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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 514

Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly

Topics: Legislature: Member: Compensation

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 24, 2012

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, individuals employed by the state, including state senators and representatives to the assembly, are generally entitled to receive paid sick leave as part of their compensation. If a state employee does not use all of his or her sick leave during a calendar year, he or she may accumulate unused sick leave from year to year in a sick leave account. Generally, if a state employee terminates employment and meets certain conditions related to age or years of employment, the employee's accumulated unused sick leave may be converted, at his or her highest basic pay rate, to credits for the payment of postretirement health insurance premiums under a health insurance plan administered by the Group Insurance Board.

This bill provides that no state senator or representative to the assembly may accrue any new sick leave as a state senator or representative to the assembly during any term of office that begins after the bill's effective date. The bill does not affect any sick leave accrued by a state senator or representative to the assembly during a term of office that began before the bill's effective date.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Republicans.

24 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 28 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (24)

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 was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Judiciary vote on an amendment

Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 5, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 5, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.

  3. Mar 5, 2012

    “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  4. Mar 1, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 28, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 27, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Feb 24, 2012

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.

  8. Feb 24, 2012

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 24, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Galloway, Moulton, Vukmir and Wanggaard;Cosponsored by Representatives Marklein, Strachota, August, Craig, Endsley, Jacque, Kapenga, Kestell, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Kuglitsch, Litjens, Murtha, Nygren, J. Ott, Petersen, Steineke, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy, Weininger, Wynn and Ziegelbauer

  2. Feb 24, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

  3. Feb 27, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 28, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 28, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 1, 2012 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Galloway

  8. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  11. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. 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.

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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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary