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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 520

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requiring municipalities to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

If a city, village, or town (municipality) pays the health insurance premiums for

its employees who are fire fighters, this bill requires the municipality to pay such

premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a fire fighter who dies,

or has died, in the line of duty.

The requirement created in the bill does not apply to a surviving spouse who

remarries or reaches the age of 65, or to a dependent child who reaches the age of 18

and is not a full-time high school student. The bill requires premium payments to

be made for a dependent child who is a full-time or part-time student in an

accredited college or university until the close of the calendar year in which the

individual reaches the age of 27.

The bill first applies, retroactively, to a fire fighter who has died in the line of

duty before the effective date of the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Coggs (D) , Hansen (D) , Lehman (D) , Taylor (D)

4 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Hraychuck (D) , Turner (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Mar 24, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 9, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, Coggs, Lehman and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Turner, Zepnick and Berceau

  2. Feb 9, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  3. Feb 22, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 16, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 24, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 24, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Mar 24, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:45 A.M. on 4-22-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  17. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Apr 23, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. May 4, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-4-2010

  24. May 11, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-11-2010

  25. May 12, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-12-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 285

  26. May 13, 2010 · Senate

    Published 5-26-2010

  27. Oct 11, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received