Senate Bill 701
Rehired annuitant teachers in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (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
Nov 11, 2021
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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 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. 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
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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, certain people who receive a retirement or disability annuity from the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) and who are hired by an employer that participates in the WRS must suspend that annuity and may not receive a WRS annuity payment until the person is no longer in a WRS-covered position. This suspension applies to a person who 1) has reached his or her normal retirement date; 2) is appointed to a position with a WRS-participating employer or provides employee services as a contractor to a WRS-participating employer; and 3) is expected to work at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the Department of Employee Trust Funds.
This bill creates an exception to this suspension if 1) the person retired from WRS-covered employment as a teacher; 2) at least 30 days have elapsed from the date the person left WRS-covered employment with a school district; 3) the person is hired as a teacher; 4) at the time the person initially retires from a school district, the person does not have an agreement with any school district to return to employment as a teacher or a contractor providing employee services as a teacher;
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and 5) the person elects to not become a participating employee at the time the person is rehired or enters into a contract after retirement. In other words, the bill allows a WRS teacher annuitant who is either hired as a teacher or provides employee services as a teacher with a school district that is a participating employer to return to work as a teacher and elect to not become a participating employee for purposes of the WRS and instead continue to receive his or her annuity.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · 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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Dec 10, 2021 to Feb 3, 2022
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Nov 22, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 12, 2021
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Nov 11, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.
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Nov 11, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 11, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Smith, Bewley, Roys, Ringhand, Agard and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Emerson, B. Meyers, Andraca, Conley, Considine, Shankland, Vruwink, Subeck, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Stubbs, Bowen, Sinicki and Shelton
- Nov 11, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
- Nov 12, 2021 · Senate
Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor
- Nov 22, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 10, 2021 · Senate
Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
- Feb 3, 2022 · Senate
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
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