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SB 540

  • Wisconsin Senate Bill
  • 2025-2026 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Oct 17, 2025
  • Senate
  • Assembly
  • Governor

Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE)

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Bill Sponsors (12)

LaTonya Johnson

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 6
Primary

Tim Carpenter

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 3
Primary

Kris Alfheim

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 18
Primary

Jodi Habush Sinykin

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 8
Primary

Dianne Hesselbein

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 27
Primary

Sarah Keyeski

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 14
Primary

Chris Larson

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 7
Primary

Melissa Ratcliff

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 16
Primary

Kelda Roys

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 26
Primary

Jeff Smith

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 31
Primary

Mark Spreitzer

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 15
Primary

Bob Wirch

  • Democratic
  • Senator
  • District 22
Primary

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Dec 09, 2025

Senate

Fiscal estimate received

Oct 17, 2025

Senate

Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Andraca, Miresse, Arney, Bare, Brown, Anderson, Clancy, DeSmidt, Doyle, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Roe, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Palmeri, Sheehan and Udell

Senate

Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

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Related Documents

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2025 Assembly Bill 512 HTML
Wisconsin Ethics Commission information HTML
SB540: Fiscal Estimate From DWD

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