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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 977

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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)

Administration, department of — Boards and other subdivisions Collective bargaining Public employee Public employee — Labor union University of wisconsin — Employee

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 and all state employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and

conditions of employment under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. This

bill also permits University of Wisconsin 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: Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Genrich (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Sinicki, Hebl, Subeck, Berceau, Zamarripa, Crowley, Ohnstad, Hesselbein, Billings, Spreitzer, Pope, Wachs, Barca, Shankland, Anderson, Sargent, Brostoff and Riemer; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Ringhand and Vinehout

  2. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Mar 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Genrich added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1