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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 233

Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. (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

    May 19, 2015

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 State Affairs and Government Operations. 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.

Currently, individuals employed by the state, including state senators and representatives to the assembly, are generally entitled to receive paid sick leave as part of their compensation. If a state employee does not use all of his or her sick leave during a calendar year, he or she may accumulate unused sick leave from year to year in a sick leave account. Generally, if a state employee terminates employment and meets certain conditions related to age or years of employment, the employee's accumulated unused sick leave may be converted, at his or her highest basic pay rate, to credits for the payment of postretirement health insurance premiums under a health insurance plan administered by the Group Insurance Board.

This bill provides that no state senator or representative to the assembly may accrue any new sick leave as a state senator or representative to the assembly during any term of office that begins after the bill's effective date. The bill does not affect any sick leave accrued by a state senator or representative to the assembly during a term of office that began before the bill's effective date.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 16 are Republicans.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 24 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (8)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 10, 2015 to Sep 18, 2015

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. May 21, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. May 19, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.

  5. May 19, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Ballweg, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Craig, Jacque, Jarchow, Kooyenga, Kremer, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Neylon, Petersen, Rohrkaste and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, LeMahieu, Marklein, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. May 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. May 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Quinn added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Genrich added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Heaton added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    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.

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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. 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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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