AB 917

Under current law, a state employee in a position that is covered under the

Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) is entitled to receive paid sick leave as part of

his or her compensation under the state compensation plan, at the election of the

employer, or pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. If a state employee does

not use all of his or her sick leave during a calendar year, he or she may accumulate

this unused sick leave from year to year in a sick leave account. Generally, if a state

employee terminates covered employment under the WRS and meets certain

conditions related to age or years of employment, the employee's accumulated

unused sick leave may be converted, at his or her highest basic pay rate, to credits

for the payment of postretirement health insurance premiums under a health

insurance plan administered by the Group Insurance Board.

This bill provides that:

1. No member of the legislature may receive sick leave as a member of the

legislature during any term of office that begins after the bill's effective date.

2. No supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or circuit court judge may

receive sick leave as a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or circuit court

judge beginning on the date that the next justice or judge assumes office after the

bill's effective date.

3. No other state elected official, including a district attorney, may receive sick

leave while in state office during any term of office that begins after the bill's effective

date.