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Notice of Meeting

Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Department of Workforce Development
via teleconference only
The public may attend by teleconference:
Phone: 415-655-0003 or 855-282-6330 (toll free) or WebEx
Meeting Number (access code): 2664 832 5356 Meeting Password: DWD1

Agenda

  1. Call to order and introductions
  2. Correspondence / Remarks from Rep. Gundrum
    • Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms (AB 794 / SB 768)
    • Questions or Comments from UIAC or WCAC members
  3. Approval of minutes of the September 24, 2025 UIAC meeting
  4. Department update
  5. Quarterly reports on UI information technology systems
  6. Trust Fund update – Shashank Partha
  7. UIAC Activities Report
  8. Legislation update
    • Various changes to the unemployment insurance law (UIAC Agreed-Upon Bill) (AB 652 / SB 677)
    • Funding for identity verifcation under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation (UIAC Agreed-Upon Bill) (AB 650 / SB 675)
    • Employee misclassification (AB 462)
    • Unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority (AB 467 / SB 471)
    • Various changes to the unemployment insurance and worker’s compensation laws (substantial fault repeal; attendance misconduct; repeal drug testing and pre-employment drug testing requirements) (AB 468 / SB 486)
    • The unemployment insurance waiting period (AB 469 / SB 457)
    • Allowing Social Security Disability Insurance recipients to receive concurrent unemployment insurance benefits (AB 508 / SB 507)
    • Unemployment insurance benefits (AB 532 / SB 515)
    • Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty (AB 547 / SB 534)
    • Various changes to the unemployment insurance law (suitable work, quits due to relocations) (AB 622 / SB 500)
  9. Research requests
  10. Future meeting dates: March 19, April 16, May 21
  11. Adjourn

Notice:

  • Members of the Workers Compensation Advisory Council may be in attendance to participate in the discussion of Agenda Item 2.
  • The Council may take up action items at a time other than that listed.
  • The Council may not address all agenda items or follow the agenda order.
  • The Council members may attend the meeting by teleconference or videoconference.
  • The employee or employer representative members of the Council may convene in closed session at any time during the meeting to deliberate any matter for potential action or items listed in this agenda, under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(ee). The Council may then reconvene again in open session after the closed session.
  • This location is accessible to people with disabilities. If you need an accommodation, including an interpreter or information in an alternate format, please contact the UI Division Bureau of Legal Affairs at 608-266-0399 or dial 7-1-1 for Wisconsin Relay Service.

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