Assembly Bill 503
Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System
Topics: Legislature: Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on, Military personnel, Retirement System, Wisconsin, Veteran, Wage: Payment
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 30, 2012
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, some participating employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) receive differential wage payments from their employers while they are on active duty in the uniformed services for any period of more than 30 days.
Currently, federal law requires that differential wage payments be treated as covered earnings for fringe benefit purposes. This bill requires that under the WRS differential wage payments must be treated as earnings for WRS purposes and that individuals who receive differential wage payments must be treated as regular employees for purposes of the WRS.
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In addition, the bill provides that, for purposes of death or disability benefits, a WRS participant who dies or becomes disabled while performing military service is treated as though the person was a participating employee in the WRS. This new provision of law applies retroactively to a participant who died or became disabled on or after January 1, 2007.
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
9 lawmakers are its . All 9 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 0 · Feb 2, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 2, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.
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Feb 2, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 31, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 30, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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Jan 30, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Jan 30, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 30, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Wynn, Krug, Spanbauer, Kooyenga, Endsley, Rivard, Ballweg and A. Ott;Cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Moulton and Holperin
- Jan 30, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Jan 30, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Retirement Systems
- Jan 31, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote