Assembly Bill 157
Law enforcement and fire fighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer and granting rule-making authority. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 11, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, if a Wisconsin Retirement System annuitant, or a disability annuitant who has attained his or her normal retirement date, is appointed to a position with a WRS-participating employer, or provides employee services to a WRS-participating employer in which he or she is expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the Department of Employee Trust Funds, the annuity must be suspended and no annuity payment is payable until after the participant again terminates covered employment.
This bill creates an exception to this requirement for an annuitant who retired from employment with a participating employer and who is subsequently rehired or provides employee services after retirement, if 1) the annuitant is a retired law enforcement officer or fire fighter; 2) at the time the person initially retires from covered employment with a participating employer, the person does not have an agreement with any participating employer to return to employment; and 3) the person elects to not become a participating employee at the time the person is rehired by a participating employer or enters into a contract to provide employee services after retirement. In other words, the bill allows an annuitant who was a law enforcement officer or fire fighter to return to work with an employer who participates in the WRS, and elect to not become a participating employee for purposes of the WRS, and instead continue to receive his or her annuity.
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Because this bill relates to public employee retirement or pensions, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . 15 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 9, 2019 to Oct 2, 2019
3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Apr 26, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 11, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
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Apr 11, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Ballweg, Horlacher, James, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tittl, Tusler, Wichgers and Anderson; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard and Marklein
- Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment
- Apr 26, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 9, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- May 17, 2019 · Assembly
Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor
- Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Born added as a coauthor
- Oct 2, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Krug added as a coauthor
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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. More in the glossary
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. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate