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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 488

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establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill establishes a pay progression plan for assistant district attorneys,

which was required under

2011 Wisconsin Act 32

. Under the bill, the pay progression

plan consists of 17 hourly salary steps, with each step equal to one-seventeenth of

the difference between the lowest hourly salary and the highest hourly salary for the

salary range for assistant district attorneys contained in the compensation plan. The

first step equals the lowest hourly salary rate for the salary range and the last step

equals the highest hourly salary rate for the salary range. The pay progression plan

shall be based entirely on merit.

Under the bill, on July 1, 2013, all assistant district attorneys who have served

with the state as assistant district attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months or

more, and who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, must be paid an hourly salary

at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June 30, 2013. All other

assistant district attorneys, who are not paid the maximum hourly rate, must be paid

an hourly salary at the step that is immediately above their hourly salary on June

30, 2013, when they have served with the state as assistant district attorneys for a

continuous period of 12 months.

In addition, under the bill, on July 1, 2014, and on each July 1 thereafter, all

assistant district attorneys who have served with the state as assistant district

attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and who are not paid the

maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of their supervising district attorney,

be paid an hourly salary at any step above their hourly salary on the immediately

preceding June 30. All other assistant district attorneys, who are not paid the

maximum hourly rate, may, at the discretion of their supervising district attorney,

be paid an hourly salary at any step above their hourly salary on the immediately

preceding June 30, when they have served with the state as assistant district

attorneys for a continuous period of 12 months.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Danou (D) , J. Ott (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Krug (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Litjens (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Mason (D) , Pocan (D) , Richards (D) , Roys (D) , Spanbauer (R) , Staskunas (D) , Steineke (R)

11 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , King (D) , Lassa (D) , Olsen (R) , Steinbrink (D) , T. Cullen (D) , Taylor (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 20, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Litjens, Kleefisch, Richards, Bies, Bernard Schaber, Brooks, Danou, Kaufert, Krug, LeMahieu, Loudenbeck, A. Ott, J. Ott, Pocan, Roys, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steineke, Mason and Berceau;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Taylor, Harsdorf, Lassa, Wanggaard, King, Hansen, Erpenbach and T. Cullen

  2. Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections

  3. Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Litjens

  4. Feb 8, 2012 · Assembly

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  11. Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  12. Mar 1, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Representative Steinbrink added as a coauthor

  15. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1