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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 511

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Relating to: claims for compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder by police officers and fire fighters under the worker's compensation law. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes changes to the conditions of liability for worker's compensation

benefits for a law enforcement officer or a fire fighter (public safety officer) who is

diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The bill provides that if a public safety officer is diagnosed with post-traumatic

stress disorder by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist and the mental injury that

resulted in that diagnosis is not accompanied by a physical injury, that public safety

officer can bring a claim for worker's compensation benefits if the conditions of

liability are proven by a preponderance of the evidence and the mental injury is not

the result of a good-faith employment action by the person's employer. Under the

bill, such an injured public safety employee is not required to demonstrate a

diagnosis based on unusual stress of greater dimensions than the day-to-day

emotional strain and tension experienced by similarly situated employees as

required under

School District No. 1 v. DILHR

, 62 Wis. 2d 370, 215 N.W.2d 373

(1974).

The bill also limits liability for treatment for a mental injury that is

compensable under the bill's provisions to no more than 32 weeks after the injury is

first reported.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Schachtner (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

37 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Carpenter, Testin and Larson , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Hansen (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kerkman (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad, Plumer, Billings, Sargent, Thiesfeldt, Rohrkaste, Loudenbeck and Zamarripa , Ott (R) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 19, 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. Oct 18, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Bewley, Wanggaard, Erpenbach, Johnson, Marklein, Nass, Schachtner and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Anderson, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Brostoff, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Edming, Kerkman, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Novak, Ott, Petryk, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Tusler

  2. Oct 18, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 4, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Goyke added as a cosponsor

  5. Dec 10, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Dec 17, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  7. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Dec 19, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Senators Carpenter, Testin and Larson added as coauthors

  11. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Representatives Ohnstad, Plumer, Billings, Sargent, Thiesfeldt, Rohrkaste, Loudenbeck and Zamarripa added as cosponsors

  12. Jan 16, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  13. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Horlacher

  22. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:46 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  23. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  25. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  28. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor

  29. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  31. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1