Senate Bill 15
Payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state
Topics: Federal aid, Governor, Unemployment insurance
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 26, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the joint committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, qualified claimants who have exhausted their regular unemployment insurance benefits may potentially receive additional weeks of benefits specified by law if a Wisconsin supplemental benefit period or a federal/state extended benefit period is in effect. Both Wisconsin supplemental and federal/state extended benefits are paid for in whole or in part by employers in this state. Recently, the federal government has made available additional federally funded unemployment insurance benefits to claimants in this state who have exhausted their regular benefits. These additional benefits have been and may in the future be funded by the federal government directly with little or no cost to employers in this state. Current law permits the governor to suspend payment of either Wisconsin supplemental or federal/state extended benefits in this state in order to allow for payment of additional federally funded benefits.
This bill provides that no Wisconsin supplemental benefits may be paid for any week of unemployment ending after January 27, 2009, during which additional federally funded benefits are payable in this state unless the governor suspends this suspension to permit resumption of Wisconsin supplemental benefit payments. The bill also provides that no federal/state extended benefits may be paid for any week of unemployment ending after January 27, 2009, unless federal/state extended benefits are payable in this state for that week under federal law. The bill permits the governor to suspend this suspension to permit resumption of federal/state extended benefit payments.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Russell Decker · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Pedro Colon · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Tom Nelson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Sheridan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Terry Van Akkeren · Democrat, Assembly
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.
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Jan 27, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 28, 2009
3 more senators signed on in support.
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Jan 27, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 27, 2009
“Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Jan 27, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 26, 2009
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 26, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 26, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Coggs, Decker, Miller, Hansen, Lehman and Wirch;Cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Sheridan, Nelson, Seidel, Staskunas, Barca, Colon, Van Akkeren, Jorgensen, Toles, Parisi and Honadel
- Jan 26, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Jan 27, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 27, 2009 · Senate
Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Jan 27, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 27, 2009 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-28-2009 by committee on Senate Organization
- Jan 27, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Senator Taylor added as a coauthor
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Senator Lassa added as a coauthor
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Laid on the table
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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.
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.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote