Senate Bill 638
The maximum compensation for compatibility with elective offices in cities, villages, and towns. (FE)
Topics: Municipality: Officers, Town: Officers, Village: Officers
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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.
-
Introduced, passed
Nov 14, 2025
-
Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
-
Senate vote, not reached
-
Assembly vote, not reached
-
Governor, not reached
-
Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government. The committee's chair at the time was Cory Tomczyk. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.
Embed this on your site
Paste this code into your page. The card shows the latest record each time it loads. Preview the card
The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 658. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Generally under current law, the doctrine of compatibility holds that one person cannot hold two offices if one office is superior to another in some respect and the superior office makes decisions about the other office such that the duties exercised under each might conflict to the public detriment. An exception to this doctrine under current law provides that a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder in a city, village, or town whose annual compensation from one or more of those positions, including fringe benefits, does not exceed $25,000 if the city, village, or town has a population of 5,000 or less, or $15,000 if the city, village, or town has a population of has a population of more than 5,000, may also hold an elective office in that city, village, or town.
This bill increases those maximum annual compensation amounts to $35,000 in a city, village, or town with a population of 5,000 or less and $25,000 in a city, village, or town with a population of more than 5,000.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
15 more lawmakers .
See all 17 names Hide the names
Authors (2)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Subeck and Ortiz-Velez
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
-
Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
-
Dec 3, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026
3 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
-
Dec 1, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
-
Nov 24, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
-
Nov 14, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
-
Nov 14, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
See the official record, word for word Hide the official record
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jagler and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Dittrich, Goeben, Kaufert, Knodl, Mursau, O'Connor, Sheehan and Wichgers
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Nov 24, 2025 · Senate
Representatives Subeck and Ortiz-Velez added as cosponsors
- Dec 1, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 3, 2025 · Senate
Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
- Dec 9, 2025 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson 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