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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 150

Requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies in the line of duty 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

    Mar 16, 2017

  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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Insurance. 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.

This bill establishes a health insurance benefit and loan program for the surviving spouses and dependent children of law enforcement officers and fire fighters employed by the state who die in the line of duty and for the surviving spouses and dependent children of local government law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical technicians who die in the line of duty.

Under the health insurance benefit part of the program, the Department of Administration pays, or reimburses the surviving spouses of law enforcement officers or fire fighters employed by the state who die in the line of duty for the payment of, health insurance premiums for the spouses and the surviving dependent children. In addition, DOA reimburses local governments for health insurance premiums paid by the local governments for the surviving spouses and dependent children of local government law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical technicians who die in the line of duty. These payments are made for the surviving spouse until he or she remarries or reaches the age of 65 and, generally, for surviving dependent children until they reach the age of 26.

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Under the loan part of the program, DOA must provide for the payment of a loan to a surviving spouse in an amount equal to the salary that would have been paid to his or her deceased spouse had the spouse not died in the line of duty. The loan must be disbursed to coincide with the pay period that applied to the deceased spouse, must be secured by the proceeds of a life insurance policy that covered the deceased spouse, and must come due when a surviving spouse receives the proceeds from the life insurance policy.

For the surviving spouses and dependent children of law enforcement officers or fire fighters employed by the state, the health insurance benefit and loan program is funded from the general fund. For the surviving spouses and dependent children of local government law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical technicians, the program is funded from reduced shared revenue payments that would otherwise be paid to the local governments.

This program applies retroactively and covers surviving spouses and dependent children of law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical technicians who died at any time in the line of duty, but only with respect to future health insurance benefits and loans.

Who's behind it

49 lawmakers are its ⁠. 30 are Republicans and 19 are Democrats.

18 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (49)

Signed on in support (18)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 19, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Mar 29, 2017 to Jun 8, 2017

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Mar 27, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Mar 16, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.

  6. Mar 16, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Barca, Edming, Anderson, Ballweg, Berceau, Bernier, Billings, Bowen, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Crowley, Doyle, Hebl, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Jacque, Kleefisch, Kolste, Kremer, Krug, Macco, Meyers, Murphy, Mursau, Nerison, Novak, Ohnstad, Ott, Pronschinske, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Spreitzer, Subeck, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Goyke; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Erpenbach, Feyen, Hansen, Harsdorf, Johnson, Lasee, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Testin, Vukmir and Wirch

  2. Mar 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Mar 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Vorpagel added as a coauthor

  5. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Signed on in support

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Cost estimate

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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

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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.

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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

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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

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Author

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

Official term: Author, coauthor

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

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Official term: Fiscal estimate

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