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SB70-SSA2-SA1,50,1411 (2) Incumbent staff. Individuals holding positions as staff internal auditors
12in the department of employee trust funds on the day before the effective date of this
13subsection shall continue to serve in those positions until staff are appointed under
14s. 40.03 (1) (dm).”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,50,15 15118. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,50,16 16 Section 67 . 40.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,217 40.04 (3) (a) The net gain or loss of the variable retirement investment trust
18shall be distributed annually on December 31 to each participating account in the
19same ratio as each account's average daily balance within the respective trust bears
20to the total average daily balance of all participating accounts in the trust. The
21amount to be distributed shall be the excess of the increase within the period in the
22value of the assets of the trust resulting from income from the investments of the
23trust and from the sale or appreciation in value of any investment of the trust, over

1the decrease within the period in the value of the assets resulting from the sale or
2the depreciation in value of any investments of the trust.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,68 3Section 68 . 40.04 (3) (am) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,84 40.04 (3) (am) 3. (intro.) Annually, on December 31, the sum of all of the
5following shall be distributed from the market recognition account to each
6participating account in the core retirement investment trust in the same ratio as
7each account's average daily balance bears to the total average daily balance of all
8participating accounts in the trust:”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,9 9119. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,10 10 Section 69. 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,70 11Section 70. 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,1412 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2
13individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department
14before September 23, 2017,
that satisfies all of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,71 15Section 71. 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,72 16Section 72. 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 40.51 (2m) and
17amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,2118 40.51 (2m) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in a
19dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse
20or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6
21months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,73 22Section 73. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,51,2423 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health
24care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).
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1Section 74. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,52,142 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
3with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
4under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
5Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
6established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
7the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
8limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
9for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan
10established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible
11under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
12eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department
13may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
14health insurance.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,75 15Section 75. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,52,2216 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
17insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
18annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
19of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
20contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an
21eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse,
22domestic partner,
or parent.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,76 23Section 76. 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,53,624 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner until
25the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new

1domestic partnership or marries,
if the surviving spouse was married to the
2participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the
3surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership on the date that the
4participant was disabled under sub. (4),
50 percent of the participant's monthly
5salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1.
6to 6.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,77 7Section 77. 40.65 (7) (am) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,78 8Section 78. 40.65 (7) (am) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,79 9Section 79. 40.65 (7) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,53,1310 40.65 (7) (am) 3. The total monthly amount paid under subds. 1., 1g., 1m., and
112. may not exceed 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death
12reduced by any amounts under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6. that relate to the participant's work
13record.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,80 14Section 80. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,53,2215 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or the surviving domestic partner
16until the surviving spouse remarries, or the surviving domestic partner enters into
17a new domestic partnership or marries
, if the surviving spouse was married to the
18participant on the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4), or the
19surviving domestic partner was in a domestic partnership with the participant on
20the date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4),
70 percent of the
21participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but reduced by any amount payable
22under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,81 23Section 81. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. ag. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,82 24Section 82. 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. am. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,83 25Section 83. 40.80 (2r) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.80 (2r) (a) 1. Relates to a marriage or domestic partnership that terminated
2after December 1, 2001.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,84 3Section 84. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,74 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
5in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
6domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
7family support or marital property obligation.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,9313 8Section 9313. Initial applicability; Employee Trust Funds.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,119 (1) Deferred compensation; domestic partners. The treatment of s. 40.02 (8)
10(b) 3. first applies to benefits paid to a surviving domestic partner of a participant
11who dies on the effective date of this subsection.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,1412 (2) Duty disability death benefits; domestic partners. The treatment of s.
1340.65 (7) (am) 1. and (ar) 1. a. first applies to a surviving domestic partner of a
14participant who dies on the effective date of this subsection.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,15 15120. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,16 16 Section 85. 40.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,54,2117 40.22 (1) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2) and s. 40.26 (6) (1), each
18employee currently in the service of, and receiving earnings from, a state agency or
19other participating employer shall be included within the provisions of the Wisconsin
20retirement system as a participating employee of that state agency or participating
21employer.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,86 22Section 86. 40.22 (2) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.22 (2) (L) The employee is employed by a participating employer after the
2person becomes an annuitant, unless the service is after the annuity is suspended
3by the election of the employee under s. 40.26.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,87 4Section 87. 40.22 (2m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,55,115 40.22 (2m) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) (1), an employee
6who was a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
7at least one-third of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
8as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
9becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
10is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
11either of the following periods:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,88 12Section 88. 40.22 (2r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,55,1913 40.22 (2r) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) (1), an employee
14who was not a participating employee before July 1, 2011, who is not expected to work
15at least two-thirds of what is considered full-time employment by the department,
16as determined by rule, and who is not otherwise excluded under sub. (2) from
17becoming a participating employee shall become a participating employee if he or she
18is subsequently employed by the state agency or other participating employer for
19either of the following periods:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,89 20Section 89. 40.22 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,55,2321 40.22 (3) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in s. 40.26 (6) (1), a person who
22qualifies as a participating employee shall be included within, and shall be subject
23to, the Wisconsin retirement system effective on one of the following dates:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,90 24Section 90. 40.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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140.26 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) and ss. 40.05 (2) (g) 2. and 40.23 (1)
2(am), if a participant receiving a retirement annuity, or a disability annuitant who
3has attained his or her normal retirement date, receives earnings that are subject
4to s. 40.05 (1) or that would be subject to s. 40.05 (1) except for the exclusion specified
5in s. 40.22 (2) (L), the annuity shall be suspended, including any amount provided
6by additional contributions, and no annuity payment shall be payable after the
7month in which the participant files with the department a written election to be
8included within the provisions of the Wisconsin retirement system as a participating
9employee.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,91 10Section 91. 40.26 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,92 11Section 92. 40.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,56,1412 40.26 (2) (intro.) Upon suspension of an annuity under sub. (1) or (1m), the
13retirement account of the participant whose annuity is so suspended shall be
14established on the following basis:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,93 15Section 93. 40.26 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,56,2016 40.26 (5) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5m), if If a participant
17applies for an annuity or lump sum payment during the period in which less than 75
1830 days have elapsed between the termination of employment with a participating
19employer and becoming a participating employee with any participating employer,
20all of the following shall apply:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,94 21Section 94. 40.26 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,95 22Section 95. 40.26 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,96 23Section 96. 323.19 (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,9113 24Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.
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1(1) Election to continue annuity suspension. No later than 60 days after the
2effective date of this subsection, if an individual who is employed by a covered
3employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System has his or her annuity suspended
4under s. 40.26 (1m), 2021 stats., on the effective date of this subsection and wants
5to continue the suspension, the individual shall notify the department of employee
6trust funds on a form provided by the department. An election to continue the
7suspension is irrevocable.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,8 8121. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,9 9 Section 9113. Nonstatutory provisions; Employee Trust Funds.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,1310 (1) 2025-27 biennial budget request. In submitting information under s. 16.42
11for purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the department of employee trust
12funds shall include a request for funding for the modernization of the department's
13pension administration system.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,14 14122. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,15 15 Section 97. 230.12 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,1616 230.12 (9m) Paid family and medical leave. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,1817 1. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s.
18103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,2219 2. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee has a
20serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her
21employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any
22suitable employment.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,57,2323 3. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,8
1(b) Program. The administrator shall develop and recommend to the joint
2committee on employment relations a program, administered by the division, that
3provides paid family and medical leave for 12 weeks per year to employees whose
4compensation is established under this section or s. 20.923 (2) or (3) but does not
5include employees of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
6The approval process for the program is the same as that provided under sub. (3) (b),
7and, if approved, the program shall be incorporated into the compensation plan
8under sub. (1).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,109 (c) Rules. The administrator may promulgate rules to implement the family
10and medical leave program under par. (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,9101 11Section 9101. Nonstatutory provisions; Administration.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,1512 (1k) Paid family and medical leave. If the paid family and medical leave
13program under s. 230.12 (9m) is approved by the joint committee on employment
14relations, it shall go into effect immediately upon approval by the joint committee on
15employment relations.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,9147 16Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin
17System.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,1818 (1k) Paid family and medical leave.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,1919 (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,21 201. “Family leave” means leave from employment for a reason specified in s.
21103.10 (3) (b) 1. to 3.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,58,25 222. “Medical leave” means leave from employment when an employee has a
23serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her
24employment duties, or makes the employee unable to perform the duties of any
25suitable employment.
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13. “Serious health condition” has the meaning given in s. 103.10 (1) (g).
SB70-SSA2-SA1,59,72 (b) Program plan. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
3shall submit to the administrator of the division of personnel management in the
4department of administration, with its recommendations for adjustments to
5compensation and employee benefits for employees of the system under s. 230.12 (3)
6(e) 1. for 2023-25, a plan for a program to provide paid family and medical leave for
712 weeks annually to employees of the system.”.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,59,8 8123. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,59,10 9 Section 98. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
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SB70-SSA2-SA1,99 1Section 99. 16.75 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,100 2Section 100. 16.765 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,61,33 16.765 (1) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
4Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin
5Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin
6Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and
7Entertainment Corporation shall include in all contracts executed by them a
8provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or
9applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical
10condition, developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, as
11defined in s. 111.32 (13m), gender expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender

1identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),
or national origin and, except with respect to
2sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, obligating the contractor
3to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,101 4Section 101. 16.765 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA1,61,235 16.765 (2) Contracting agencies, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
6Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin
7Aerospace Authority, the Lower Fox River Remediation Authority, the Wisconsin
8Economic Development Corporation, and the Bradley Center Sports and
9Entertainment Corporation shall include the following provision in every contract
10executed by them: “In connection with the performance of work under this contract,
11the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for
12employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition,
13developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5), sexual orientation, gender
14expression, as defined in s. 111.32 (7j), gender identity, as defined in s. 111.32 (7k),

15or national origin. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
16employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment
17advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and
18selection for training, including apprenticeship. Except with respect to sexual
19orientation, gender expression, and gender identity, the contractor further agrees to
20take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. The contractor
21agrees to post in conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for
22employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the
23provisions of the nondiscrimination clause". clause.”
SB70-SSA2-SA1,102 24Section 102. 16.855 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-SSA2-SA1,103 25Section 103. 19.36 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.36 (12) Information relating to certain employees. Unless access is
2specifically authorized or required by statute, an authority may not provide access
3to a record prepared or provided by an employer performing work on a project to
4which s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 103.50 applies, or on which the employer is otherwise
5required to pay prevailing wages, if that record contains the name or other personally
6identifiable information relating to an employee of that employer, unless the
7employee authorizes the authority to provide access to that information. In this
8subsection, “personally identifiable information" does not include an employee's
9work classification, hours of work, or wage or benefit payments received for work on
10such a project.
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