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WI AB469

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ben DeSmidt

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the one-week waiting period for unemployment insurance benefits, allowing claimants to receive payments starting with their first week of eligibility
  • Repeals Wisconsin statutes 108.02 (26m) and 108.04 (3), which established the waiting period requirement
  • Applies to benefit years beginning on the effective date of the act
  • Takes effect on the Sunday following publication of the law

Legislative Description

The unemployment insurance waiting period.

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

1/8/2026

Committee Referrals

Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment9/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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