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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 691
November 26, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Novak
,
Behnke
,
Dittrich
,
Kurtz
,
Mursau
and
Ortiz-Velez
, cosponsored by Senator
Marklein
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB691,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
16.25 (3) (g) of the statutes;
relating to:
service award
2
program.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
The service award program, administered by the Department of Administration, provides length-of-service awards to volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical responders, and volunteer emergency medical services practitioners.
Under current law, vesting occurs once a volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency medical responder, or volunteer emergency medical services practitioner attains 15 years of service for a municipality and reaches the age of 60. This bill changes the program so a volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency medical responder, or volunteer emergency medical services practitioner is fully vested to receive a service award once he or she attains 20 years of service for a municipality and reaches the age of 53.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB691,1
1
Section
1
.
16.25 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB691,2,19
2
16.25
(3)
(g) A volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or
3
emergency medical services practitioner shall be paid a length of service award
4
either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, consisting of all municipal
5
and state contributions made on behalf of the volunteer fire fighter, emergency
6
medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner and all earnings on
7
the contributions, less any expenses incurred in the investment of the contributions
8
and earnings, after the volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or
9
emergency medical services practitioner attains
15
20
years of service for a
10
municipality and reaches the age of
60
53
. If a volunteer fire fighter, emergency
11
medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner has satisfied all
12
vesting requirements under the program but has at least 10 but less than
15
20
13
years of service for a municipality
or
and
has reached the age of 53
but has not
14
reached the age of 60
, the program shall provide for the payment of a length of
15
service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule in an amount to
16
be determined by the department, but less than the amount paid to a volunteer fire
17
fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner
18
who has attained
15
20
years of service for a municipality and has reached the age
19
of
60
53
. The department shall promulgate rules implementing this paragraph.
AB691,2,20
20
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