Senate Bill 653
Trial job program and transitional jobs demonstration project and making an appropriation
Topics: Children and Families, Department of, Employment, Federal aid, Legislature: Finance, Joint Committee on, Poor, Public assistance, Wisconsin Works, Workforce Development, Department of
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
Mar 26, 2010
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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 ”
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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
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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
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.
The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program under current law provides work experience and benefits for low-income custodial parents who are at least 18 years old, as well as job search assistance to noncustodial parents and child care subsidies for certain parents who need child care services to participate in various educational or work activities. W-2, which is administered by the Department of Children and Families (DCF), which in turn contracts with W-2 agencies to administer W-2 on the local level, is partially funded with federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant moneys. One of the work components under W-2 is the trial job program (program), under which an individual receives at least minimum wage from an employer for up to 40 hours of work per week and the W-2 agency pays the employer a wage subsidy of up to $300 per month. Also under current law, DCF is required to conduct a transitional jobs demonstration project (project) in six counties under which DCF provides up to 2,500 transitional jobs for unemployed, low-income adults who are not eligible for W-2.
This bill provides federal funding from the TANF Emergency Fund under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the project and for an expansion of the program. Under both the project and the program, an individual may participate for a maximum of 1,040 hours actually worked and is paid by the employer at not less than minimum wage. Any employer is eligible to receive a subsidy for employing a participating individual if the individual is employed for at least 20 hours per week and at a location in this state. The employer receives a wage subsidy that is equal to the wages the employer actually pays the individual, up to 40 hours per week at minimum wage.
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As under current law for the program, the bill prohibits the employment of an individual under the project from having the effect of filling a vacancy created by terminating a regular employee's employment for the purpose of hiring an individual under the project or of filling a position of a person who is on layoff or strike or engaged in a labor dispute regarding the job. The bill expands the project so that it is not limited to 2,500 transitional jobs nor to any specific geographic areas of the state.
The bill requires DCF to evaluate the project and its effectiveness in the six counties in which the project was initially going to be conducted and to submit a report of its evaluation to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by June 30, 2011. DCF is also required to submit quarterly reports to JCF outlining its progress in implementing the project and the expansion of the program and identifying the employers participating in each. In addition, DCF must take any action necessary to obtain any additional federal funding that becomes available for the program and the project.
Also under the bill, the Department of Workforce Development is required to publicize and maintain information about the project and the program, and how to participate in them, on its job center Web site. W-2 agencies are required to collaborate with local workforce development boards to connect job seekers with employment opportunities, including the project and the program.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Apr 1, 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 Children and Families and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote on an amendment
Passed, 11 to 3 · Apr 20, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3”. 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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Apr 20, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 2.
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Apr 20, 2010
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3” (the official wording)
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Apr 14, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 8, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 8, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Mar 31, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 26, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development.
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Mar 26, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 26, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Coggs, Lehman, Jauch and Miller;Cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Sinicki, Roys, Pasch and Molepske Jr.
- Mar 26, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development
- Mar 31, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 31, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 1, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Apr 1, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Coggs
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 14, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 19, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 20, 2010 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3
- Apr 20, 2010 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 2
- Apr 20, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- 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