MADISON — In February, 14 state senators thought their best bet to stop the governor’s budget-repair bill dead in its track was to leave the state.
That move failed and the bill became law. And now similar actions may have an expensive consequence.
State Rep. Tyler August, R-Walworth, co-authored a bill, AB 153 – known as the Leave Law – that would penalize any lawmaker who is absent without approved leave for three or more days.
A proposed fine for unexcused absences has Wisconsin Democrats worried that Republicans may take away traditional privileges in the legislature.
AB 153, known as the Leave Law, was less than gracefully received in its first public hearing Thursday before the Assembly Committee of Judiciary and Ethics.
The proposed law, August said, is “pretty simple.” The measure was debated Thursday during its first public hearing before the Assembly Committee of Judiciary and Ethics.
“If any legislator from either house (of the General Assembly) would be absent without leave for a period of three consecutive session days or more, they would be subject to a $500 fine per day” after the first three days, August said.
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