Assembly Bill 120
The design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 24, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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, municipal employees who are public safety employees, such as police officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical service providers for emergency medical services departments, may bargain collectively over wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Public safety employees, however, may not bargain over a subject that is identified as a prohibited subject of bargaining. Under current law, all costs and payments associated with health care coverage plans and the design and selection of health care coverage plans by a municipal employer for public safety employees, as well as the impact of the costs and payments and the design and selection of the plans on wages, hours, and conditions of employment of public safety employees, are prohibited subjects of bargaining for public safety employees.
This bill clarifies that for purposes of the prohibition against bargaining over the design of a health care coverage plan selected by a municipal employer, design does not include who is covered by the health care coverage plan. In other words, public safety employees may bargain with a municipal employer about who will be covered by a health care coverage plan selected by the municipal employer. In addition, this bill clarifies that the initial decision of whether or not to provide health care coverage is a permitted subject of bargaining between a municipal employer and public safety employees.
Who's behind it
35 representatives are its . 22 are Republicans and 13 are Democrats.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (35)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Ellen Schutt · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (19)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Drake and O'Connor
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on State Affairs vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Oct 11, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 17, 2023 to Oct 23, 2023
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 11, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 11, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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May 16, 2023 to Jun 14, 2023
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Apr 11, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 30, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 29, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 29, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 27, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 24, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 24, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Donovan, McGuire, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brandtjen, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goeben, Gundrum, Joers, Kurtz, Nedweski, Novak, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Rettinger, Rodriguez, Rozar, Schmidt, Schutt, Shankland, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke, Mursau and Haywood; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Wirch, Bradley, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Hutton, Jacque, James, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer and Testin
- Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 27, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- Mar 29, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 29, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Mar 30, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 11, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 21, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
- May 16, 2023 · Assembly
Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- Jun 14, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Sep 20, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 12, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
- Oct 23, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote