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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 283

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Relating to: discretionary merit awards by the Department of Transportation. (FE)

Public employee Transportation department of — Administration

  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

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to develop a discretionary

merit award program for the purpose of providing lump sum monetary awards to

classified employees under the discretionary merit award program implemented by

the Department of Administration under current law. The bill requires DOT to

consider making awards to employees who have implemented business processes

that created significant cost savings, efficiency, or innovation.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R)

18 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Hutton (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Neylon (R) , Ott (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Tauchen (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 25, 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 7, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Craig, Kapenga, Nass and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo, Felzkowski, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Hutton, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Neylon, Ott, Quinn, Ramthun, Sortwell, Tauchen, Wichgers and Allen

  2. Jun 7, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jun 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 19, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  7. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jun 25, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 25, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Jun 25, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1