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AB68-SSA1,856,15 14106.28 Health care recruitment initiative. (1) In this section, “nurse aide”
15has the meaning given in s. 146.40 (1) (d).
AB68-SSA1,856,18 16(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bv) and
17in coordination with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC
183122
, do all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,856,2219 (a) Undertake a statewide recruitment initiative to promote and connect
20individuals with instructional programs for nurse aides approved by the department
21of health services under s. 146.40 and nurse aide employment opportunities and to
22promote other health care provider employment opportunities.
AB68-SSA1,856,2423 (b) Create a free, 4-hour course that individuals may take to explore career
24opportunities within the field of human services or health care delivery.
AB68-SSA1,1764 25Section 1764. 106.29 of the statutes is created to read:
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1106.29 Pandemic recovery grants. (1) In this section, “pandemic” means
2the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic.
AB68-SSA1,857,10 3(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bw),
4establish and operate a program to provide grants to local workforce development
5boards established under 29 USC 3122 to fund pandemic recovery efforts. The
6grants shall emphasize training, skill development, and economic recovery for
7individuals and businesses. The grants may be used for virtual and in-person job
8training, employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment, transportation, soft
9skill development, career or talent search services, and other programs to return
10employees to the labor market.
AB68-SSA1,1765 11Section 1765. 106.38 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,857,1312 106.38 (4) (a) 2m. Submit an application to the program no later than 7 years
13at any time after the date of discharge from military service.
AB68-SSA1,1766 14Section 1766 . 106.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,858,415 106.50 (1) Intent. It is the intent of this section to render unlawful
16discrimination in housing. It is the declared policy of this state that all persons shall
17have an equal opportunity for housing regardless of sex, race, color, sexual
18orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, status
19as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r),
status as a victim of
20domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry
21and it is the duty of the political subdivisions to assist in the orderly prevention or
22removal of all discrimination in housing through the powers granted under ss.
2366.0125 and 66.1011. The legislature hereby extends the state law governing equal
24housing opportunities to cover single-family residences that are owner-occupied.
25The legislature finds that the sale and rental of single-family residences constitute

1a significant portion of the housing business in this state and should be regulated.
2This section shall be considered an exercise of the police powers of the state for the
3protection of the welfare, health, peace, dignity, and human rights of the people of
4this state.
AB68-SSA1,1767 5Section 1767 . 106.50 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,858,116 106.50 (1m) (h) “Discriminate" means to segregate, separate, exclude, or treat
7a person or class of persons unequally in a manner described in sub. (2), (2m), or (2r)
8because of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin,
9marital status, family status, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s.
10343.03 (3r),
status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, lawful
11source of income, age, or ancestry.
AB68-SSA1,1768 12Section 1768 . 106.50 (1m) (nm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,858,1713 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 (3r), status as a victim
17of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry.
AB68-SSA1,1769 18Section 1769 . 106.50 (5m) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,858,2419 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 (3r), status
24as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or, subject to subd. 2., age.
AB68-SSA1,1770 25Section 1770. 106.50 (6) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1106.50 (6) (f) 1. After the department issues a charge under par. (c) 2., the
2department shall serve the charge, along with a written notice of hearing, specifying
3the nature and acts of discrimination which appear to have been committed, and
4requiring the respondent to answer the charge at a hearing before an examiner. The
5notice shall specify a time of hearing, not less than 10 days after service of the charge,
6and a place of hearing within the county in which the violation is alleged to have
7occurred
. The department shall designate the place of hearing, which may include
8a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in a location accessible and in proximity
9to the parties
.
AB68-SSA1,1771 10Section 1771 . 106.52 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,859,1511 106.52 (3) (a) 1. Deny to another or charge another a higher price than the
12regular rate for the full and equal enjoyment of any public place of accommodation
13or amusement because of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation,
14national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
15s. 343.03 (3r)
.
AB68-SSA1,1772 16Section 1772 . 106.52 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,859,2017 106.52 (3) (a) 2. Give preferential treatment to some classes of persons in
18providing services or facilities in any public place of accommodation or amusement
19because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, national origin , or ancestry or
20because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3r)
.
AB68-SSA1,1773 21Section 1773 . 106.52 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,860,322 106.52 (3) (a) 3. Directly or indirectly publish, circulate, display or mail any
23written communication which the communicator knows is to the effect that any of
24the facilities of any public place of accommodation or amusement will be denied to
25any person by reason of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national

1origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03
2(3r)
or that the patronage of a person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable
3for any of those reasons.
AB68-SSA1,1774 4Section 1774 . 106.52 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,860,75 106.52 (3) (a) 4. Refuse to furnish or charge another a higher rate for any
6automobile insurance because of race, color, creed, disability, national origin, or
7ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3r).
AB68-SSA1,1775 8Section 1775 . 106.52 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,860,139 106.52 (3) (a) 5. Refuse to rent, charge a higher price than the regular rate or
10give preferential treatment, because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation,
11national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
12s. 343.03 (3r)
, regarding the use of any private facilities commonly rented to the
13public.
AB68-SSA1,1776 14Section 1776. 106.52 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,861,2415 106.52 (4) (a) 4. If the department finds probable cause to believe that any act
16prohibited under sub. (3) has been or is being committed, the department may
17endeavor to eliminate the act by conference, conciliation and persuasion. If the
18department determines that such conference, conciliation and persuasion has not
19eliminated the alleged act prohibited under sub. (3), the department shall issue and
20serve a written notice of hearing, specifying the nature and acts prohibited under
21sub. (3) which appear to have been committed, and requiring the person named, in
22this subsection called the “respondent", to answer the complaint at a hearing before
23an examiner. The notice shall specify a time of hearing, not less than 10 days after
24service of the complaint, and a place of hearing within the county in which the
25violation of sub. (3) is alleged to have occurred
. The department shall designate the

1place of hearing, which may include a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in
2a location accessible and in proximity to the parties
. The attorney of record for any
3party may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production
4of evidence. A subpoena issued by an attorney must be in substantially the same
5form as provided in s. 805.07 (4) and must be served in the manner provided in s.
6805.07 (5). The attorney shall, at the time of issuance, send a copy of the subpoena
7to the appeal tribunal or other representative of the department responsible for
8conducting the proceeding. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded by the
9department. In all hearings before an examiner, except those for determining
10probable cause, the burden of proof is on the party alleging an act prohibited under
11sub. (3). If, after the hearing, the examiner finds by a fair preponderance of the
12evidence that the respondent has violated sub. (3), the examiner shall make written
13findings and order such action by the respondent as will effectuate the purpose of this
14subsection and sub. (3). The department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's
15findings and order on the respondent and complainant. The order shall have the
16same force as other orders of the department and shall be enforced as provided in this
17subsection, except that the enforcement of the order is automatically stayed upon the
18filing of a petition for review with the commission. If the examiner finds that the
19respondent has not engaged in an act prohibited under sub. (3) as alleged in the
20complaint, the department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings on
21the complainant and the respondent together with an order dismissing the
22complaint. If the complaint is dismissed, costs in an amount not to exceed $100 plus
23actual disbursements for the attendance of witnesses may be assessed against the
24department in the discretion of the department.
AB68-SSA1,1777 25Section 1777 . 108.02 (18r) of the statutes is created to read:
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1108.02 (18r) Marijuana. “Marijuana” has the meaning given in s. 111.32 (11m).
AB68-SSA1,1778 2Section 1778. 108.02 (26m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1779 3Section 1779. 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,862,64 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (b) to (bd), sub. (16) (am)
5and (b), and s. 108.062 (10) and (10m) and as otherwise expressly provided, a
6claimant is eligible for benefits as to any given week only if all of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,1780 7Section 1780. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,862,208 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work
9during that week and provides verification of that search to the department. The
10search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a
11reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. In addition, the
12department may, by rule, require a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work
13search actions in any week. The department shall require a uniform number of
14reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants. This subdivision does
15not apply to a claimant if the department determines that the claimant is currently
16laid off from employment with an employer but there is a reasonable expectation of
17reemployment of the individual by that employer. In determining whether the
18claimant has a reasonable expectation of reemployment by an employer, the
19department shall request the employer to verify the claimant's employment status
20and shall consider all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,862,2121 a. The history of layoffs and reemployments by the employer.
AB68-SSA1,862,2322 b. Any information that the employer furnished to the claimant or the
23department concerning the claimant's anticipated reemployment date.
AB68-SSA1,862,2524 c. Whether the claimant has recall rights with the employer under the terms
25of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
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1Section 1781. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,42 108.04 (2) (b) The department may, by rule, establish waivers from the
3registration for work requirement under par. (a) 2. and the work search requirement
4under par. (a) 3.
AB68-SSA1,1782 5Section 1782. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1783 6Section 1783. 108.04 (2) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1784 7Section 1784. 108.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,148 108.04 (2) (bm) A claimant is ineligible to receive benefits for any week for
9which there is a determination that the claimant failed to comply with the
10registration for work and work search requirements under par. (a) 2. or 3. or failed
11to provide verification to the department that the claimant complied with those
12requirements, unless the department has waived those requirements under par. (b),
13(bb), or (bd)
or s. 108.062 (10m). If the department has paid benefits to a claimant
14for any such week, the department may recover the overpayment under s. 108.22.
AB68-SSA1,1785 15Section 1785. 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,863,2216 108.04 (2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits
17under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits
18under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social
19security disability insurance payments, as defined in sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m)
20(b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the
21claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the
22department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments
.
AB68-SSA1,1786 23Section 1786. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1787 24Section 1787 . 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1788 25Section 1788 . 108.04 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
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1108.04 (5m) Discharge for use of marijuana. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5),
2“misconduct," for purposes of sub. (5), does not include the employee's use of
3marijuana off the employer's premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the
4employer's policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because
5of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68-SSA1,864,96 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (5g), “substantial fault," for purposes of sub. (5g), does
7not include the employee's use of marijuana off the employer's premises during
8nonworking hours or a violation of the employer's policy concerning such use, unless
9termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68-SSA1,1789 10Section 1789. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,864,1911 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
12the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub.
13(8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar
14days
10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the
15employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first
1630 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph,
17an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee
18could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered,
19regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.
AB68-SSA1,1790 20Section 1790. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1791 21Section 1791. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,864,2422 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee's spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces
23his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the
24employee to commute.
AB68-SSA1,1792 25Section 1792. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good
2cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
3benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
4equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
5employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
6or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
7benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
8occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
9year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
10paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
11Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund's
12balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer
13that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
14whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
15work offered by that employer.
AB68-SSA1,1793 16Section 1793. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1794 17Section 1794. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,865,2018 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee
19became unemployed, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means work to which
20all of the following apply:
AB68-SSA1,1795 21Section 1795. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,222 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became
23unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means
24any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the
25employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above

1the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the
2work is located, as determined by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1796 3Section 1796 . 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,124 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be)
5against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be
6eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial
7determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The
8claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under s. 108.04 (3) for the period of
9ineligibility applied under par. (be).
If no benefit rate applies to the week for which
10the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant's benefit rate for the
11claimant's next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine
12the amount of the benefit reduction.
AB68-SSA1,1797 13Section 1797. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered
14108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,866,1715 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph
16subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
17replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.
AB68-SSA1,866,2018 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “ social security disability insurance payment"
19means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch.
207
subch. II.
AB68-SSA1,1798 21Section 1798. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1799 22Section 1799. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).
AB68-SSA1,1800 23Section 1800. 108.05 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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1108.05 (1) (am) On or before June 30 of each year, the department shall
2calculate, from quarterly wage reports under s. 108.205 for the prior calendar year,
3the state's annual average weekly wage in employment covered under this chapter.
AB68-SSA1,1801 4Section 1801. 108.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,867,65 108.05 (1) (cm) The department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount
6as follows:
AB68-SSA1,867,87 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
8after January 5, 2014, but before January 2, 2022, $370.
AB68-SSA1,867,109 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
10after January 2, 2022, but before January 1, 2023, $409.
AB68-SSA1,867,1311 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
12after January 1, 2023, but before January 7, 2024, $409 or 50 percent of the state's
13annual average weekly wage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, whichever is greater.
AB68-SSA1,867,1714 4. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
15after January 7, 2024, the department shall set an annual maximum weekly benefit
16amount that takes effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year and that
17is equal to the greater of the following:
AB68-SSA1,867,1918 a. Seventy-five percent of the state's annual average weekly wage, rounded up
19to the nearest dollar.
AB68-SSA1,867,2020 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.
AB68-SSA1,1802 21Section 1802. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,868,523 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
24employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
25commences on or after January 5, 2014,
at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this

1paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall
equal to 4 percent
2of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
3employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
4rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
5under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,868,7 61. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
7than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.
AB68-SSA1,868,10 82. If the employee's weekly benefit rate is more than $370 the maximum weekly
9benefit amount under par. (cm)
, the employee's weekly benefit rate shall be $370 and
10except that, if
the maximum weekly benefit amount under par. (cm).
AB68-SSA1,868,13 113. If the employee's benefits are exhausted during any week under s. 108.06 (1),
12the employee shall be paid the remaining amount of benefits payable to the employee
13under s. 108.06 (1).
AB68-SSA1,868,16 14(s) The department shall publish on its Internet site a weekly benefit rate
15schedule of quarterly wages and the corresponding weekly benefit rates as
16calculated in accordance with this paragraph subsection.
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