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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
April 11, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, C. Anderson, Bare,
Madison, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Snodgrass and
Stubbs. Referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
AB1206,1,2
1An Act to create 230.35 (2g) of the statutes;
relating to: sick leave for veterans
2employed by state.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, state employees are generally entitled to receive paid sick
leave as part of their compensation, and, if an employee does not use all of his or her
sick leave during a calendar year, the employee may accumulate unused sick leave
from year to year in a sick leave account. The paid sick leave for state employees is
regulated by administrative rules of the division of personnel management in the
department of administration.
Under this bill, a state employee who is a veteran of the U.S. armed forces or
in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces during a war period or in a
crisis zone is entitled to 60 hours per year of paid sick leave in order to receive health
care or mental health care for a disability related to the employee's military service
at a facility operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or at a facility to
which a veteran is referred for treatment under the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs Community Care Network. This paid leave is in addition to any paid sick
leave generally provided to state employees and does not accumulate from year to
year and may not be converted to credits to pay for health insurance in retirement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1206,1
1Section
1. 230.35 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
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230.35
(2g) (a) In this subsection:
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1. “Health care” has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (3).
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2. “Veteran” has the meaning given in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f).
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(b) An appointing authority shall grant a leave of absence with pay owing to
6sickness of at least 60 hours per year for any veteran employed by the appointing
7authority, for the employee to receive health care or mental health care for a
8disability related to the employee's military service at any facility operated by the
9U.S. department of veterans affairs or at a facility to which a veteran is referred for
10treatment under the U.S. department of veterans affairs community care network,
11if that care is on behalf of and paid for by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
12Leave under this subsection is in addition to any leave under sub. (2) and does not
13accumulate from year to year and may not be converted to credits to pay for health
14insurance under s. 40.05 (4) (b), (bc), or (bf) or the supplemental health insurance
15conversion credit program under s. 230.12 (9). The administrator shall promulgate
16rules to implement this subsection.
