Assembly Bill 887
Imposing a fee on an employer whose employee receives certain public assistance benefits. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Mar 25, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 9, 2014: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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.
This bill requires the Department of Health Services and the Department of Revenue (DOR) to work together to develop and implement a process whereby an employer is charged a fee for each employee of the employer who received benefits under the food stamp program or the BadgerCare Plus Medical Assistance program while the employee was employed full time for the employer. The bill defines full time as an average of 35 or more hours per week. The employers that are affected are those with 50 or more employees, excluding the state and local governments. The amount of the fee is one-half of the total benefits provided to the employee in the preceding year while the employee was employed full time for the employer. The fees collected are to be used for the earned income individual income tax credit. In 2016, DOR must submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance specifying the amount of the fees collected in 2015 and indicating how the earned income tax credit may be modified to use the fees for increasing the credit.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (12)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 9, 2014
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 25, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
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Mar 25, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 25, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Johnson, Young, Sargent, Barnes, Sinicki, Berceau, Hulsey, Zepnick, Hebl, C. Taylor, Ohnstad and Genrich; cosponsored by Senator Harris
- Mar 25, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 9, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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