Senate Bill 88
Purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces
Topics: Legislature: Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on, Military personnel, Retirement System, Wisconsin
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 25, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 survey committee on Retirement Systems. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill establishes a program under which participating employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) may purchase years of creditable service under the WRS for all years of active service in the U.S. armed forces. A number of conditions must be satisfied to receive creditable service under the program, the most important of which include the following:
1. The employee pays to the Department of Employee Trust Funds (DETF) for each year of creditable service to be purchased the employee required contribution on earnings for general employees — currently, 5 percent of earnings — based on the employee's final average earnings, determined as if the employee had retired on the first day of the annual earnings period during which DETF received the application.
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2. The employee may not purchase more than four years of creditable service under the program.
3. The employee must have been discharged from the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable.
4. The employee may not receive creditable service under the program for any active service in the U.S. armed forces that is also used to qualify for the current law creditable military service program.
Because this bill relates to public employee retirement or pensions, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 17, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 13, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 25, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling, Harsdorf and Olsen;Cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Bies, Gunderson, Kerkman, Kestell, LeMahieu, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer and Suder
- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
- Mar 13, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 17, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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