Senate Bill 1068
Hazard pay grant program, an income tax subtraction for hazard pay, special education aid and UW System funding, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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
Mar 9, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 24, 2022: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic and Workforce Development. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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.
This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to create and administer a grant program to provide hazard pay to certain employees who perform hazardous work or work involving physical hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic after March 12, 2020. The bill also requires DWD to notify employers about the grant program and to prioritize grants to employers in industries that are most negatively affected by the pandemic. The maximum grant an employer may receive for hazard pay is $13 per hour worked per employee, and if an employer receives a grant the employer is required to use it to provide the hazard pay.
The bill also creates an individual income tax subtraction, or deduction, for up to $600 of hazard pay received by an employee from an employer that receives a hazard pay grant.
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Finally, the bill also provides additional funding for the University of Wisconsin System under its general program operations appropriation and for special education aid for school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards for purposes of maintaining compliance with maintenance of effort requirements of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · 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
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 24, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2022 to Mar 14, 2022
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 9, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic and Workforce Development.
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Mar 9, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 9, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Smith, Bewley, Carpenter, Roys and Agard; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Shelton, Shankland, Sinicki, Andraca, Brostoff, Cabrera, Emerson, Goyke, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Moore Omokunde, Pope, S. Rodriguez and Spreitzer
- Mar 9, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic and Workforce Development
- Mar 10, 2022 · Senate
Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
- Mar 14, 2022 · Senate
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 24, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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