Assembly Bill 607
Funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 4, 2020. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Nov 15, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 98 to 0
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 33 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2019 Wisconsin Act 139
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 4, 2020: “Published 3-4-2020”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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.
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Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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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. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Administration administers a service award program, which provides monetary length-of-service awards to volunteer fire fighters, first responders, and volunteer emergency medical technicians. Under the program, DOA pays a state match of up to $390 per service award per fiscal year based on amounts contributed by municipalities. The appropriation for the state match paid by DOA is currently capped at $2,500,000 per fiscal year.
This bill increases that amount to $2,805,700 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $2,900,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 and subsequent fiscal years.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . 9 are Republicans and 8 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 4 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Jan 28, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 98 to 0 · Feb 18, 2020 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (98)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Amanda Stuck (D, 57)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Beth Meyers (D, 74)
- Bob Kulp (R, 69)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Cody Horlacher (R, 33)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Bowen (D, 10)
- David Crowley (D, 17)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Debra Kolste (D, 44)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Don Vruwink (D, 43)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jason Fields (D, 11)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jesse James (R, 23)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joe Sanfelippo (R, 15)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Jonathan Brostoff (D, 19)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Ken Skowronski (R, 82)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- LaKeshia Myers (D, 12)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Mark Spreitzer (D, 15)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Melissa Sargent (D, 48)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Mike Rohrkaste (R, 55)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Hutton (R, 5)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Romaine Quinn (R, 25)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Staush Gruszynski (D, 90)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Timothy Ramthun (R, 59)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Tyler Vorpagel (R, 27)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
Didn't vote (1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 16 to 0 · Feb 18, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Feb 19, 2020
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jeff Smith (D, 31)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Patty Schachtner (D, 10)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Roger Roth (R, 19)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 4, 2020
The new law was published.
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Mar 4, 2020
The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 139.
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Feb 28, 2020
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 19, 2020
The Senate passed it too, 33 to 0.
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Feb 19, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 19, 2020
The Senate received it.
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Feb 18, 2020
The Assembly passed it, 98 to 0.
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Feb 18, 2020
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 18, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 18, 2020
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 16 to 0.
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Feb 10, 2020
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 28, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 28, 2020
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Jan 9, 2020
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 18, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 15, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Nov 15, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Krug, Considine, Anderson, Bowen, Dittrich, Kolste, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Novak, Shankland, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Subeck, Kerkman and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Bewley, Carpenter, Schachtner and L. Taylor
- Nov 15, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Dec 18, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 23, 2020 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 10, 2020 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
- Feb 12, 2020 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker
- Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 139
- Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly
Published 3-4-2020
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote