2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 241

Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

Vetoed Last action May 13, 2026: Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 21

Prime sponsors

Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman

Status

Vetoed as of May 13, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly Workforce Development, Labor and Integrated Employment, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 34

Date	Chamber	Action
May 13, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
May 12, 2026	Assembly	Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
April 8, 2026	Assembly	Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 24, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
March 17, 2026	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a second time
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 16, 2026	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
February 27, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
February 27, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
February 23, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 40
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 11:11 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
June 20, 2025	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 6, Noes 3
June 20, 2025	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 9, Noes 0
June 20, 2025	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
June 12, 2025	Assembly	Executive action taken
June 9, 2025	Assembly	LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
June 5, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Maxey
May 29, 2025	Assembly	Representative B. Jacobson added as a coauthor
May 28, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
May 28, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey
May 2, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
May 2, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James and Stafsholt

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.