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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 128

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Relating to: prohibiting the group insurance board from contracting for or providing abortion services.

Abortion Group insurance board Public employee — Group insurance

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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 current law, the Group Insurance Board offers health insurance

coverage to eligible employees under the Wisconsin Retirement System, which

include all state employees and state annuitants and may include local government

employees if the local governmental unit elects to participate in a GIB health

insurance plan. This bill prohibits GIB from entering into any contract with respect

to a group health insurance plan or providing a group health insurance plan on a

self-insured basis that provides abortion services, with certain exceptions.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kremer (R) , Kulp (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

9 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Stroebel (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Oct 31, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 34

Passed 61–34 Nov 2, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 34

Passed 61–34 Nov 2, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 61–35 Nov 2, 2017 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 16, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 18–14 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Tusler, Brandtjen, Allen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Horlacher, Hutton, Kleefisch, Kremer, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Petersen, Petryk, Quinn, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Kapenga, Lasee, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Vukmir and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Apr 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives C. Taylor, Zamarripa, Kolste and Subeck

  6. Apr 25, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives C. Taylor, Subeck, Kolste and Zamarripa

  7. Apr 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  9. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives C. Taylor, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  13. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 34

  14. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representatives C. Taylor, Subeck, Barca, Sinicki, Sargent, Shankland, Pope, Hebl, Kessler, Brostoff, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Riemer, Spreitzer, Stuck, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  15. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 34

  16. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 35

  19. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Nov 3, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Nov 6, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade

  22. Dec 13, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  23. Jan 26, 2018 · Senate

    Rereferred to committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)

  24. Feb 14, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  28. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  31. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  32. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2018

  35. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  36. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 191

  37. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018