February 7, 2025 - Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Cabral-Guevara, Quinn, Stafsholt and Wanggaard, cosponsored by Representatives Nedweski, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Penterman, Swearingen, Tusler and Vos. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
SB27,1,2
1An Act to create 230.35 (6) of the statutes; relating to: requiring state
2employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, state agencies must require employees to perform their work in person at state agency offices during the employee’s regularly scheduled work hours, beginning July 1, 2025. The bill exempts telehealth services and duties that were performed off site before March 1, 2020.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB27,13Section 1. 230.35 (6) of the statutes is created to read: SB27,2,24230.35 (6) (a) In this subsection, “state agency” has the meaning of “agency” 5given in s. 230.03 (3), except that “state agency” includes the Board of Regents of 6the University of Wisconsin System, the legislature, the courts, and a board, a
1commission, a committee, a council, or a department or unit thereof or an authority 2created under subch. II of ch. 114 or under ch. 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279. SB27,2,73(b) Each state agency shall require employees of that state agency to perform 4their assigned work duties at the offices of the state agency during the employee’s 5regularly scheduled work hours. This paragraph does not apply to telehealth 6services or duties that were performed off site, rather than at the offices of the state 7agency, before March 1, 2020. SB27,28Section 2. Effective date. SB27,2,99(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2025.
