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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 556

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Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Fire department Medical service — Occupations

  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

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Nass (R) , Schachtner (D) , Testin (R)

21 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

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

Passed 5–0 Feb 6, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Feb 12, 2020 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. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin, Bewley, Carpenter, Nass and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Krug, Considine, Anderson, Bowen, Dittrich, Kolste, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Novak, Shankland, Spreitzer, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Vruwink

  2. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

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

  3. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Kerkman added as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Edming added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 20, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Zimmerman added as a cosponsor

  7. Dec 10, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Dec 10, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

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

  12. Feb 10, 2020 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  13. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  14. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  15. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  17. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  18. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Laid on table

  19. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1