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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 707

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Relating to: defining veteran in state employment relations.

Public employee Public employee — Group insurance Vaccination Veteran

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, stopped here
  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 state employment relations law, “veteran” is defined to mean

categories of persons who have served in the U.S. armed forces in various capacities.

This bill expands the definition of veteran to include a person who would otherwise

qualify under the existing law, but who was discharged under other than honorable

conditions solely on the basis that the person chose not to receive the COVID-19

vaccine.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Nass (R)

13 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Knodl (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 10, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 60–36 Feb 23, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Nov 19, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Nass and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Allen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers

  2. Nov 19, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 8, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  6. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 11, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 15, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:49 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  16. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 60, Noes 36, Paired 2

  20. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  21. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Feb 25, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Apr 14, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-14-2022

  25. Apr 15, 2022 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-15-2022

  26. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  27. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82