Assembly Bill 36
Law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Topics: Retirement System, Wisconsin, Retirement: Protective service
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2025
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 35. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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, certain persons who receive a retirement or disability annuity from the Wisconsin Retirement System 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 employee 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 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 for an annuitant who retired from employment with a participating employer and who is subsequently rehired or provides employee services after retirement if 1) the annuitant is a retired law enforcement officer or firefighter; 2) at the time the annuitant initially retires from covered employment with a participating employer, the annuitant does not have an agreement with any participating employer to return to employment; and 3) the annuitant elects to not become a participating employee at the time the annuitant is rehired or enters into a contract after retirement. In other words, the bill allows an annuitant who was a law enforcement officer or firefighter to return to work with an employer that participates in the WRS and elect to not become a participating employee for purposes of the WRS but instead continue to receive an annuity from the WRS.
Who's behind it
8 representatives are its . 5 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (14)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 1 · May 29, 2025
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 Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 7, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 6, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 29, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 29, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 1.
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Apr 30, 2025 to May 14, 2025
3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Apr 29, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 11, 2025 to Apr 24, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 3, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 21, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 17, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.
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Feb 17, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Wichgers, Behnke, Goodwin, Green, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Bradley and Cabral-Guevara
- Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
- Feb 20, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Green withdrawn as a coauthor
- Feb 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 3, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
- Apr 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Maxey added as a coauthor
- Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- May 6, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Stroud added as a coauthor
- May 14, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Brill added as a coauthor
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 29, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- May 29, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
- Mar 10, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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