Assembly Bill 27
Requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty
Topics: Death benefit, Family, Insurance: Health, Municipality: Finance, Police
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 22, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Cost estimate
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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.
Subject to a number of limitations, current law requires a city, village, or town (municipality) that pays the health insurance premiums for its employees who are fire fighters 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.
This general current law requirement 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. Current law does require 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.
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This bill extends the current law requirement for continued health insurance premium payments to the surviving spouse and dependent children of a municipal or county law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty, subject to the same limitations that apply under current law.
The bill first applies, retroactively, to a law enforcement officer who has died in the line of duty before the effective date of the bill.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . 11 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 27, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
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Sep 12, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 3, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 22, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Feb 22, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 22, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spanbauer, Berceau, Bernier, Bies, Danou, Hebl, Kaufert, Krug, Krusick, Mason, Milroy, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Ripp, Sinicki, Turner, Wynn and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Hansen, Risser and Taylor
- Feb 22, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- Mar 3, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 12, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Urban and Local Affairs and referred to committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
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