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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 65

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placing limits on residency requirements for 1st class city police officers and fire fighters.

  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

Under current law, a 1st class city (presently only Milwaukee) is required to

have a civil service commission which is required to make rules to carry out the

purposes specified in state statutes. One of the statutes requires that the city provide

competitive examinations to test applicants for employment as to their practical

fitness to perform the duties of the position for which they have applied. The

examinations must be public and free, and may contain proper limitations in areas

including residence, age and health.

Under this bill, if a 1st class city has residency requirements for its employees

who are police officers or fire fighters, the residency requirement must at least allow

such individuals to live in the county in which the 1st class city is entirely or

predominantly located and in any county that is adjacent to the county in which the

city is entirely or predominantly located.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Honadel (R) , Kramer (R) , Kuglitsch (R)

3 cosponsors

Lazich (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 25, 2011 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. Mar 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kramer, Kuglitsch and Honadel;Cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Wanggaard and Lazich

  2. Mar 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  3. Mar 29, 2011 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  4. Mar 30, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 30, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Kuglitsch

  7. Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. May 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. May 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 4

  10. May 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1