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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 257

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Relating to: withholding from a Wisconsin Retirement System lump sum payment or annuity to satisfy an order of restitution.

Court — Procedure Creditor Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Employee trust funds department of Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Legislature — Finance joint committee on Retirement system wisconsin

  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

This bill authorizes the Department of Employee Trust Funds to withhold

money from a participant's Wisconsin Retirement System annuity or lump sum

payment if DETF is ordered to do so by a court in a restitution order. Similarly, the

bill authorizes DETF to deliver any money withheld from an annuity or lump sum

payment under a restitution order as directed by the court in the order. Under the

bill, a court may issue a restitution order that requires DETF to withhold from a WRS

annuity or lump sum payment only if 1) the crime for which the restitution is ordered

is both theft and misconduct in public office; 2) the crime resulted in a loss to the

defendant's employer and the defendant's employer participates in the WRS; and 3)

the crime is a felony.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Taylor (D) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Summerfield (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

10 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Cowles (R) , Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Smith (D) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Dec 26, 2019 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. Jun 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Pronschinske, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Skowronski, Sortwell, Summerfield, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Cowles, Craig, Kapenga, Marklein, Nass, Smith, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Jun 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Born added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1