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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 793

Rehired annuitant teachers. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 17, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, certain individuals 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 for grades kindergarten to 12 after July 2, 2013; 2) at least 30 days have elapsed from the date the person left WRS-covered employment with a school district; 3) the person is rehired as a substitute teacher;

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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; 5) the person elects to not become a participating employee at the time the person is rehired or enters into a contract after retirement; and 6) the person is hired between the effective date of the bill and August 1, 2024. In other words, the bill allows a WRS teacher annuitant to return to work as a substitute teacher with a participating employer and elect to not become a participating employee for purposes of the WRS and instead continue to receive his or her annuity between the effective date of the bill and August 1, 2024.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (6)

Signed on in support (10)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 7, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jan 3, 2022

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Dec 17, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.

  5. Dec 17, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 17, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Marklein, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Kooyenga and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Penterman, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Oldenburg, Shankland, VanderMeer and Wichgers

  2. Dec 17, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Jan 3, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 7, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Novak added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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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

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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