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AB56,777,521 104.035 (8m) Effective on January 1, 2024, and effective on each January 1
22thereafter, the department shall revise the minimum wages established under subs.
23(1) to (6). The department shall determine the revised minimum wages by
24calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the
2512-month period ending on the last day of the last month for which that information

1is available and the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on the last
2day of the month 12 months prior to that month, adjusting the minimum wage then
3in effect by that percentage difference. The department shall annually have the
4revised amount published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register and on the
5department's Internet site.
AB56,1324 6Section 1324 . 106.04 of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,777,10 7106.04 Employment of apprentices on state public works projects. (1)
8Definition. In this section, “project" means a project of public works that is subject
9to s. 103.49 or 103.50 in which work is performed by employees employed in trades
10that are apprenticeable under this subchapter.
AB56,777,15 11(2) Waiver. If the department grants an exception or modification to any
12requirement in any contract for the performance of work on a project relating to the
13employment and training of apprentices, the department shall post that information
14on its Internet site, together with a detailed explanation for granting the exception
15or modification.
AB56,1325 16Section 1325. 106.125 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1326 17Section 1326. 106.27 (1u) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,777,2318 106.27 (1u) Shipbuilders; training grants. From the appropriation under s.
1920.445 (1) (b), in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, the department shall allocate
20$1,000,000 for grants to shipbuilders in this state to train new and current
21employees. A shipbuilder that receives a grant under this subsection shall expend
22all grant moneys before July 1, 2021, for purposes of training new and current
23employees.
AB56,1327 24Section 1327. 106.271 of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1328 25Section 1328. 106.272 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1329
1Section 1329. 106.272 of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (4), and 118.196
2(4) (a) and (b) (intro.), 1. and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB56,778,93 118.196 (4) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (dg) 20.255 (2) (em),
4the department shall award grants to the school board of a school district or to the
5boards, governing body of a private school, as defined under s. 115.001 (3d), or to a
6bodies, and charter management organization organizations under sub. (1) (a) that
7has have partnered with an educator preparation program approved by the
8department of public instruction and headquartered in this state
programs under
9sub. (1) (a)
to design and implement a teacher development program programs.
AB56,778,1110 (b) (intro.) In awarding a grant under this section subsection, the department
11shall do all of the following:
AB56,778,1412 1. Consult with the department of public instruction to confirm Confirm that
13the teacher development program satisfies the requirements under s. 118.196 sub.
14(2).
AB56,778,1715 2. Consider the methods by which the school board, governing body, or charter
16management organization and the educator preparation program under sub. (1) (a)
17will make the teacher development program affordable to participating employees.
AB56,1330 18Section 1330. 106.273 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (title).
AB56,1331 19Section 1331. 106.273 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (1) and
20amended to read:
AB56,779,321 115.457 (1) Identification of workforce shortages. The department state
22superintendent
shall annually confer with the department of public instruction
23workforce development and the Wisconsin technical college system to identify
24industries and occupations within this state that face workforce shortages or
25shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers. The state superintendent of

1public instruction
shall annually notify school districts of the identified industries
2and occupations and make this information available on the Internet site of the
3department of public instruction.
AB56,1332 4Section 1332. 106.273 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (2), and
5115.457 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,779,86 115.457 (2) Approval of programs. (intro.) The department state
7superintendent
shall approve industry-recognized certification programs designed
8to do any of the following:
AB56,1333 9Section 1333. 106.273 (3) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3)
10(title).
AB56,1334 11Section 1334. 106.273 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (a) and
12amended to read:
AB56,779,1513 115.457 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bz) 20.255 (2) (ck),
14the department state superintendent shall annually award all of the following
15incentive grants to school districts:
AB56,779,2016 1m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized
17certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub.
18(2) (a). Subject to pars. (am) and par. (b), the amount of the incentive grant under
19this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil in the school district to
20whom all of the following apply:
AB56,779,2221 a. In the prior school year, the student pupil obtained a high school diploma or
22a technical education high school diploma from a school in the school district.
AB56,779,2523 b. The student pupil successfully completed the program in a school year in
24which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under
25sub. (2) (a).
AB56,780,7
12m. An incentive grant to a school district that has an industry-recognized
2certification program approved by the department state superintendent under sub.
3(2) (b). Subject to par. (b), for each such program the school district has, the amount
4of the incentive grant under this subdivision is equal to $1,000 for each student pupil
5in the school district who successfully completed the program in a school year in
6which the program was approved by the department state superintendent under
7sub. (2) (b).
AB56,1335 8Section 1335. 106.273 (3) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1336 9Section 1336. 106.273 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (3) (b) and
10amended to read:
AB56,780,1511 115.457 (3) (b) If the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1)
12(bz)
20.255 (2) (ck) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount per student
13pupil under par. (a) 1m. and 2m., the department state superintendent may prorate
14the amount of the department's payments among school districts eligible for
15incentive grants under this subsection.
AB56,1337 16Section 1337. 106.273 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 115.457 (4) and
17amended to read:
AB56,780,2418 115.457 (4) Completion awards for students pupils. From the appropriation
19under s. 20.445 (1) (c) 20.255 (3) (ck), the department state superintendent shall
20annually award a completion award to a student pupil in the amount of $500 for each
21industry-recognized certification program approved by the department state
22superintendent
under sub. (2) (b) that the student pupil successfully completed in
23a school year in which the program was approved by the department state
24superintendent
under sub. (2) (b).
AB56,1338 25Section 1338. 106.273 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1339
1Section 1339. 106.275 of the statutes is renumbered 115.458, and 115.458 (1)
2(a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,781,63 115.458 (1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (cg) 20.255 (2) (cL),
4the department may award technical education equipment grants under this section
5in the amount of not more than $50,000 to school districts whose grant applications
6are approved under sub. (2) (b).
AB56,1340 7Section 1340. 106.277 (title), (1) (intro.), (a) and (c), (3) and (4) of the statutes
8are repealed.
AB56,1341 9Section 1341. 106.277 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (1) (b) and
10amended to read:
AB56,781,1311 118.196 (1) (b) The organization operates A grant under sub. (5) to operate a
12program to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in public or private schools
13located in low-income or urban school districts in this state.
AB56,1342 14Section 1342. 106.277 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 118.196 (5), and
15118.196 (5) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB56,781,2316 118.196 (5) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (em), the
17department shall award grants to school boards, governing bodies, and charter
18management organizations under sub. (1) (b).
The department shall establish a
19process for evaluating and assigning a score to each organization eligible to receive
20applicant for a grant under sub. (1). If the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1)
21(bt) is insufficient to make the payments required under sub. (1), the
(b). The
22department shall give preference in evaluating grants under this section to a
23nonprofit organization
subsection for each of the following:
AB56,1343 24Section 1343. 106.38 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1344 25Section 1344 . 106.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,782,15
1106.50 (1) Intent. It is the intent of this section to render unlawful
2discrimination in housing. It is the declared policy of this state that all persons shall
3have an equal opportunity for housing regardless of sex, race, color, sexual
4orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, status
5as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m),
status as a victim of
6domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry
7and it is the duty of the political subdivisions to assist in the orderly prevention or
8removal of all discrimination in housing through the powers granted under ss.
966.0125 and 66.1011. The legislature hereby extends the state law governing equal
10housing opportunities to cover single-family residences that are owner-occupied.
11The legislature finds that the sale and rental of single-family residences constitute
12a significant portion of the housing business in this state and should be regulated.
13This section shall be considered an exercise of the police powers of the state for the
14protection of the welfare, health, peace, dignity, and human rights of the people of
15this state.
AB56,1345 16Section 1345 . 106.50 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,782,2417 106.50 (1m) (h) “Discriminate" means to segregate, separate, exclude, or treat
18a person or class of persons unequally in a manner described in sub. (2), (2m), or (2r)
19because of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin,
20marital status, or family status, ; status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,
21or stalking,; whether the person holds, or has applied for, a registry identification
22card, as defined in s. 146.44 (1) (g), has been the subject of a written certification, as
23defined in s. 146.44 (1) (h), or is or has been a member of a treatment team, as defined
24in s. 961.01 (20t);
lawful source of income, ; age,; or ancestry.
AB56,1346
1Section 1346 . 106.50 (1m) (h) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin
2Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB56,783,113 106.50 (1m) (h) “Discriminate" means to segregate, separate, exclude, or treat
4a person or class of persons unequally in a manner described in sub. (2), (2m), or (2r)
5because of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin,
6marital status, or family status; status as a holder or nonholder of a license under
7s. 343.03 (3m);
status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking;
8whether the person holds, or has applied for, a registry identification card, as defined
9in s. 146.44 (1) (g), has been the subject of a written certification, as defined in s.
10146.44 (1) (h), or is or has been a member of a treatment team, as defined in s. 961.01
11(20t); lawful source of income; age; or ancestry.
AB56,1347 12Section 1347 . 106.50 (1m) (nm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,783,1713 106.50 (1m) (nm) “Member of a protected class" means a group of natural
14persons, or a natural person, who may be categorized because of sex, race, color,
15disability, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, family status,
16status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m), status as a victim
17of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry.
AB56,1348 18Section 1348 . 106.50 (5m) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,783,2519 106.50 (5m) (f) 1. Nothing in this section prohibits an owner or agent from
20requiring that a person who seeks to buy or rent housing supply information
21concerning family status, and marital, financial, and business status but not
22concerning race, color, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin,
23religion, creed, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3m),
24status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or, subject to subd.
252., age.
AB56,1349
1Section 1349. 106.52 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,784,62 106.52 (3) (a) 1. Deny to another or charge another a higher price than the
3regular rate for the full and equal enjoyment of any public place of accommodation
4or amusement because of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation,
5national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
6s. 343.03 (3m)
.
AB56,1350 7Section 1350 . 106.52 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,784,118 106.52 (3) (a) 2. Give preferential treatment to some classes of persons in
9providing services or facilities in any public place of accommodation or amusement
10because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, national origin , or ancestry or
11because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3m)
.
AB56,1351 12Section 1351 . 106.52 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,784,1913 106.52 (3) (a) 3. Directly or indirectly publish, circulate, display or mail any
14written communication which the communicator knows is to the effect that any of
15the facilities of any public place of accommodation or amusement will be denied to
16any person by reason of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national
17origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03
18(3m)
or that the patronage of a person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable
19for any of those reasons.
AB56,1352 20Section 1352 . 106.52 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,784,2321 106.52 (3) (a) 4. Refuse to furnish or charge another a higher rate for any
22automobile insurance because of race, color, creed, disability, national origin, or
23ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3m).
AB56,1353 24Section 1353 . 106.52 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,785,5
1106.52 (3) (a) 5. Refuse to rent, charge a higher price than the regular rate or
2give preferential treatment, because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation,
3national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
4s. 343.03 (3m)
, regarding the use of any private facilities commonly rented to the
5public.
AB56,1354 6Section 1354. 108.02 (13) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,785,137 108.02 (13) (k) “Employer" does not include a county department, an aging
8unit, or, under s. 46.2785, a private agency that serves as a fiscal agent or contracts
9with a fiscal intermediary to serve as a fiscal agent under s. 46.27 (5) (i), 46.272 (7)
10(e), or 47.035 as to any individual performing services for a person receiving
11long-term support services under s. 46.27 (5) (b), 46.272 (7) (b), 46.275, 46.277,
1246.278, 46.2785, 46.286, 46.495, 51.42, or 51.437 or personal assistance services
13under s. 47.02 (6) (c).
AB56,1355 14Section 1355 . 108.02 (24g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB56,785,1615 108.02 (24g) Suitable work. “Suitable work" has the meaning specified by the
16department by rule under s. 108.14 (27).
AB56,1356 17Section 1356. 108.02 (26m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1357 18Section 1357. 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,785,2119 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (b) to (bd), sub. (16) (am)
20and (b), and s. 108.062 (10) and (10m) and as otherwise expressly provided, a
21claimant is eligible for benefits as to any given week only if all of the following apply:
AB56,1358 22Section 1358. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,786,1023 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work
24during that week and provides verification of that search to the department. The
25search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a

1reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. In addition, the
2department may, by rule, require a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work
3search actions in any week. The department shall require a uniform number of
4reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants. This subdivision does
5not apply to a claimant if the department determines that the claimant is currently
6laid off from employment with an employer but there is a reasonable expectation of
7reemployment of the individual by that employer. In determining whether the
8claimant has a reasonable expectation of reemployment by an employer, the
9department shall request the employer to verify the claimant's employment status
10and shall consider all of the following:
AB56,786,1111 a. The history of layoffs and reemployments by the employer.
AB56,786,1312 b. Any information that the employer furnished to the claimant or the
13department concerning the claimant's anticipated reemployment date.
AB56,786,1514 c. Whether the claimant has recall rights with the employer under the terms
15of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
AB56,1359 16Section 1359. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,786,1917 108.04 (2) (b) The department may, by rule, establish waivers from the
18registration for work requirement under par. (a) 2. and the work search requirement
19under par. (a) 3.
AB56,1360 20Section 1360. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1361 21Section 1361. 108.04 (2) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1362 22Section 1362. 108.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,787,423 108.04 (2) (bm) A claimant is ineligible to receive benefits for any week for
24which there is a determination that the claimant failed to comply with the
25registration for work and work search requirements under par. (a) 2. or 3. or failed

1to provide verification to the department that the claimant complied with those
2requirements, unless the department has waived those requirements under par. (b),
3(bb), or (bd)
or s. 108.062 (10m). If the department has paid benefits to a claimant
4for any such week, the department may recover the overpayment under s. 108.22.
AB56,1363 5Section 1363. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB56,1364 6Section 1364. 108.04 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB56,788,97 108.04 (5) Discharge for misconduct. (intro.) An Unless sub. (5g) results in
8disqualification, an
employee whose work is terminated by an employing unit for
9misconduct by the employee connected with the employee's work is ineligible to
10receive benefits until 7 weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in which the
11discharge occurs and the employee earns wages after the week in which the
12discharge occurs equal to at least 14 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under
13s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance
14law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the
15employee's weekly benefit rate shall be the rate that would have been paid had the
16discharge not occurred. The wages paid to an employee by an employer which
17terminates employment of the employee for misconduct connected with the
18employee's employment shall be excluded from the employee's base period wages
19under s. 108.06 (1) for purposes of benefit entitlement. This subsection does not
20preclude an employee who has employment with an employer other than the
21employer which terminated the employee for misconduct from establishing a benefit
22year using the base period wages excluded under this subsection if the employee
23qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a). The department shall
24charge to the fund's balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the
25account of an employer that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss.

1108.17 and 108.18 from which base period wages are excluded under this subsection.
2For purposes of this subsection, “misconduct" means one or more actions or conduct
3evincing such willful or wanton disregard of an employer's interests as is found in
4deliberate violations or disregard of standards of behavior which an employer has a
5right to expect of his or her employees, or in carelessness or negligence of such degree
6or recurrence as to manifest culpability, wrongful intent, or evil design of equal
7severity to such disregard, or to show an intentional and substantial disregard of an
8employer's interests, or of an employee's duties and obligations to his or her
9employer. In addition, “misconduct" includes:
AB56,1365 10Section 1365. 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB56,788,2111 108.04 (5g) Discharge for failure to notify employer of absenteeism or
12tardiness.
(a) If an employee is discharged for failing to notify his or her employer
13of absenteeism or tardiness that becomes excessive, and the employer has complied
14with the requirements of par. (d) with respect to that employee, the employee is
15ineligible to receive benefits until 6 weeks have elapsed since the end of the week in
16which the discharge occurs and the employee earns wages after the week in which
17the discharge occurs equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate
18under s. 108.05 (1) in employment or other work covered by the unemployment
19insurance law of any state or the federal government. For purposes of
20requalification, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be the rate that would have
21been paid had the discharge not occurred.
AB56,788,2422 (b) For purposes of this subsection, tardiness becomes excessive if an employee
23is late for 6 or more scheduled workdays in the 12-month period preceding the date
24of the discharge without providing adequate notice to his or her employer.
AB56,789,4
1(c) For purposes of this subsection, absenteeism becomes excessive if an
2employee is absent for 5 or more scheduled workdays in the 12-month period
3preceding the date of the discharge without providing adequate notice to his or her
4employer.
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