Assembly Bill 614
Bargaining over wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public employees. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 14, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the only subject that most state and municipal employees may collectively bargain is a percentage increase in base wages that does not exceed the percentage increase in the consumer price index. This bill removes that limitation so that state and municipal employees may bargain over any increase in wages.
Also, under current law, certain protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System, known as public safety employees, and certain municipal transit employees may collectively bargain wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Under the bill, most state and general municipal employees may collectively bargain hours and conditions of employment.
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The bill also allows all municipal employers and labor organizations to agree to a dispute settlement procedure, including binding interest arbitration, to resolve an impasse over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
Under current law, representatives for most municipal and state employee bargaining units must be selected by at least 51 percent of the employees in the bargaining unit. The bill changes that requirement to a simple majority of the employees voting in the collective bargaining unit.
Finally, under current law, representatives for most municipal and state employee bargaining units must be certified annually by receiving at least 51 percent of the vote of the employees in the bargaining unit. The bill repeals this certification requirement.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- S. Rodriguez, Andraca and Vining
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 5, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 4, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 3, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 29, 2021 to Nov 2, 2021
3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Oct 29, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 15, 2021 to Oct 29, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 14, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
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Oct 14, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 14, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Cabrera, Sinicki, Brostoff, Hesselbein, Hebl, Shelton, Riemer, L. Myers, Pope, Shankland, Conley, Bowen, Subeck, Anderson, Drake, Neubauer, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Baldeh and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Roys, Smith, Agard and Ringhand
- Oct 14, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment
- Oct 15, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Senator Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Nov 2, 2021 · Assembly
Representatives S. Rodriguez, Andraca and Vining added as coauthors
- Nov 3, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 4, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Hong added as a coauthor
- Nov 5, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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