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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 900

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 9, 2016

  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.

Under this bill, all municipal employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (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 also permits University of Wisconsin (UW) System employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment similar to employees covered by SELRA. 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.

Who's behind it

35 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 35 are Democrats.

14 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 49 names

Authors (35)

Signed on in support (14)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly vote

Failed, 34 to 62 · Feb 16, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Refused to withdraw from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 34, Noes 62”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 3, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Feb 23, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 9, 2016

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

  5. Feb 9, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Barca, Barnes, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Danou, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris Dodd, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Ringhand, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch

  2. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

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

  3. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to withdraw from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 34, Noes 62

  4. Feb 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. 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.

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary