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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 233

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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, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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

20 cosponsors

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)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 3, 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. May 23, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection

  3. Sep 24, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  14. Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules

  16. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  20. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  22. Jan 16, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  23. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020

  24. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 71

  25. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Published 1-22-2020