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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 187

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Relating to: village officers serving as village employees.

Public employee Public employee — Group insurance Village — Trustees

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Generally, under current law and under a number of state supreme court

decisions, the doctrine of compatibility holds that one person cannot hold two offices

if one office is superior to another in some respect and the superior office makes

decisions about the other office such that the duties exercised under each might

conflict to the public detriment. Also under current law, members of a town, village,

or county board or city council are generally ineligible for any office or position that

the board or council has the authority to fill. A specific statutory provision authorizes

a town board member to receive an hourly wage, not exceeding $15,000 each year,

as a town employee.

This bill authorizes a member of a village board to receive an hourly wage, not

exceeding $15,000 each year, as a village employee.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R)

14 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brooks (R) , Callahan (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 3, 2021 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. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Ballweg, Bewley and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Armstrong, Brooks, Callahan, Moses, Murphy, Ramthun, Rozar, Snyder, Spiros, Subeck, Tauchen and Tittl

  2. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Apr 7, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 7, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  5. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jun 4, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jun 9, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Jun 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Jun 28, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Jul 6, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 7-6-2021

  26. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 69

  27. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Published 7-9-2021