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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 634

Collective bargaining and protective occupation participant status under the Wisconsin Retirement System and a county retirement system for county jail employees, county employees of a juvenile detention facility, and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons

Topics: Collective bargaining, Jail, Juvenile detention facility, Legislature: Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on, Mental health: Hospitals and institutes, Prison, Public employee, Public employee: Labor union, Retirement System, Wisconsin, Retirement: Protective service

Stopped in committee

It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 18, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  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 ⁠”

It sat with the Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts.

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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, participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) whose principal duties involve law enforcement or fire suppression or prevention and require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and a high degree of physical conditioning are classified as protective occupation participants. Current law specifically classifies police officers, fire fighters, and various other individuals as protective occupation participants. Under the WRS, the normal retirement age of a protective occupation participant is lower than that of other participants and the percentage multiplier used to calculate retirement annuities is higher for protective occupation participants than for other participants.

This bill classifies county jail employees, county employees of a juvenile detention facility, and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, or secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons, as protective occupation participants, but only if collective bargaining agreements covering the employees require the employees to become protective occupation participants.

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In addition, the bill makes protective occupation participant status under the WRS and a county retirement system, if such status is available, for these specific employees a mandatory subject of collective bargaining under the Municipal Employment Relations Act and the State Employees Labor Relations Act. A mandatory subject of collective bargaining is one primarily related to wages, hours, and conditions of employment over which the employer is required to bargain.

Because this bill relates to public employee retirement or pensions, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.

Who's behind it

8 representatives are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (8)

Signed on in support (4)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 21, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Jan 7, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Jan 5, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Dec 22, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts.

  6. Dec 18, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.

  7. Dec 18, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

  8. Dec 18, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Parisi, Black, Danou, Turner, Berceau, Mason, Milroy and Pope-Roberts;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Erpenbach, Vinehout and Leibham

  2. Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor

  3. Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Retirement Systems

  4. Dec 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Labor and referred to committee on Corrections and the Courts pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  5. Jan 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 7, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held by committee on Corrections and the Courts

  8. Jan 21, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Jan 21, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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

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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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