Assembly Bill 108
Requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (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
Mar 20, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Labor. 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.
Under current law, a local governmental unit (which includes a city, village, town, county, school district, and sewerage district) may establish a civil service system that governs issues related to the selection, tenure, and status of most of its governmental employees. A local governmental unit that does not have a civil service system must have a grievance system that addresses employee termination and discipline and workplace safety.
Under this bill, local governmental units, other than a sewerage commission established by a first class city (currently only Milwaukee), must establish a civil service system by January 1, 2017, that provides that an employee with permanent status in class may be removed, suspended without pay, discharged, reduced in base pay, or demoted, or has his or her contract nonrenewed, only for just cause. This provision is similar to a provision in current law that applies to state employees in the classified service with permanent status in class and to certain assistant district attorneys. The bill also requires that the civil service system include a grievance procedure that provides for a hearing before an impartial hearing officer mutually agreed to by the parties.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . All 18 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 13, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 20, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.
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Mar 20, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 20, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, Wachs, Ohnstad, Johnson, Sargent, Bowen, Zamarripa, Kessler, Pope, Subeck, Genrich, Berceau, Danou, Milroy, Jorgensen, Kolste, Hebl and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Wirch, Carpenter, Miller, Harris Dodd and Vinehout
- Mar 20, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor
- Apr 13, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
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