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AB68,1031,20 15106.274 Worker connection program. (1) Worker connection program.
16The department shall, from the appropriation under 20.445 (1) (cm), establish and
17administer a worker connection program that helps participants prepare for and
18enter jobs in high-growth employment sectors by pairing participants with
19achievement coaches who guide participants through the workforce system and
20partner with employers in high-growth employment sectors.
AB68,1031,22 21(2) Implementation. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this
22section.
AB68,1718 23Section 1718. 106.28 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1031,25 24106.28 Health care recruitment initiative. (1) In this section, “nurse aide”
25has the meaning given in s. 146.40 (1) (d).
AB68,1032,3
1(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bv) and
2in coordination with local workforce development boards established under 29 USC
33122
, do all of the following:
AB68,1032,74 (a) Undertake a statewide recruitment initiative to promote and connect
5individuals with instructional programs for nurse aides approved by the department
6of health services under s. 146.40 and nurse aide employment opportunities and to
7promote other health care provider employment opportunities.
AB68,1032,98 (b) Create a free, 4-hour course that individuals may take to explore career
9opportunities within the field of human services or health care delivery.
AB68,1719 10Section 1719. 106.29 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1032,12 11106.29 Pandemic recovery grants. (1) In this section, “pandemic” means
12the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic.
AB68,1032,20 13(2) The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bw),
14establish and operate a program to provide grants to local workforce development
15boards established under 29 USC 3122 to fund pandemic recovery efforts. The
16grants shall emphasize training, skill development, and economic recovery for
17individuals and businesses. The grants may be used for virtual and in-person job
18training, employment navigators or coaches, skill assessment, transportation, soft
19skill development, career or talent search services, and other programs to return
20employees to the labor market.
AB68,1720 21Section 1720. 106.38 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1032,2322 106.38 (4) (a) 2m. Submit an application to the program no later than 7 years
23at any time after the date of discharge from military service.
AB68,1721 24Section 1721 . 106.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1033,15
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 (3r),
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.
AB68,1722 16Section 1722 . 106.50 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1033,2217 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, family status, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s.
21343.03 (3r),
status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, lawful
22source of income, age, or ancestry.
AB68,1723 23Section 1723 . 106.50 (1m) (nm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1034,324 106.50 (1m) (nm) “Member of a protected class" means a group of natural
25persons, or a natural person, who may be categorized because of sex, race, color,

1disability, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, family status,
2status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), status as a victim
3of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry.
AB68,1724 4Section 1724 . 106.50 (5m) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1034,105 106.50 (5m) (f) 1. Nothing in this section prohibits an owner or agent from
6requiring that a person who seeks to buy or rent housing supply information
7concerning family status, and marital, financial, and business status but not
8concerning race, color, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin,
9religion, creed, status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), status
10as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or, subject to subd. 2., age.
AB68,1725 11Section 1725. 106.50 (6) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1034,2012 106.50 (6) (f) 1. After the department issues a charge under par. (c) 2., the
13department shall serve the charge, along with a written notice of hearing, specifying
14the nature and acts of discrimination which appear to have been committed, and
15requiring the respondent to answer the charge at a hearing before an examiner. The
16notice shall specify a time of hearing, not less than 10 days after service of the charge,
17and a place of hearing within the county in which the violation is alleged to have
18occurred
. The department shall designate the place of hearing, which may include
19a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in a location accessible and in proximity
20to the parties
.
AB68,1726 21Section 1726 . 106.52 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1035,222 106.52 (3) (a) 1. Deny to another or charge another a higher price than the
23regular rate for the full and equal enjoyment of any public place of accommodation
24or amusement because of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation,

1national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
2s. 343.03 (3r)
.
AB68,1727 3Section 1727 . 106.52 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1035,74 106.52 (3) (a) 2. Give preferential treatment to some classes of persons in
5providing services or facilities in any public place of accommodation or amusement
6because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, national origin , or ancestry or
7because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3r)
.
AB68,1728 8Section 1728 . 106.52 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1035,159 106.52 (3) (a) 3. Directly or indirectly publish, circulate, display or mail any
10written communication which the communicator knows is to the effect that any of
11the facilities of any public place of accommodation or amusement will be denied to
12any person by reason of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national
13origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03
14(3r)
or that the patronage of a person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable
15for any of those reasons.
AB68,1729 16Section 1729 . 106.52 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1035,1917 106.52 (3) (a) 4. Refuse to furnish or charge another a higher rate for any
18automobile insurance because of race, color, creed, disability, national origin, or
19ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under s. 343.03 (3r).
AB68,1730 20Section 1730 . 106.52 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1035,2521 106.52 (3) (a) 5. Refuse to rent, charge a higher price than the regular rate or
22give preferential treatment, because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation,
23national origin, or ancestry or because a person holds or does not hold a license under
24s. 343.03 (3r)
, regarding the use of any private facilities commonly rented to the
25public.
AB68,1731
1Section 1731. 106.52 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1037,112 106.52 (4) (a) 4. If the department finds probable cause to believe that any act
3prohibited under sub. (3) has been or is being committed, the department may
4endeavor to eliminate the act by conference, conciliation and persuasion. If the
5department determines that such conference, conciliation and persuasion has not
6eliminated the alleged act prohibited under sub. (3), the department shall issue and
7serve a written notice of hearing, specifying the nature and acts prohibited under
8sub. (3) which appear to have been committed, and requiring the person named, in
9this subsection called the “respondent", to answer the complaint at a hearing before
10an examiner. The notice shall specify a time of hearing, not less than 10 days after
11service of the complaint, and a place of hearing within the county in which the
12violation of sub. (3) is alleged to have occurred
. The department shall designate the
13place of hearing, which may include a remote, web-based, or in-person hearing in
14a location accessible and in proximity to the parties
. The attorney of record for any
15party may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production
16of evidence. A subpoena issued by an attorney must be in substantially the same
17form as provided in s. 805.07 (4) and must be served in the manner provided in s.
18805.07 (5). The attorney shall, at the time of issuance, send a copy of the subpoena
19to the appeal tribunal or other representative of the department responsible for
20conducting the proceeding. The testimony at the hearing shall be recorded by the
21department. In all hearings before an examiner, except those for determining
22probable cause, the burden of proof is on the party alleging an act prohibited under
23sub. (3). If, after the hearing, the examiner finds by a fair preponderance of the
24evidence that the respondent has violated sub. (3), the examiner shall make written
25findings and order such action by the respondent as will effectuate the purpose of this

1subsection and sub. (3). The department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's
2findings and order on the respondent and complainant. The order shall have the
3same force as other orders of the department and shall be enforced as provided in this
4subsection, except that the enforcement of the order is automatically stayed upon the
5filing of a petition for review with the commission. If the examiner finds that the
6respondent has not engaged in an act prohibited under sub. (3) as alleged in the
7complaint, the department shall serve a certified copy of the examiner's findings on
8the complainant and the respondent together with an order dismissing the
9complaint. If the complaint is dismissed, costs in an amount not to exceed $100 plus
10actual disbursements for the attendance of witnesses may be assessed against the
11department in the discretion of the department.
AB68,1732 12Section 1732 . 108.02 (18r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1037,1313 108.02 (18r) Marijuana. “Marijuana” has the meaning given in s. 111.32 (11m).
AB68,1733 14Section 1733. 108.02 (26m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1734 15Section 1734. 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1037,1816 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (b) to (bd), sub. (16) (am)
17and (b), and s. 108.062 (10) and (10m) and as otherwise expressly provided, a
18claimant is eligible for benefits as to any given week only if all of the following apply:
AB68,1735 19Section 1735. 108.04 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,1038,720 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work
21during that week and provides verification of that search to the department. The
22search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a
23reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. In addition, the
24department may, by rule, require a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work
25search actions in any week. The department shall require a uniform number of

1reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants. This subdivision does
2not apply to a claimant if the department determines that the claimant is currently
3laid off from employment with an employer but there is a reasonable expectation of
4reemployment of the individual by that employer. In determining whether the
5claimant has a reasonable expectation of reemployment by an employer, the
6department shall request the employer to verify the claimant's employment status
7and shall consider all of the following:
AB68,1038,88 a. The history of layoffs and reemployments by the employer.
AB68,1038,109 b. Any information that the employer furnished to the claimant or the
10department concerning the claimant's anticipated reemployment date.
AB68,1038,1211 c. Whether the claimant has recall rights with the employer under the terms
12of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
AB68,1736 13Section 1736. 108.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68,1038,1614 108.04 (2) (b) The department may, by rule, establish waivers from the
15registration for work requirement under par. (a) 2. and the work search requirement
16under par. (a) 3.
AB68,1737 17Section 1737. 108.04 (2) (bb) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1738 18Section 1738. 108.04 (2) (bd) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1739 19Section 1739. 108.04 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1039,220 108.04 (2) (bm) A claimant is ineligible to receive benefits for any week for
21which there is a determination that the claimant failed to comply with the
22registration for work and work search requirements under par. (a) 2. or 3. or failed
23to provide verification to the department that the claimant complied with those
24requirements, unless the department has waived those requirements under par. (b),

1(bb), or (bd)
or s. 108.062 (10m). If the department has paid benefits to a claimant
2for any such week, the department may recover the overpayment under s. 108.22.
AB68,1740 3Section 1740. 108.04 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1039,104 108.04 (2) (h) A claimant shall, when the claimant first files a claim for benefits
5under this chapter and during each subsequent week the claimant files for benefits
6under this chapter, inform the department whether he or she is receiving social
7security disability insurance payments, as defined in sub. (12) (f) 2m s. 108.05 (7m)
8(b). If the claimant is receiving social security disability insurance payments, the
9claimant shall, in the manner prescribed by the department, report to the
10department the amount of the social security disability insurance payments
.
AB68,1741 11Section 1741. 108.04 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1742 12Section 1742 . 108.04 (5g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1743 13Section 1743 . 108.04 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1039,1814 108.04 (5m) Discharge for use of marijuana. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5),
15“misconduct," for purposes of sub. (5), does not include the employee's use of
16marijuana off the employer's premises during nonworking hours or a violation of the
17employer's policy concerning such use, unless termination of the employee because
18of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68,1039,2219 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (5g), “substantial fault," for purposes of sub. (5g), does
20not include the employee's use of marijuana off the employer's premises during
21nonworking hours or a violation of the employer's policy concerning such use, unless
22termination of the employee because of that use is permitted under s. 111.35.
AB68,1744 23Section 1744. 108.04 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1040,724 108.04 (7) (e) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that
25the employee accepted work that the employee could have failed to accept under sub.

1(8) and terminated the work on the same grounds and within the first 30 calendar
2days
10 weeks after starting the work, or that the employee accepted work that the
3employee could have refused under sub. (9) and terminated the work within the first
430 calendar days 10 weeks after starting the work. For purposes of this paragraph,
5an employee has the same grounds for voluntarily terminating work if the employee
6could have failed to accept the work under sub. (8) (d) to (em) when it was offered,
7regardless of the reason articulated by the employee for the termination.
AB68,1745 8Section 1745. 108.04 (7) (t) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1746 9Section 1746. 108.04 (7) (t) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1040,1210 108.04 (7) (t) 2. The employee's spouse was required by the U.S. armed forces
11his or her employing unit to relocate to a place to which it is impractical for the
12employee to commute.
AB68,1747 13Section 1747. 108.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,314 108.04 (8) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if If an employee fails, without good
15cause, to accept suitable work when offered, the employee is ineligible to receive
16benefits until the employee earns wages after the week in which the failure occurs
17equal to at least 6 times the employee's weekly benefit rate under s. 108.05 (1) in
18employment or other work covered by the unemployment insurance law of any state
19or the federal government. For purposes of requalification, the employee's weekly
20benefit rate shall be that rate which would have been paid had the failure not
21occurred. This paragraph does not preclude an employee from establishing a benefit
22year during a period in which the employee is ineligible to receive benefits under this
23paragraph if the employee qualifies to establish a benefit year under s. 108.06 (2) (a).
24Except as provided in par. (b), the The department shall charge to the fund's
25balancing account any benefits otherwise chargeable to the account of an employer

1that is subject to the contribution requirements under ss. 108.17 and 108.18
2whenever an employee of that employer fails, without good cause, to accept suitable
3work offered by that employer.
AB68,1748 4Section 1748. 108.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1749 5Section 1749. 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,86 108.04 (8) (d) (intro.) With respect to the first 6 10 weeks after the employee
7became unemployed, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means work to which
8all of the following apply:
AB68,1750 9Section 1750. 108.04 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,1510 108.04 (8) (dm) With respect to the 7th 11th week after the employee became
11unemployed and any week thereafter, “suitable work," for purposes of par. (a), means
12any work that the employee is capable of performing, regardless of whether the
13employee has any relevant experience or training, that pays wages that are above
14the lowest quartile of wages for similar work in the labor market area in which the
15work is located, as determined by the department.
AB68,1751 16Section 1751 . 108.04 (11) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,1041,2517 108.04 (11) (bm) The department shall apply any ineligibility under par. (be)
18against benefits and weeks of eligibility for which the claimant would otherwise be
19eligible after the week of concealment and within 6 years after the date of an initial
20determination issued under s. 108.09 finding that a concealment occurred. The
21claimant shall not receive waiting period credit under s. 108.04 (3) for the period of
22ineligibility applied under par. (be).
If no benefit rate applies to the week for which
23the claim is made, the department shall use the claimant's benefit rate for the
24claimant's next benefit year beginning after the week of concealment to determine
25the amount of the benefit reduction.
AB68,1752
1Section 1752. 108.04 (12) (f) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are renumbered
2108.05 (7m) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
AB68,1042,53 108.05 (7m) (a) The intent of the legislature in enacting this paragraph
4subsection is to prevent the payment of duplicative government benefits for the
5replacement of lost earnings or income, regardless of an individual's ability to work.
AB68,1042,86 (b) In this paragraph subsection, “ social security disability insurance payment"
7means a payment of social security disability insurance benefits under 42 USC ch.
87
subch. II.
AB68,1753 9Section 1753. 108.04 (12) (f) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1754 10Section 1754. 108.04 (12) (f) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (7m) (e).
AB68,1755 11Section 1755. 108.05 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1042,1412 108.05 (1) (am) On or before June 30 of each year, the department shall
13calculate, from quarterly wage reports under s. 108.205 for the prior calendar year,
14the state's annual average weekly wage in employment covered under this chapter.
AB68,1756 15Section 1756. 108.05 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,1042,1716 108.05 (1) (cm) The department shall set the maximum weekly benefit amount
17as follows:
AB68,1042,1918 1. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
19after January 5, 2014, but before January 2, 2022, $370.
AB68,1042,2120 2. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
21after January 2, 2022, but before January 1, 2023, $409.
AB68,1042,2422 3. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
23after January 1, 2023, but before January 7, 2024, $409 or 50 percent of the state's
24annual average weekly wage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, whichever is greater.
AB68,1043,4
14. For benefits paid for a week of total unemployment that commences on or
2after January 7, 2024, the department shall set an annual maximum weekly benefit
3amount that takes effect on the 1st Sunday in January of each calendar year and that
4is equal to the greater of the following:
AB68,1043,65 a. Seventy-five percent of the state's annual average weekly wage, rounded up
6to the nearest dollar.
AB68,1043,77 b. The maximum benefit amount in effect in the previous calendar year.
AB68,1757 8Section 1757. 108.05 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.)
9and amended to read:
AB68,1043,1710 108.05 (1) (r) (intro.) Except as provided in s. 108.062 (6) (a), each eligible
11employee shall be paid benefits for each week of total unemployment that
12commences on or after January 5, 2014,
at the a weekly benefit rate specified in this
13paragraph. Unless sub. (1m) applies, the weekly benefit rate shall
equal to 4 percent
14of the employee's base period wages that were paid during that quarter of the
15employee's base period in which the employee was paid the highest total wages,
16rounded down to the nearest whole dollar, except that, if that amount as provided
17under sub. (1m), and unless one of the following applies:
AB68,1043,19 181. If the employee's weekly benefit rate calculated under this paragraph is less
19than $54, no benefits are payable to the employee and, if that amount.
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