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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 666

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Relating to: 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)

Collective bargaining Day care Public employee Public employee — Labor union Public health Trades and occupations University of wisconsin — Employee University of wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority

  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 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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Shilling (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

35 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Senate: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 19

Failed 13–19 Feb 16, 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. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Risser, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris Dodd, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Ringhand, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored 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

  2. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Government Reform

  3. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 19

  4. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1