March 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Bewley and Darling,
cosponsored by Representatives Born, Edming, Horlacher, James, Kitchens,
Krug, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, J. Rodriguez,
Shankland, Sortwell, Steffen, Tranel, VanderMeer and Subeck. Referred
to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

SB1036,1,8 1An Act to renumber and amend 40.05 (2) (ar); to amend 40.02 (27), 40.02 (48)
2(b) 3., 40.02 (48) (c), 40.05 (1) (b) 1., 40.23 (3) (a), 40.28 (1) (a) 2. and 40.73 (1)
3(am) 3.; and to create 40.02 (17) (n), 40.02 (48) (am) 23., 40.02 (48) (b) 5., 40.05
4(1) (a) 7., 40.05 (1) (b) 1a., 40.05 (2) (ap), 40.05 (2) (ar) 2., 40.23 (3) (c), 40.65 (4w),
559.52 (8m) and 111.70 (4) (bn) of the statutes; relating to: classifying county
6jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement
7System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment
8Relations Act.

Under current law, participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System
(WRS) whose principal duties involve active law enforcement or fire suppression or
prevention and require frequent exposure to a high degree of danger or peril and a
high degree of physical conditioning are classified as protective occupation
participants. Current law classifies police officers, fire fighters, and various other
individuals as protective occupation participants. Under the WRS, the normal
retirement age of a protective occupation participant is lower than that of other
participants and the percentage multiplier used to calculate retirement annuities is
higher for protective occupation participants.