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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 855

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Relating to: additional compensation and recruitment and retention benefits for correctional officers, youth counselors, and psychiatric care technicians.

Corrections department of Federal aid Governor Health services department of — Administration Juvenile detention facility Mental health — Hospitals and institutes Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide additional

compensation of $2.00 per hour to correctional officers and youth counselors in

calendar year 2022, and $5.00 per hour in calendar year 2023 and in subsequent

years, until funding under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) is no longer

available. The bill also requires the Department of Health Services to provide

additional compensation to psychiatric care technicians of $2.00 per hour in calendar

year 2022, and $5.00 per hour in calendar year 2023 and in subsequent years, until

funding under ARPA is no longer available. The additional compensation is not

permanent and the amounts are not cumulative. The bill also allows DOC and DHS

to use money received under ARPA and allocated by the governor to provide

recruitment and retention benefits to correctional officers, youth counselors, and

psychiatric care technicians.

Under the bill, the governor must allocate sufficient moneys received under

ARPA to DOC and DHS for the additional compensation and the recruitment and

retention benefits under the bill.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Feyen (R) , Jagler (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R)

28 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Penterman (R) , Plumer (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vos (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 Feb 16, 2022 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. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Feyen, Jagler and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Born, Schraa, Snyder, Callahan, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Oldenburg, Penterman, Plumer, Steffen, Kitchens, Thiesfeldt and Vos

  2. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jan 14, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 24, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Felzkowski added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 8, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  8. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1