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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 609

Vacating an award following arbitration pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement

Topics: Collective bargaining, Court: Procedure

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

    Dec 8, 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 current law, a court may review an award following arbitration and must vacate the award if the court finds that the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means; that there was partiality or corruption on the part of an arbitrator;

that the arbitrator was guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing or in refusing to hear relevant evidence or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party were prejudiced; or where an arbitrator exceeded his or her powers.

Read the full summary

This bill imposes the same standards for vacating an award following arbitration that was conducted pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, but specifies that an arbitrator exceeds his or her authority if the award requires a party to violate a state statute or constitutional provision or if the arbitrator expressly disregards contractual language governing the dispute. Under the bill, an arbitrator does not exceed his or her authority merely by misinterpreting contractual language or making a mistake of law or fact.

Under the bill, a court may not review whether a party to the dispute followed a grievance or arbitration procedure and may not vacate an arbitration award unless it finds one of the grounds listed above for vacation.

Who's behind it

2 representatives are its ⁠. All 2 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 3 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (1)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Labor vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 3 · Feb 9, 2010

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 6, 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. Feb 9, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 9, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.

  4. Jan 13, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Dec 8, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

  6. Dec 8, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kessler and A. Williams;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Dec 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor

  3. Jan 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  6. Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. 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.

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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

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary