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AB68,1061,2320 111.322 (2m) (b) The individual testifies or assists in any action or proceeding
21held under or to enforce any right under s. 103.02, 103.10, 103.11, 103.13, 103.28,
22103.32, 103.34, 103.455, 103.50, 104.12, 109.03, 109.07, 109.075, 146.997, or 995.55,
23or ss. 101.58 to 101.599 or 103.64 to 103.82.
AB68,1803 24Section 1803 . 111.322 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.322 (2m) (c) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce a right
2under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275 or testifies or assists in any action or
3proceeding under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275.
AB68,1804 4Section 1804. 111.335 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.335 (3) (ar).
AB68,1805 5Section 1805. 111.335 (3) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1062,126 111.335 (3) (ae) 1. Employment discrimination because of conviction record
7includes, but is not limited to, requesting an applicant, employee, member, licensee,
8or any other individual, on an application form or otherwise, to supply information
9regarding a crime the record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015. A request
10to supply information regarding criminal convictions shall not be construed as a
11request to supply information regarding a crime the record of which has been
12expunged under s. 973.015.
AB68,1062,1713 2. Notwithstanding par. (ar) 1., it is employment discrimination because of
14conviction record for an employer or licensing agency to engage in any act of
15employment discrimination specified in s. 111.322 on the basis of a conviction the
16record of which has been expunged under s. 973.015. This subdivision does not apply
17to the extent that its application conflicts with federal law.
AB68,1806 18Section 1806 . 111.335 (3) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1062,2419 111.335 (3) (ag) 1. Employment discrimination because of conviction record
20includes a prospective employer requesting an applicant for employment, on an
21application form or otherwise, to supply information regarding the conviction record
22of the applicant, or otherwise inquiring into or considering the conviction record of
23an applicant for employment, before the applicant has been selected for an interview
24by the prospective employer.
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12. Subdivision 1. does not prohibit a prospective employer from notifying
2applicants for employment that, subject to this section and ss. 111.321 and 111.322,
3an individual with a particular conviction record may be disqualified by law or under
4the employer's policies from employment in particular positions.
AB68,1807 5Section 1807. 111.335 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1063,106 111.335 (4) (b) It is employment discrimination because of conviction record for
7a licensing agency to refuse to license any individual under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or to
8bar or terminate an individual from licensing under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. because the
9individual was adjudicated delinquent under ch. 938 for an offense other than an
10exempt offense.
AB68,1808 11Section 1808. 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1063,1412 111.335 (4) (c) 1. (intro.) If a licensing agency refuses to license an individual
13under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or bars or terminates an individual from licensing under sub.
14(3) (a) (ar) 1., the licensing agency shall, subject to subd. 2., do all of the following:
AB68,1809 15Section 1809. 111.335 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1063,2016 111.335 (4) (e) A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
17under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate an individual from licensure
18under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. shall publish on the agency's Internet site a document
19indicating the offenses or kinds of offenses that may result in such a refusal, bar, or
20termination.
AB68,1810 21Section 1810. 111.335 (4) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1064,222 111.335 (4) (f) 1. A state licensing agency that may refuse to license individuals
23under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. or that may bar or terminate individuals from licensing
24under sub. (3) (a) (ar) 1. shall allow an individual who does not possess a license to,
25without submitting a full application and without paying the fees applicable to

1applicants, apply to the agency for a determination of whether the individual would
2be disqualified from obtaining the license due to his or her conviction record.
AB68,1811 3Section 1811 . 111.35 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1064,64 111.35 (2) (e) Conflicts with any federal or state statute, rule or regulation.
5This paragraph does not apply with respect to violations concerning marijuana or
6tetrahydrocannabinols under 21 USC 841 to 865.
AB68,1812 7Section 1812. 111.36 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1064,9 8111.36 (title) Sex, sexual orientation , gender expression, gender
9identity
; exceptions and special cases.
AB68,1813 10Section 1813. 111.36 (1) (br) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1064,2111 111.36 (1) (br) Engaging in harassment that consists of unwelcome verbal or
12physical conduct directed at another individual because of that individual's gender,
13gender expression, or gender identity, other than the conduct described in par. (b),
14and that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive
15work environment or has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with that
16individual's work performance. Under this paragraph, substantial interference with
17an employee's work performance or creation of an intimidating, hostile or offensive
18work environment is established when the conduct is such that a reasonable person
19under the same circumstances as the employee would consider the conduct
20sufficiently severe or pervasive to interfere substantially with the person's work
21performance or to create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
AB68,1814 22Section 1814. 111.36 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1065,223 111.36 (1) (c) Discriminating against any woman individual on the basis of
24pregnancy, childbirth, maternity parental leave or related medical conditions by

1engaging in any of the actions prohibited under s. 111.322, including, but not limited
2to, actions concerning fringe benefit programs covering illnesses and disability.
AB68,1815 3Section 1815. 111.36 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1065,104 111.36 (1) (d) 1. For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
5employment agency or other person to refuse
Refusing to hire, employ, admit or
6license, or to bar or terminate any individual; barring or terminating from
7employment, membership, or licensure any individual ,; or to discriminate
8discriminating against an any individual in promotion, in compensation , or in the
9terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of the individual's sexual
10orientation,; or gender expression, or gender identity.
AB68,1816 11Section 1816. 111.36 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1065,1712 111.36 (1) (d) 2. For any employer, labor organization, licensing agency or
13employment agency or other person to discharge
Discharging or otherwise
14discriminate discriminating against any person because he or she the person has
15opposed any discriminatory practices under this paragraph or because he or she the
16person
has made a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this
17paragraph.
AB68,1817 18Section 1817. 111.36 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1065,2319 111.36 (4) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination for
20an employer to require an employee to adhere to reasonable workplace appearance,
21grooming, and dress standards not precluded by other provisions of state or federal
22law, provided that an employer shall allow an employee to appear or dress
23consistently with the employee's gender identity or gender expression.
AB68,1818 24Section 1818. 111.39 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.39 (4) (b) If the department finds probable cause to believe that any
2discrimination has been or is being committed, that unfair honesty testing has
3occurred or is occurring or that unfair genetic testing has occurred or is occurring,
4it may endeavor to eliminate the practice by conference, conciliation or persuasion.
5If the department does not eliminate the discrimination, unfair honesty testing or
6unfair genetic testing, the department shall issue and serve a written notice of
7hearing, specifying the nature of the discrimination that appears to have been
8committed or unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing that has occurred, and
9requiring the person named, in this section called the “respondent", to answer the
10complaint at a hearing before an examiner. The notice shall specify a time of hearing
11not less than 30 days after service of the complaint, and a place of hearing within
12either the county of the respondent's residence or the county in which the
13discrimination, unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing appears to have
14occurred
. The department shall designate the place of hearing, which may include
15a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in a location accessible and in proximity
16to the parties
. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded or taken down by a
17reporter appointed by the department.
AB68,1819 18Section 1819 . 111.39 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1067,719 111.39 (4) (d) The department shall serve a certified copy of the findings and
20order on the respondent, the order to have the same force as other orders of the
21department and be enforced as provided in s. 103.005. The department shall also
22serve a certified copy of the findings and order on the complainant, together with a
23notice advising the complainant about the right to seek, and the time for seeking,
24review by the commission under sub. (5); about the right to bring, and the time for
25bringing, an action for judicial review under s. 111.395; and about the right to bring,

1and the time for bringing, an action under s. 111.397 (1) (a).
Any person aggrieved
2by noncompliance with the order may have the order enforced specifically by suit in
3equity. If the examiner finds that the respondent has not engaged in discrimination,
4unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing as alleged in the complaint, the
5department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings served on the
6complainant, together with shall be accompanied by an order dismissing the
7complaint.
AB68,1820 8Section 1820 . 111.39 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1067,199 111.39 (5) (b) If no petition is filed the respondent or complainant does not file
10a petition under par. (a)
within 21 days from the date that a copy of the findings and
11order of the examiner is mailed to the last-known address of the respondent served
12on that party,
the findings and order shall be considered final for purposes of
13enforcement under sub. (4) (d). If a timely petition is filed, the commission, on review,
14may either affirm, reverse, or modify the findings or order in whole or in part, or set
15aside the findings and order and remand to the department for further proceedings.
16Such actions shall be based on a review of the evidence submitted. If the commission
17is satisfied that a respondent or complainant has been prejudiced because of
18exceptional delay in the receipt of a copy of any findings and order it, the commission
19may extend the time another 21 days for filing the petition with the department.
AB68,1821 20Section 1821 . 111.39 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1068,221 111.39 (5) (d) The commission shall serve a certified copy of the commission's
22decision on the respondent. The commission shall also serve a certified copy of the
23commission's decision on the complainant, together with a notice advising the
24complainant about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an action for judicial

1review under s. 111.395 and about the right to bring, and the time for bringing, an
2action under s. 111.397 (1) (a).
AB68,1822 3Section 1822 . 111.397 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1068,15 4111.397 Civil action. (1) (a) Except as provided in this paragraph, the
5department or an individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or
6subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may bring an action in
7circuit court requesting the relief described in sub. (2) (a) against an employer, labor
8organization, or employment agency that is alleged or found to have engaged in that
9discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. The department or
10an individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or subjected to
11unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing may not bring an action under this
12paragraph against a local governmental unit, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u), or against
13an employer, labor organization, or employment agency that employs fewer than 15
14individuals for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
15or preceding year.
AB68,1068,1916 (b) If a petition for judicial review of the findings and order of the commission
17concerning the same violation as the violation giving rise to the action under par. (a)
18is filed, the circuit court shall consolidate the proceeding for judicial review and the
19action under par. (a).
AB68,1068,2320 (c) An individual alleged or found to have been discriminated against or
21subjected to unfair honesty testing or unfair genetic testing is not required to file a
22complaint under s. 111.39 or seek review under s. 111.395 in order for the department
23or the individual to bring an action under par. (a).
AB68,1068,2524 (d) An action under par. (a) shall be commenced within 300 days after the
25alleged discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing occurred.
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1(2) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), in an action under sub. (1) (a), if the circuit
2court finds that discrimination, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing has
3occurred, or if such a finding has been made by an examiner or the commission and
4not been further appealed, the circuit court may order any relief that an examiner
5would be empowered to order under s. 111.39 (4) (c) after a hearing on a complaint
6filed under s. 111.39. In addition, the circuit court shall order the defendant to pay
7to the individual discriminated against or subjected to unfair honesty testing or
8unfair genetic testing any other compensatory damages, and punitive damages
9under s. 895.043 that the circuit court or jury finds appropriate, plus reasonable costs
10and attorney fees incurred in the action. If any relief was ordered under s. 111.39 or
11111.395, the circuit court shall specify whether the relief ordered under this
12paragraph is in addition to or replaces the relief ordered under s. 111.39 or 111.395.
13The sum of the amount of compensatory damages for future economic losses and for
14pain and suffering, emotional distress, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and
15other noneconomic losses and the amount of punitive damages that a circuit court
16may order may not exceed the following:
AB68,1069,1917 1. In the case of a defendant that employs 100 or fewer employees for each
18working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year,
19$50,000.
AB68,1069,2220 2. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 100 but fewer than 201
21employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
22or preceding year, $100,000.
AB68,1069,2523 3. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 200 but fewer than 501
24employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current
25or preceding year, $200,000.
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14. In the case of a defendant that employs more than 500 employees for each
2working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year,
3$300,000.
AB68,1070,64 (b) If the circuit court orders a payment under par. (a) because of a violation of
5s. 111.321, 111.37, or 111.372 by an individual employed by an employer, the
6employer of that individual is liable for the payment.
AB68,1070,97 (c) 1. In this paragraph, “consumer price index" means the average of the
8consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by
9the bureau of labor statistics of the federal department of labor.
AB68,1070,2210 2. Except as provided in this subdivision, beginning on July 1, 2022, and on
11each July 1 after that, the department shall adjust the amounts specified in par. (a)
121., 2., 3., and 4. by calculating the percentage difference between the consumer price
13index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the
14consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year
15before the preceding year and adjusting those amounts by that percentage
16difference. The department shall publish the adjusted amounts calculated under
17this subdivision in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, and the adjusted amounts
18shall apply to actions commenced under sub. (1) (a) beginning on July 1 of the year
19of publication. This subdivision does not apply if the consumer price index for the
2012-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year did not increase over
21the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the year
22before the preceding year.
AB68,1823 23Section 1823. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1071,1424 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
25obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the

1representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
2confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
3agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
4wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, for
5transit employees and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
6that contains a frontline worker;
with respect to wages for general municipal
7employees, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
8worker;
and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
9employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
1061.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
11except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
12proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
13under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
14reached to a written and signed document.
AB68,1824 15Section 1824. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1071,2316 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
17municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
18employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
19public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
20or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

21are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
22process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
23required of all members.
AB68,1825 24Section 1825. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.70 (1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
2determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
AB68,1826 3Section 1826. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,54 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
5who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, or a frontline worker.
AB68,1827 6Section 1827. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,117 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
8in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
9or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
10may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
11employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
AB68,1828 12Section 1828. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1072,1413 111.70 (1) (p) “Transit employee" means a municipal employee who is
14determined to be a transit employee under sub. (4) (bm) 1.
AB68,1829 15Section 1829. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
16amended to read:
AB68,1073,2417 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
18right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
19representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
20for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
21employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
22municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the
23general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
24worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
25agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues

1while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
2or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
3unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
4required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
5fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
6contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
7as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
8the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
9A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
10subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
11commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
12at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
13fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
14a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
15majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
16any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
17commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
18refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender expression, as defined
19in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),
creed, or sex to receive
20as a member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
21municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
22to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public
23safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
24before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB68,1830 25Section 1830. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
2bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
3employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
4intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
5employment. The right may be exercised when the municipal employer proposes or
6implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or,
7if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
AB68,1831 8Section 1831. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1074,129 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
10organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
11conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
12agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB68,1832 13Section 1832. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1074,2314 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
15agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
16employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
17employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
18agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
19terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
20award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
21binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a
22collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
23previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
AB68,1833 24Section 1833. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
2safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
3bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
4been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
5and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
6employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
7termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
8except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
AB68,1834 9Section 1834. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,1410 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
11employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
12agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
13to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
14agreement.
AB68,1835 15Section 1835. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,1916 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
17deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
18unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
19contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
AB68,1836 20Section 1836. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1075,2121 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
AB68,1837 22Section 1837. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm) 1.
AB68,1838 23Section 1838. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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