2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 196

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; Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

Status: A - Local Government

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
4/15/2025 Asm.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
96
4/15/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government96
4/16/2025 Asm.LRB correction101
4/21/2025 Asm.Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor103
4/21/2025 Asm.Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor103
4/24/2025 Asm.Fiscal estimate received 
5/6/2025 Asm.Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor127
5/13/2025 Asm.Representative McCarville added as a coauthor136
5/28/2025 Asm.Public hearing held 
6/30/2025 Asm.Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wittke, Kitchens and Rodriguez202
9/8/2025 Asm.Representative Mursau added as a coauthor244
9/9/2025 Asm.Representatives Tucker and Moses added as coauthors246
9/10/2025 Asm.Representatives Maxey and Fitzgerald added as coauthors247
9/11/2025 Asm.Representative Allen added as a coauthor248
9/15/2025 Asm.Senator James added as a cosponsor258
9/16/2025 Asm.Representative Udell added as a coauthor260
9/19/2025 Asm.Representative Andraca added as a coauthor263
9/24/2025 Asm.Representatives Stroud and Vining added as coauthors265
10/1/2025 Asm.Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor272
10/7/2025 Asm.Representative Joers added as a coauthor286
10/22/2025 Asm.Representative Behnke added as a coauthor326
11/14/2025 Asm.Senator Larson added as a cosponsor356
11/18/2025 Asm.Representative Billings added as a coauthor359
11/20/2025 Asm.Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor385
1/20/2026 Asm.Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor484
1/22/2026 Asm.Representative Tranel added as a coauthor489
1/23/2026 Asm.Representative Doyle added as a coauthor503
1/27/2026 Asm.Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor505
1/29/2026 Asm.Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor512
2/3/2026 Asm.Senator Roys added as a cosponsor522
2/3/2026 Asm.Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke521
3/6/2026 Asm.Representative Brown added as a coauthor653
3/19/2026 Asm.Representative Anderson added as a coauthor676
3/19/2026 Asm.Representative Subeck added as a coauthor676
3/19/2026 Asm.Representative Emerson added as a coauthor676
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688
 
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