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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 134

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Relating to: coverage for new participating employers under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

Employee trust funds, department of Employment Legislature — Retirement systems, joint survey committee on Public utility Retirement system, wisconsin

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), with certain exceptions, all

employees of a participating employer are participating employees in the WRS. As

participating employees, the employees may receive all retirement benefits under

the WRS. The major exceptions for participating employee status include employees

who work less than two-thirds time or who are not expected to work longer than a

year.

This bill permits an employer that is not currently a participating employer in

the WRS, but which elects to become a participating employer in the WRS after the

bill's effective date, to be a participating employer only with respect to employees

hired on or after the date on which the employer elects to participate in the WRS.

In other words, an employer may choose not to include its current employees in the

WRS. Any employer that makes such an election shall do so in writing on a form

provided by the Department of Employee Trust Funds (DETF). The bill, however,

allows a local government employer to exclude any of its public utility employees who

already receive from the employer substantially similar retirement benefits to those

provided under the WRS, as determined by DETF.

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: Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R)

8 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Edming (R) , Hebl (D) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Ripp (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 23, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Olsen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Edming, Ripp, Mursau, Ballweg, Kulp, Bernier and Hebl

  2. Apr 23, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems

  3. May 4, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski

  4. Aug 31, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Petrowski

  5. Nov 17, 2015 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint survey committee on Retirement Systems and rereferred to committee on Elections and Local Government pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  6. Nov 19, 2015 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems requested

  7. Nov 23, 2015 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems received

  8. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Jan 26, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  13. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  14. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 adopted

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  34. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-29-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 174

  35. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-1-2016