Assembly Bill 482
Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System by certain law enforcement officers
Topics: Collective bargaining, Legislature: Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on, Municipality, Police, Retirement System, Wisconsin
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Jan 24, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 sat with the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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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
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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
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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.
Currently, under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), general and teacher employees must pay as employee required contributions a percentage of their earnings equal to one-half of the total actuarially required contribution rate to fund all of their WRS benefits. Protective occupation participant employees, which include law enforcement and fire fighting personnel, must pay the same percentage of earnings as general and teacher employees. Current law prohibits the employer from paying, on behalf of the employee, any of the employee required contribution amounts, except that the employer must collectively bargain over this matter for those law enforcement and fire fighting employees who were initially employed by the employer before July 1, 2011.
This bill provides that if a municipal employer employs police officers, and all of the police officers are not in collective bargaining units, the municipal employer must pay the employee required contribution amounts for those police officers who were initially employed by the municipal employer before July 1, 2011.
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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
2 representatives are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
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Authors (2)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
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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Feb 9, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 1, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 24, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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Jan 24, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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Jan 24, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bies and Molepske Jr;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor
- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
- Jan 31, 2012 · Assembly
Senator Taylor withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Feb 1, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
- 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate