Senate Bill 339
Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system
Topics: Civil service: Preference to veteran, Milwaukee: City, Veteran
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 5, 2012. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Dec 15, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jan 24, 2012
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 94 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 211
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 6, 2012: “Published 4-18-2012”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, whenever a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service of the state civil service system that is determined by the administrator of the Division of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Office of State Employment Relations to be a nonprofessional or an entry professional position, the appointing authority may appoint a disabled veteran on a noncompetitive basis if all of the following occur: the disabled veteran has served in the U.S. armed forces and is included on a U.S. armed forces permanent disability list with a disability rating of at least 30 percent or the disabled veteran has been rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having a compensable service-connected disability of at least 30 percent; the disabled veteran presents to the appointing authority written documentation from an appropriate department of the federal government certifying the existence and extent of the disability; and the appointing authority determines that the disabled veteran is qualified to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
This bill provides that this noncompetitive appointment program for disabled veterans applies to all positions in the classified service of the state civil service system.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Jan 11, 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 Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 94 to 0 · Feb 21, 2012 · 5 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, I: Independent, R: Republican
Yes (94)
- Alvin Ott (R, 3)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- Amy Sue Vruwink (D, 70)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Andy Jorgensen (D, 43)
- Barbara Toles (D, 17)
- Bill Kramer (R, 97)
- Bob Ziegelbauer (I, 25)
- Brett Hulsey (D, 78)
- Chad Weininger (R, 4)
- Chris Danou (D, 92)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Cory Mason (D, 66)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Dan Meyer (R, 34)
- Daniel LeMahieu (R, 59)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Dean Knudson (R, 30)
- Don Pridemore (R, 22)
- Donna Seidel (D, 85)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Edward Brooks (R, 50)
- Erik Severson (R, 28)
- Evan Wynn (R, 43)
- Fred Clark (D, 81)
- Frederick Kessler (D, 12)
- Garey Bies (R, 1)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jason Fields (D, 11)
- Jeff Fitzgerald (R, 39)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeffrey Stone (R, 82)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Joe Knilans (R, 44)
- Joel Kleefisch (R, 38)
- John Klenke (R, 88)
- John Murtha (R, 29)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- Jon Richards (D, 19)
- Josh Zepnick (D, 9)
- Karl Van Roy (R, 90)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Keith Ripp (R, 42)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Nerison (R, 96)
- Leon Young (D, 16)
- Louis Molepske Jr. (D, 71)
- Margaret Krusick (D, 7)
- Mark Honadel (R, 21)
- Mark Pocan (D, 78)
- Mark Radcliffe (D, 92)
- Mary Williams (R, 87)
- Michelle Litjens (R, 56)
- Mike Endsley (R, 26)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Pat Strachota (R, 58)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Penny Bernard Schaber (D, 57)
- Peter Barca (D, 64)
- Richard Spanbauer (R, 53)
- Robert Turner (D, 61)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Roger Rivard (R, 75)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Sandy Pasch (D, 10)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Scott Suder (R, 69)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Steve Kestell (R, 27)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Terese Berceau (D, 77)
- Thomas Larson (R, 67)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tony Staskunas (D, 15)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
Didn't vote (5)
- David Cullen (D, 13)
- Elizabeth Coggs (D, 10)
- John Steinbrink (D, 65)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Tamara Grigsby (D, 18)
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 94, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 6, 2012
The new law was published.
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Apr 5, 2012
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 211.
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Apr 3, 2012
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 21, 2012
The Assembly passed it too, 94 to 0.
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Jan 27, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 25, 2012
The Assembly received it.
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Jan 24, 2012
The Senate passed it.
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Jan 24, 2012
The Senate adopted it.
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Jan 11, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Jan 4, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 21, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 15, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Dec 15, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 15, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Galloway, Lassa, Schultz, S. Coggs and Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Wynn, Knilans, Spanbauer, Jacque, Tranel, Berceau, Brooks, Marklein, Ripp, Krug and Bewley
- Dec 15, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Dec 21, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 4, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 10, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 11, 2012 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Jan 11, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 23, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Galloway
- Jan 23, 2012 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-24-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 adopted
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 25, 2012 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 27, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 94, Noes 0
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 22, 2012 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 28, 2012 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2012
- Apr 3, 2012 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-3-2012
- Apr 5, 2012 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-4-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 211
- Apr 6, 2012 · Senate
Published 4-18-2012
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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