Bills by subject

Retirement System, Wisconsin

39 bills and resolutions. 6 became law and 14 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 929 Correcting terminology for making additional contributions to the Wisconsin Retirement System; eliminating a social security account maintained in the public employee trust fund and removing a provision regarding liability for state employer social security remittances; and clarifying who may participate in an income continuation insurance plan provided by the Group Insurance Board (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Employee Trust Funds).
Became law. Last action Mar 27, 2026
AB 36 Law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 138 Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 14

Mar 23, 2026
AB 36: Law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 138: Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 196: Rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 376: Rehired annuitants. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 767: The management of assets of and the voting of ownership interests in securities by the Wisconsin Retirement System and the retirement systems of the City and County of Milwaukee. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 929: Correcting terminology for making additional contributions to the Wisconsin Retirement System; eliminating a social security account maintained in the public employee trust fund and removing a provision regarding liability for state employer social security remittances; and clarifying who may participate in an income continuation insurance plan provided by the Group Insurance Board (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Employee Trust Funds).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 35: Law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 105: Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 170: Rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 301: Rehired annuitants. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 763: The management of assets of and the voting of ownership interests in securities by the Wisconsin Retirement System and the retirement systems of the City and County of Milwaukee. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 908: Correcting terminology for making additional contributions to the Wisconsin Retirement System; eliminating a social security account maintained in the public employee trust fund and removing a provision regarding liability for state employer social security remittances; and clarifying who may participate in an income continuation insurance plan provided by the Group Insurance Board (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Employee Trust Funds).
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 15

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 51: Creating a Charter School Authorizing Board, providing additional charter school authorizers, eliminating the limit on the number of pupils who may attend virtual charter schools, modifying teacher licensure requirements, eliminating the limit on the reduction in general school aid used to fund independent charter schools, covering certain charter school employees under the Group Insurance Board health coverage plan for local government employees, allowing a charter school to elect to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 58: State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 127: Payment by employers of contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System that are required of public safety employees, arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, allowing municipal employers choice in health care coverage plan providers and health savings accounts that cover public safety employees, and prohibited and permissive subjects of collective bargaining.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 318: Post-retirement employment of annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and granting rule-making authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 352: Eligibility for participating employee status and the Wisconsin Retirement System and post-retirement employment of annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 482: Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System by certain law enforcement officers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 503: Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 539: Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to establish an optional retirement system for its employees.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 550: Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System for participating employees activated to serve on military duty in the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.

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2009–10 session: 10

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 126: Purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 199: Classifying members of the Parole Commission; psychologists and corrections classification specialists employed by the Department of Corrections who perform duties related to sexually violent person commitments; clerical employees employed at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 337: Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 634: Collective bargaining and protective occupation participant status under the Wisconsin Retirement System and a county retirement system for county jail employees, county employees of a juvenile detention facility, and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 776: Classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 916: Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 88: Purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 320: Participation in variable annuity program under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 390: Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject