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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 663

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Relating to: classifying county jailers, detention officers, and correctional officers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

Jail Legislature — Retirement systems, joint survey committee on Retirement — Protective service Retirement system, wisconsin

  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

Under current law, participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System

(WRS) whose principal duties involve active law enforcement or fire suppression or

prevention and require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and a

high degree of physical conditioning are classified as protective occupation

participants. Current law specifically classifies police officers, fire fighters, and

various other individuals as protective occupation participants. Under the WRS, the

normal retirement age of a protective occupation participant is lower than that of

other participants and the percentage multiplier used to calculate retirement

annuities is higher for protective occupation participants than for other participants.

This bill permits counties to classify county jailers, detention officers, and

correctional officers eligible as protective occupation participants under the WRS

without a requirement that their principal duties involve active law enforcement or

active fire suppression or prevention.

Because this bill relates to public employee retirement or pensions, it may be

referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a report to be

printed as an appendix to the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hansen (D) , Harris (D) , Harsdorf (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Schultz (R)

17 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Born (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Genrich (D) , Hebl (D) , Kahl (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Sargent (D) , Wright (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 10, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, Lassa, Harsdorf, Harris, Schultz and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Genrich, Born, Krug, Mason, Mursau, Milroy, Berceau, Bernier, Hebl, Kahl, Kaufert, Kolste, Ohnstad, Sargent, C. Taylor and Wright

  2. Mar 10, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Labor

  3. Mar 21, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1