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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Bill 558

Collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 5, 2014

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Judiciary and Labor. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, certain protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System (public safety employees) and certain municipal transit employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment except that public safety employees who are municipal employees are prohibited from bargaining over costs, payments, and the design and selection of health care coverage plans and public safety employees who are state or municipal employees are prohibited from bargaining over the requirement that the employer may not pay any employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System or under an employee retirement system of a first class city or a county having a population of 500,000 or more (employee required contribution to a retirement system). State government and municipal government employees who are not public safety employees or municipal transit employees (general employees) may collectively bargain only over a percentage increase in base wages that does not exceed the percentage change in the consumer price index. Current law also prohibits municipal employers from collectively bargaining with municipal general employees in matters that are not permitted under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA).

Under this bill, all municipal employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under MERA and all state employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under the State Employment Labor Relations Act (SELRA). This bill does not change any exceptions listed above for public safety employees, but does provide that general employees are prohibited from bargaining over costs, payments, and the design and selection of health care coverage plans and over the requirement that the employer may not pay any employee required contributions to a retirement system. This bill permits University of Wisconsin (UW) System employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment subject to the same prohibited subjects created in this bill for state employees. In addition, this bill permits employees of the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority and certain home care and child care providers to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment.

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Currently, the term for a collective bargaining agreement covering a general employee may not exceed one year and may not be extended. This bill generally limits the term to two years and eliminates the prohibition on agreement extensions.

Who's behind it

13 senators are its ⁠. All 13 are Democrats.

27 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (13)

Signed on in support (27)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 6, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Feb 25, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 19, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 17, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 10, 2014

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  7. Feb 5, 2014

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

  8. Feb 5, 2014

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Risser, Erpenbach, C. Larson, Carpenter, Hansen, Harris, Jauch, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Hesselbein, Sinicki, Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Genrich, Hebl, Hulsey, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Mason, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Wachs, Wright and Young

  2. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Labor

  3. Feb 10, 2014 · Senate

    Senator Shilling added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 25, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 6, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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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

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Author

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Official term: Author, coauthor

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Signed on in support

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Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

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Official term: Fiscal estimate

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