Assembly Bill 23
Funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 15, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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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
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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This bill prohibits a local government from providing health care benefits to any employee hired on or after January 1, 2014, for use upon the employee's retirement, including compensated absences but excluding the implicit rate subsidy, unless the cost of the benefit is fully funded in a segregated account on an actuarial basis or other method that complies with generally accepted accounting principles.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . All 13 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
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.
Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 3 · Apr 25, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 3 · Apr 25, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 25, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 25, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.
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Apr 25, 2013
“Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 3” (the official wording)
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Mar 12, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 15, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Feb 15, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Nass, LeMahieu, Kapenga, Kooyenga, T. Larson, Stroebel, Craig, Bernier, Strachota, Stone, Kleefisch and Sanfelippo; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Grothman, Harris and Petrowski
- Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- Feb 20, 2013 · Assembly
Senator Harris withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Mar 6, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
- Mar 12, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 20, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
- Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 3
- Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 6, Noes 3
- Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
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.
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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote