Senate Bill 238
An optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (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
Jul 31, 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 Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a county or elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band (county or tribe) may retain a portion of incorrect overpayments in public assistance programs administered by the Department of Health Services (DHS), including Medical Assistance and the supplemental nutrition assistance program (known as FoodShare in Wisconsin), that are recovered as a result of the efforts of an employee or officer of the county or tribe. Currently, DHS establishes by rule the portion of FoodShare overpayment recoveries that a county or tribe may retain. Under the bill, a county or tribe may retain the full amount of FoodShare overpayment recoveries that the state is permitted to retain under federal law. Current law also allows a county or tribe to retain a portion of incorrect overpayments that are recovered in Wisconsin Works as a result of the efforts of an employee or officer of the county or tribe. Under current law, Milwaukee County may not retain a portion of incorrect payments that are recovered as a result of the efforts of an employee or officer of the county.
Under the bill, DHS is required to establish an optional incentive program, by rule, under which a county with a population of less than 750,000 or tribe receives a reward payment if an employee or officer of the county or tribe identifies fraudulent activity in Medical Assistance or FoodShare. Under the bill, the amount of the reward payment under the program is 20 percent of the amount that DHS determines will be saved in the program over a 12-month period as the result of eliminating the identified fraudulent activity. The bill also provides that, if a county or tribe receives a reward payment under the optional incentive program, the county or tribe may not retain overpayments that are recovered as the result of identifying the fraudulent activity. Under the bill, the Department of Children and Families is required to establish a similar incentive program, by rule, that applies to fraudulent activity in Wisconsin Works that is identified by an employee or officer of a county or tribe.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · 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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Dec 30, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 14, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 31, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Jul 31, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jul 31, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cowles, Lasee, Olsen, Schultz and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Weininger, Jacque, Genrich, Nygren, Tittl, Bies, Kolste, Kaufert, Berceau, Brooks, Schraa, LeMahieu, Murphy, A. Ott, Pridemore, Ripp, Kahl, Vruwink and Endsley
- Jul 31, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Aug 14, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 30, 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