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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 120

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Relating to: the design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE)

Collective bargaining Fire department Medical service — Occupations Police Public employee — Group insurance

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bradley (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Pfaff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

42 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Callahan (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , McGuire (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Rettinger (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rozar (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schutt (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining and Drake , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 May 23, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 May 23, 2023 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. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Wirch, Bradley, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Hutton, Jacque, James, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, McGuire, Andraca, Baldeh, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goeben, Gundrum, Joers, Kurtz, Nedweski, Novak, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Rettinger, Rodriguez, Rozar, Schmidt, Schutt, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Subeck, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke, Shankland, Steffen and Mursau

  2. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 9, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 16, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 17, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 24, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Agard added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 28, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Mar 29, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  10. Apr 7, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Apr 26, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  12. May 16, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor

  13. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  14. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  15. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  16. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Jun 14, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  18. Jun 27, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-28-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  21. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  23. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  24. Jun 28, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jun 29, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  26. Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  27. Oct 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules

  28. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  29. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  30. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  32. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  33. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Vining and Drake added as cosponsors

  34. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Oct 18, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  36. Oct 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  37. Oct 19, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  38. Oct 19, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 10-19-2023 by directive of the Majority Leader

  39. Oct 26, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 10-25-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 34

  40. Oct 26, 2023 · Senate

    Published 10-26-2023