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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 105

Arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act

Topics: Collective bargaining, Public employee, Public employee: Labor union

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 4, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), during contract negotiations (contract hiatus) an employer must maintain the status quo with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (mandatory subjects of bargaining). Any unilateral change in a mandatory subject of bargaining during a contract hiatus breaches the employer's duty to bargain collectively. The maintenance of the status quo during a contract hiatus does not extend to the obligation to arbitrate grievances or to honor fair-share agreements.

This bill makes it a prohibited practice under MERA for an employer or an employee to end any grievance arbitration agreement during a contract hiatus and for an employer to end any fair-share agreement during a contract hiatus.

Who's behind it

5 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Labor vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 3 · Apr 23, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 23, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Apr 23, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.

  4. Apr 8, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 12, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 4, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

  7. Mar 4, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Soletski, Mason, Berceau, Smith and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Wirch, Lehman, Vinehout, Coggs and Erpenbach

  2. Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor

  3. Mar 12, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-28-2009 by committee on Rules

  9. Apr 28, 2009 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary