Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 13 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 196 — Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced April 15, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 34% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (13 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

An Act to repeal 40.26 (5m), 40.26 (6) and 323.19 (3); to amend 40.22 (1), 40.22 (2m) (intro.), 40.22 (2r) (intro.), 40.22 (3) (intro.), 40.26 (1m) and 40.26 (5) (intro.); to create 40.04 (5) (am) and 40.26 (7) and (8) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  3. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  6. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  7. Senator Roys added as a cosponsor

  8. Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  9. Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  10. Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  11. Representative Tranel added as a coauthor

  12. Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor

  13. Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor

  14. Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  15. Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  16. Representative Behnke added as a coauthor

  17. Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  18. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  19. Representatives Stroud and Vining added as coauthors

  20. Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  21. Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  22. Senator James added as a cosponsor

  23. Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  24. Representatives Maxey and Fitzgerald added as coauthors

  25. Representatives Tucker and Moses added as coauthors

  26. Representative Mursau added as a coauthor

  27. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wittke, Kitchens and Rodriguez

  28. Public hearing held

  29. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  30. Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  31. Fiscal estimate received

  32. Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor

  33. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  34. LRB correction

  35. Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  36. Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Kitchens, Rodriguez, Novak, Brooks, Knodl, Kreibich, Kurtz, Melotik, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Steffen and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Pfaff, Quinn and Habush Sinykin

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (112)

112 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 196 do?
An Act to repeal 40.26 (5m), 40.26 (6) and 323.19 (3); to amend 40.22 (1), 40.22 (2m) (intro.), 40.22 (2r) (intro.), 40.22 (3) (intro.), 40.26 (1m) and 40.26 (5) (intro.); to create 40.04 (5) (am) and 40.26 (7) and (8) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 196?
AB 196 is sponsored by Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Pfaff, Quinn, Habush Sinykin, Wittke, Robert (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican), Novak, Todd (Republican), Brooks, Robert (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Kreibich, Rob (Republican), Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Melotik, Paul (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Steffen, David (Republican), and Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 196?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced April 15, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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