Senate Bill 35
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 in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. 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 12, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 36. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
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
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
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 24, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026
8 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Mar 13, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 11, 2025
1 more representative 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 12, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Bradley and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Behnke, Goodwin, Green, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy and Subeck
- Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Feb 20, 2025 · Senate
Representative Green withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Mar 3, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- Mar 13, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 24, 2025 · Senate
Representative Maxey added as a cosponsor
- Apr 30, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- May 7, 2025 · Senate
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
- May 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
- May 14, 2025 · Senate
Representative Brill added as a cosponsor
- Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
- Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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