Senate Bill 149
Payment of interest on advances made by the federal government to the unemployment reserve fund and making an appropriation. (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
Apr 18, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
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.
Currently, if in any year the balance in the unemployment reserve fund is insufficient to make full payment of unemployment insurance benefits that become payable to claimants for that year, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) secures an advance from the federal unemployment account to enable this state to make full payment of all benefits that become payable. Whenever the balance in the unemployment reserve fund is sufficient to repay the federal government for its advances and to continue to make payment of the benefits that become payable, DWD repays the federal government for its outstanding advances.
Annually, the federal government assesses interest to this state on this state's outstanding advances that have not been repaid. Currently, if in any year DWD is unable to make full payment of the interest that becomes due from certain other limited sources, each employer must pay an assessment to the state unemployment interest payment fund in an amount specified by law sufficient to enable DWD to make full payment of the interest due for that year.
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This bill creates a one-time appropriation in the amount of $26,000,000 from general purpose revenues to pay any interest that becomes due to the federal government prior to July 1, 2015, on outstanding advances made to the unemployment reserve fund. Under the bill, DWD must first use any available moneys from this appropriation to make payment of the interest due for any year.
If the amount appropriated, together with other available sources, is insufficient to make full payment of the interest that becomes due for any year, each employer must pay an assessment in the amount determined by DWD sufficient to cover the deficiency. If any unencumbered balance remains in the appropriation account created by the bill at the end of the 2013-15 fiscal biennium, the balance lapses to the general fund.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- John Klenke · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 10, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 18, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue.
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Apr 18, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 18, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Gudex and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Klenke, Bernier, Endsley, Czaja, Jacque, Kestell, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, A. Ott, Petryk, Schraa, Thiesfeldt, Kooyenga and Tittl
- Apr 18, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
- May 10, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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