Assembly Bill 588
Annual medical examinations for individuals receiving duty disability benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System
Topics: Employee Trust Funds, Department of, Legislature: Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on, Persons with disabilities, Retirement System, Wisconsin, Retirement: Protective service
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 20, 2012
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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 Insurance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
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.
Currently, under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), a WRS participant who is employed as a protective occupation participant is entitled to a duty disability benefit if the individual is injured while performing his or her duty or contracts a disease due to his or her occupation; the disability is likely to be permanent; and the disability causes the individual to retire from his or her job, the individual's pay or position is reduced or he or she is assigned to light duty, or the individual's promotional opportunities are adversely affected if state or local employer rules, ordinances, policies, or written agreements specifically prohibit promotion because of the disability. A protective occupation participant under the WRS is generally an employee whose principal duties involve active law enforcement or fire suppression.
This bill permits the Department of Employee Trust Funds (DETF) to require that an individual receiving a duty disability benefit be examined by at least one physician approved by DETF, during any calendar year the individual is receiving the benefit. A written report of the examination in a form approved by DETF, which shall indicate whether or not the individual is still disabled, must be filed with DETF.
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The benefit must be terminated if a determination is made by DETF that the written physician's report indicates that the individual has recovered from the disability so the individual is no longer disabled or if the individual refuses to submit to an examination.
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
8 representatives are its . 7 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · 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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Feb 21, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 20, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.
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Feb 20, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krusick, J. Ott, Brooks, Endsley, LeMahieu, A. Ott, Spanbauer and Thiesfeldt;Cosponsored by Senators Darling, Lasee and Schultz
- Feb 20, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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