	Under current law, a city, county, town, or village may not enact and administer
19	19	an ordinance that requires an employer to provide family or medical leave to an
20	20	employee. This bill eliminates that prohibition.
21	21	For further information see the local 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. 103.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
26	26	103.10 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (1m) (b) 2. and s. 452.38, “employee"
27	27	means an individual employed in this state by an employer, except the employer's
28	28	parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child.
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38	38	SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 478
39	39	SECTION 2. 103.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
40	40	103.10 (1) (c) Except as provided in sub. (1m) (b) 3., “employer" “Employer”
41	41	means a person engaging in any activity, enterprise, or business in this state
42	42	employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis. “Employer" includes the
43	43	state and any office, department, independent agency, authority, institution,
44	44	association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be
45	45	created by the constitution or any law, including the legislature and the courts.
46	46	SECTION 3. 103.10 (1m) (title), (a), (b) (intro.), 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 7., (c), (d) and
47	47	(e) of the statutes are repealed.
48	48	SECTION 4. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 165.68 (1) (h).
49	49	SECTION 5. 103.12 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
50	50	103.12 (3) (a) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and s. 103.11 (2) (d), no
51	51	city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance requiring an
52	52	employer to provide certain employment benefits to its employees, to provide a
53	53	minimum level of employment benefits to its employees, or to prescribe the terms or
54	54	conditions of employment benefits provided to its employees.
55	55	SECTION 6. 103.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
56	56	103.12 (3) (b) Except as provided in ss. 103.10 (1m) (d) and s. 103.11 (2) (d), if
57	57	a city, village, town, or county has in effect on April 18, 2018, an ordinance requiring
58	58	an employer to provide certain employment benefits or to provide a minimum level
59	59	of employment benefits to its employees, the ordinance does not apply and may not
60	60	be enforced.
61	61	SECTION 7. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
62	62	165.68 (1) (a) 3. Sexual abuse, as defined in s. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6.
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