Senate Bill 120
The design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Oct 26, 2023. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Mar 8, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jun 28, 2023
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 17, 2023
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 34
Latest entry in the official record, Oct 26, 2023: “Published 10-26-2023”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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 does
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
13 senators are its . 8 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
42 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (42)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, 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
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · 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
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Vining and Drake
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
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 were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 0 · May 23, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · May 23, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Oct 26, 2023
The new law was published.
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Oct 26, 2023
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 34.
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Oct 19, 2023
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 17, 2023 to Oct 18, 2023
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 17, 2023
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 11, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 29, 2023
The Assembly received it.
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Jun 28, 2023
The Senate passed it.
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Jun 14, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 23, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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May 23, 2023
“Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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May 16, 2023
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 7, 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 28, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 17, 2023 to Mar 27, 2023
2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Mar 16, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 9, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 8, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Mar 8, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- 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
- Mar 8, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 9, 2023 · Senate
Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
- Mar 16, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 17, 2023 · Senate
Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- Mar 24, 2023 · Senate
Senator Agard added as a coauthor
- Mar 27, 2023 · Senate
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- Mar 28, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 29, 2023 · Senate
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- Apr 7, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 26, 2023 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- May 16, 2023 · Senate
Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
- May 23, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- May 23, 2023 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- May 23, 2023 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- May 23, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jun 14, 2023 · Senate
Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Jun 27, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 6-28-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jun 28, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jun 29, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 12, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 18, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Oct 18, 2023 · Senate
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- Oct 19, 2023 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Oct 19, 2023 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 10-19-2023 by directive of the Majority Leader
- Oct 26, 2023 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 10-25-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 34
- Oct 26, 2023 · Senate
Published 10-26-2023
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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