Senate Bill 240
Funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees
Topics: Public employee: Group insurance, Retirement: Public, School: Board, School: Employee, Technical College System Board
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Oct 18, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 sat with the Senate Committee on Health.
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Committee
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, cities, villages, towns, counties, school districts, and technical college districts (local governments), provide health care benefits for their employees. Some also provide postretirement health care benefits for their employees.
This bill prohibits a local government from providing health care benefits to any employee hired on or after the bill's effective date for use upon the employee's retirement unless the cost of the benefit is fully funded on an actuarial basis.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
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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Dec 13, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 27, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 18, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Oct 18, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Vukmir, Lasee and Grothman;Cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Craig, Rivard, Spanbauer, Petryk, Kooyenga, Kleefisch and Brooks
- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 13, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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