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WI SB1001
Bill
Status
2/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
LaTonya Johnson
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AI Summary
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Creates a family and medical leave insurance program administered by the Department of Workforce Development, providing eligible workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave benefits beginning January 1, 2028, funded by employee and employer contributions starting January 1, 2027
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Expands family leave from 8 weeks to 12 weeks for birth, adoption, or foster placement and up to 14 weeks total for all family leave purposes, including care for family members with serious health conditions and military deployment-related exigencies
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Broadens the definition of "family member" to include spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, siblings, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, and other close relations by blood, marriage, or adoption
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Establishes a wage-replacement benefit structure where workers earning up to 50% of state average weekly wages receive 90% of their average earnings, while those earning above that threshold receive 50%, capped at the state average weekly wage
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Transfers $258.5 million from the general fund to establish the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund and authorizes 198 new state positions to administer the program
Legislative Description
The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Last Action
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
2/26/2026