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1		-	Date of enactment: March 27, 2024
2		-	2023 Senate Bill 169 Date of publication*: March 28, 2024
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT 228
4		-	AN ACT to create 106.361 of the statutes; relating to: establishing a hotline for employers interested in hiring indi-
5		-	viduals with a conviction record.
6		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
7		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
8		-	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill
9		-	was prepared for the Legislative Council Study Committee on
10		-	Increasing Offender Employment Opportunities. The bill
11		-	requires the Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
12		-	to establish a hotline, operating during normal business hours
13		-	and staffed by DWD employees, to assist employers seeking
14		-	to employ individuals with a conviction record. The bill
15		-	requires DWD to provide information and assistance relating
16		-	to available incentives and programs under state and federal
17		-	law for employing individuals with a criminal record, includ-
18		-	ing individuals participating in certain work release pro-
19		-	grams.
20		-	SECTION 1. 106.361 of the statutes is created to read:
21		-	106.361 Hotline for employers. (1) The depart-
22		-	ment shall maintain a toll−free telephone number as a
23		-	hotline to assist employers seeking to employ individuals
24		-	with a conviction record, as defined in s. 111.32 (3). The
25		-	department shall make the hotline available during nor-
26		-	mal work hours, as determined by the department. The
27		-	department shall designate hotline staff to provide
28		-	employers with information and assistance relating to
29		-	available incentives and programs under state and federal
30		-	law for employing individuals with a conviction record,
31		-	including individuals on release under s. 302.27, individ-
32		-	uals on work release under s. 303.065, and individuals on
33		-	Huber release under s. 303.08 or 973.09 (4).
34		-	(2) The department shall maintain a website that con-
35		-	tains information relating to employing individuals with
36		-	a conviction record, including individuals on release
37		-	under s. 302.27, individuals on work release under s.
38		-	303.065, and individuals on Huber release under s.
39		-	303.08 or 973.09 (4).
40		-	* 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
41		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”
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	3	+	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
	4	+	2023 SENATE BILL 169
	5	+	April 3, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
	6	+	on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs.
	7	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	8	+	AN ACT to create 106.361 of the statutes; relating to: establishing a hotline for
	9	+	employers interested in hiring individuals with a conviction record.
	10	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	11	+	This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
	12	+	the bill.
	13	+	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
	14	+	an appendix to this bill.
	15	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	16	+	enact as follows:
	17	+	JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the
	18	+	Legislative Council Study Committee on Increasing Offender Employment
	19	+	Opportunities. The bill requires the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to
	20	+	establish a hotline, operating during normal business hours and staffed by DWD
	21	+	employees, to assist employers seeking to employ individuals with a conviction record.
	22	+	The bill requires DWD to provide information and assistance relating to available
	23	+	incentives and programs under state and federal law for employing individuals with a
	24	+	criminal record, including individuals participating in certain work release programs.
	25	+	SECTION 1. 106.361 of the statutes is created to read:
	26	+	106.361 Hotline for employers. (1) The department shall maintain a
	27	+	toll-free telephone number as a hotline to assist employers seeking to employ
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	34	+	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 169
	35	+	individuals with a conviction record, as defined in s. 111.32 (3). The department shall
	36	+	make the hotline available during normal work hours, as determined by the
	37	+	department. The department shall designate hotline staff to provide employers with
	38	+	information and assistance relating to available incentives and programs under
	39	+	state and federal law for employing individuals with a conviction record, including
	40	+	individuals on release under s. 302.27, individuals on work release under s. 303.065,
	41	+	and individuals on Huber release under s. 303.08 or 973.09 (4).
	42	+	(2) The department shall maintain a website that contains information
	43	+	relating to employing individuals with a conviction record, including individuals on
	44	+	release under s. 302.27, individuals on work release under s. 303.065, and
	45	+	individuals on Huber release under s. 303.08 or 973.09 (4).
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