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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AB68-SSA1,1778 2Section 1778. 108.02 (26m) of the statutes is repealed.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 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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1Section 1781. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read: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AB68-SSA1,1782 5Section 1782. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.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.
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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.
AB68-SSA1,1803 17Section 1803. 108.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,718 108.05 (3) (a) Except as provided in pars. (c) , and (d) and (dm) and s. 108.062,
19if an eligible employee earns wages in a given week, the first $30 of the wages shall
20be disregarded and the employee's applicable weekly benefit payment shall be
21reduced by 67 percent of the remaining amount, except that no such employee is
22eligible for benefits if the employee's benefit payment would be less than $5 for any
23week. For purposes of this paragraph, “wages" includes any salary reduction
24amounts earned that are not wages and that are deducted from the salary of a
25claimant by an employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria

1plan, within the meaning of 26 USC 125, and any amount that a claimant would have
2earned in available work under s. 108.04 (1) (a) which is treated as wages under s.
3108.04 (1) (bm), but excludes any amount that a claimant earns for services
4performed as a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer emergency medical services
5practitioner, or volunteer emergency medical responder. In applying this paragraph,
6the department shall disregard discrepancies of less than $2 between wages reported
7by employees and employers.
AB68-SSA1,1804 8Section 1804. 108.05 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1805 9Section 1805. 108.05 (7m) (title), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,1010 108.05 (7m) (title) Social security disability insurance payments.
AB68-SSA1,869,1511 (c) If a monthly social security disability insurance payment is issued to a
12claimant, the department shall reduce benefits otherwise payable to the claimant for
13a given week in accordance with par. (d). This subsection does not apply to a lump
14sum social security disability insurance payment in the nature of a retroactive
15payment or back pay.
AB68-SSA1,869,1816 (d) The department shall allocate a monthly social security disability insurance
17payment by allocating to each week the fraction of the payment attributable to that
18week.
AB68-SSA1,1806 19Section 1806. 108.05 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,869,2320 108.05 (9) Rounding of benefit amounts. Notwithstanding sub. (1), benefits
21payable for a week of unemployment as a result of applying sub. (1m), (3) or, (7), or
22(7m)
or s. 108.04 (11) or (12), 108.06 (1), 108.13 (4) or (5) or 108.135 shall be rounded
23down to the next lowest dollar.
AB68-SSA1,1807 24Section 1807. 108.05 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.05 (10) Deductions from benefit payments. (intro.) After calculating the
2benefit payment due to be paid for a week under subs. (1) to (7) (7m), the department
3shall make deductions from that payment to the extent that the payment is sufficient
4to make the following payments in the following order:
AB68-SSA1,1808 5Section 1808. 108.133 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1809 6Section 1809. 108.14 (2e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,870,227 108.14 (2e) The department may shall provide a secure means of electronic
8interchange between itself and employing units, claimants, and other persons that,
9upon request to and with prior approval by the department, may
shall be used for
10departmental transmission or receipt of any document specified by the department
11that is related to the administration of this chapter in lieu of any other means of
12submission or receipt specified in this chapter. The secure means of electronic
13interchange shall be used by employing units, claimants, and other persons unless
14a person demonstrates good cause for not being able to use the secure means of
15electronic interchange. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes
16good cause, for purposes of this subsection. Subject to s. 137.25 (2) and any rules
17promulgated thereunder, the department may permit the use of the use of electronic
18records and electronic signatures for any document specified by the department that
19is related to the administration of this chapter.
If a due date is established by statute
20for the receipt of any document that is submitted electronically to the department
21under this subsection, then that submission is timely only if the document is
22submitted by midnight of the statutory due date.
AB68-SSA1,1810 23Section 1810. 108.14 (8n) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1224 108.14 (8n) (e) The department shall charge this state's share of any benefits
25paid under this subsection to the account of each employer by which the employee

1claiming benefits was employed in the applicable base period, in proportion to the
2total amount of wages he or she earned from each employer in the base period, except
3that if s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
4or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) would have applied to employment
5by such an employer who is subject to the contribution requirements of ss. 108.17 and
6108.18, the department shall charge the share of benefits based on employment with
7that employer to the fund's balancing account, or, if s. 108.04 (1) (f) or (5) or 108.07
8(3) would have applied to an employer that is not subject to the contribution
9requirements of ss. 108.17 and 108.18, the department shall charge the share of
10benefits based on that employment in accordance with s. 108.07 (5) (am) 1. and 2.
11The department shall also charge the fund's balancing account with any other state's
12share of such benefits pending reimbursement by that state.
AB68-SSA1,1811 13Section 1811 . 108.14 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,871,1614 108.14 (26m) (a) The department shall allocate all available federal funding
15for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d) before allocating any general purpose
16revenue for that purpose.
AB68-SSA1,871,2417 (b) If federal funding is received for the purpose specified in s. 108.19 (1e) (d)
18prior to July 1, 2023, the secretary of administration may, to the extent permitted
19under federal law, lapse from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (nc) to the general
20fund an amount not to exceed the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.445 (1) (ar)
21or the amount of federal funding received, whichever is less. This paragraph does
22not apply with respect to amounts received as administrative grants by the state
23under 42 USC 502 or to amounts received by this state under section 903 (d) of the
24federal Social Security Act, as amended, 42 USC 1103.
AB68-SSA1,1812 25Section 1812. 108.141 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1108.141 (7) (a) The department shall charge the state's share of each week of
2extended benefits to each employer's account in proportion to the employer's share
3of the total wages of the employee receiving the benefits in the employee's base
4period, except that if the employer is subject to the contribution requirements of ss.
5108.17 and 108.18 the department shall charge the share of extended benefits to
6which s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (7) (a), (c), (cg), (e), (L), (q), (s), or (t), (7m), or (8) (a) or (b),
7or 108.07 (3), (3r), or (5) (am) 2., or 108.133 (3) (f) applies to the fund's balancing
8account.
AB68-SSA1,1813 9Section 1813 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,1310 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
11(7) (h), (8) (a) or (b), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3.
12a., (5m), and (6), 108.133 (3) (f), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub.
13(6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68-SSA1,1814 14Section 1814 . 108.16 (6m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2021 Wisconsin
15Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,872,1816 108.16 (6m) (a) The benefits thus chargeable under s. 108.04 (1) (f), (5), (5g),
17(7) (h), (8) (a), (13) (c) or (d) or (16) (e), 108.07 (3), (3r), (5) (am) 2. and (bm) 3. a., (5m),
18and (6), 108.14 (8n) (e), 108.141, 108.151, or 108.152 or sub. (6) (e) or (7) (a) and (b).
AB68-SSA1,1815 19Section 1815. 108.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,873,520 108.17 (2) (b) The department may shall electronically provide a means
21whereby an employer that files its employment and wage reports electronically may
22determine the amount of contributions due for payment by the employer under s.
23108.18 for each quarter. If an employer that is subject to a contribution requirement
24files its employment and wage reports under s. 108.205 (1) electronically, in the
25manner prescribed by the department for purposes of this paragraph, the

1department may require the employer to determine electronically the amount of
2contributions due for payment by the employer under s. 108.18 for each quarter. In
3such case, the employer is excused from filing contribution reports under par. (a).
4The employer shall pay the amount due for each quarter by the due date specified
5in par. (a).
AB68-SSA1,1816 6Section 1816. 108.17 (2b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,873,197 108.17 (2b) The department shall prescribe a form and methodology for filing
8contribution reports under sub. (2) electronically. Each employer of 25 or more
9employees, as determined under s. 108.22 (1) (ae),
that does not use an employer
10agent to file its contribution reports under this section shall file its contribution
11reports electronically in the manner and form prescribed by the department, unless
12the employer demonstrates good cause for not being able to file contribution reports
13electronically. The department shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause,
14for purposes of this subsection
. Each employer that becomes subject to an electronic
15reporting requirement under this subsection shall file its initial report under this
16subsection for the quarter during which the employer becomes subject to the
17reporting requirement. Once an employer becomes subject to a reporting
18requirement under this subsection, it shall continue to file its reports under this
19subsection unless that requirement is waived by the department.
AB68-SSA1,1817 20Section 1817. 108.17 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,874,521 108.17 (7) (a) Each employer whose net total contributions paid or payable
22under this section for any 12-month period ending on June 30 are at least $10,000

23shall pay all contributions under this section by means of electronic funds transfer
24beginning with the next calendar year, unless the employer demonstrates good cause
25for not being able to pay contributions by electronic funds transfer. The department

1shall determine by rule what constitutes good cause, for purposes of this subsection
.
2Once an employer becomes subject to an electronic payment requirement under this
3paragraph, the employer shall continue to make payment of all contributions by
4means of electronic funds transfer unless that requirement is waived by the
5department.
AB68-SSA1,1818 6Section 1818. 108.19 (1s) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
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