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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 678

Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the State Engineering Association for the 2007-09 biennium, covering employees in the professional engineering collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds

Topics: Collective bargaining, Public employee: Labor union

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 22, 2010. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 8, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 29 to 4

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 87 to 10

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2009 Wisconsin Act 194

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 26, 2010: “Published 4-24-2010”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This proposal is introduced under section 111.92 (1) of the statutes. The proposal ratifies the collective bargaining contract for state employees in the professional engineering collective bargaining unit negotiated for the 2007-09 biennium under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. Currently, statutory program supplement appropriations fund the costs of collective bargaining agreements to the extent that they exceed budgeted costs. The proposal authorizes expenditure of moneys from those appropriations to fund the cost of this agreement.

Who's behind it

Committee on Employment Relations is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

  • Committee on Employment Relations

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 29 to 4 · Apr 13, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 87 to 10 · Apr 15, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 87, Noes 10”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 26, 2010

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 22, 2010

    The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 194.

  3. Apr 21, 2010

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Apr 15, 2010

    The Assembly passed it too, 87 to 10.

  5. Apr 13, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Apr 13, 2010

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Apr 13, 2010

    The Senate passed it, 29 to 4.

  8. Apr 8, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Apr 8, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  10. Apr 8, 2010

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by joint committee on Employment Relations

  2. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  3. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

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

  5. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  7. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4

  10. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  12. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  13. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:53 A.M. on 4-15-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 87, Noes 10

  18. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  20. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-20-2010

  21. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2010

  22. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-21-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 194

  23. Apr 26, 2010 · Senate

    Published 4-24-2010

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Author

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Cost estimate

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Roll call

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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

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