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Republican legislative leaders have no plans to reconvene either the Senate or Assembly for the purpose of voting again on a bill that sharply limits collective bargaining for government employees.

Andrew Welhouse, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), said in an e-mail on Saturday that Republicans will stick to the appeals process after Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi decided on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order to halt publication of the measure.

Once the bill is published, it becomes law.

"It's all about the appeals process," Welhouse wrote.

Republicans vowed to appeal Sumi's decision as early as Monday.

Sumi's decision means that Secretary of State Doug La Follette can't publish the law until she can rule on an injunction. Hearings on the injunction are scheduled for March 29 and April 1.