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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 81

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

26 cosponsors

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) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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.

Full history

  1. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Craig, Kapenga, Lasee, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Vukmir and Wanggaard; cosponsored 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

  2. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 24, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 13, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. 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)

  6. Feb 14, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

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

  8. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1