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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 48

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Relating to: funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees.

Appropriation Milwaukee — School Milwaukee county Municipality — Finance Public employee Public employee — Group insurance Retirement — Public Retirement — Teacher School — Board School — Employee School — Evaluation and testing Technical college

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Grothman (R) , Petrowski (R) , Vukmir (R)

13 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Apr 25, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Apr 25, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vukmir, Grothman and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Nass, LeMahieu, Kapenga, Kooyenga, T. Larson, Stroebel, Craig, Bernier, Strachota, Stone, Kleefisch and Sanfelippo

  2. Feb 28, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Local Government

  3. Mar 6, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 2, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Vukmir

  5. Apr 22, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa

  6. Apr 22, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa

  7. Apr 23, 2013 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 25, 2013 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Apr 25, 2013 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Apr 25, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1