Assembly Bill 167
The inapplicability of the prevailing wage law to projects in which the construction is contracted for by a private owner or developer and the completed projected is acquired by a local governmental unit or state agency
Topics: Contractor, Lease, Public building, Public works, Wage: Payment
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 24, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under the current prevailing wage law, certain laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a state or local project of public works must be paid at the rate paid for a majority of the hours worked in the person's trade or occupation in the county in which the project is located, as determined by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), and may not be required or permitted to work a greater number of hours per day and per week than the prevailing hours of labor, that is, no more than ten hours per day and 40 hours per week, unless they are paid 1.5 times their basic rate of pay (overtime pay) for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor.
This bill provides that the prevailing wage law does not apply to any project, including a highway, street, or bridge construction project, in which the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of the project is contracted for by a private owner or developer and the completed project is leased, lease purchased, or otherwise acquired by the state, a state agency, or a local governmental unit in lieu of the state, state agency, or local governmental unit contracting for the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of the project.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 23 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Donald Friske · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Passed, 49 to 48 · Apr 13, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 49, Noes 48”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 13, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 9, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 24, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.
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Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gottlieb, Ziegelbauer, Brooks, Friske, Gunderson, Honadel, Huebsch, Kestell, Knodl, LeMahieu, Meyer, Montgomery, Murtha, Nerison, A. Ott, Petersen, Suder, Stone, Strachota, Tauchen, Townsend, Vos, Roth and Nygren;Cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Schultz, Kedzie, Olsen and S. Fitzgerald
- Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor
- Apr 9, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Labor and referred to committee on Rules pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 49, Noes 48
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote