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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 153

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permitting governmental employers who are not participating employers in the Wisconsin Retirement System to be covered in the local government health insurance plan offered by the group insurance board.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The Group Insurance Board (GIB) offers a health insurance plan to local

government employers and their employees. This bill specifically requires the GIB

to offer this plan to local government employers who are not participating employers

in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Wanggaard (R)

5 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Nygren (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vos (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 17, 2011 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 17, 2011 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 13, 2012 official source full page

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

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 60, Noes 34

Passed 60–34 Feb 21, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 60

Full history

  1. Jul 15, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Wanggaard;Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Nygren, Thiesfeldt, Spanbauer and Brooks

  2. Jul 15, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs

  3. Jul 25, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 29, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 5, 2011 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  6. Oct 13, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 17, 2011 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Oct 17, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Oct 17, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Oct 26, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted

  13. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  15. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Oct 28, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Dec 20, 2011 · Assembly

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

  19. Jan 11, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  20. Feb 1, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  21. Feb 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  22. Feb 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  23. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules

  24. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 60, Noes 34

  27. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:50 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  28. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Mar 16, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2012

  32. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-20-2012

  33. Mar 22, 2012 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 133

  34. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Published 4-4-2012