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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 233

An exemption from the prevailing wage law for a public works project that is not less than 85 percent privately funded in which the completed facility is dedicated to the state or a local governmental unit for conservation, recreational, or educational purposes

Topics: Public works, Wage: Payment

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 29, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of certain state or local projects of public works (generally single-trade projects whose estimated cost of completion is $48,000 or more and multiple-trade projects whose estimated cost of completion is $100,000 or more): 1) 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; and 2) 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 10 hours per day and 40 hours per week, unless they are paid 1.5 times their basic rate of pay (commonly referred to as "overtime pay") for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor (prevailing wage law).

This bill exempts from the prevailing wage law a project of public works in which not less than 85 percent of the estimated cost of project completion is privately funded, the completed facility is dedicated to the state or a local governmental unit without compensation for ownership by the state or local governmental unit, and the completed facility is used for conservation, recreational, or educational purposes.

Who's behind it

32 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 32 are Republicans.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (32)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs vote on an amendment

Passed, 5 to 3 · Mar 15, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 15, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 15, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.

  4. Oct 12, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Sep 29, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.

  6. Aug 30, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Aug 29, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.

  8. Aug 29, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 29, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Marklein, Knodl, August, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Craig, Jacque, Kapenga, Kestell, Klenke, Kooyenga, T. Larson, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, Petrowski, Petryk, Ripp, Rivard, Severson, Spanbauer, Steineke, Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Van Roy, Williams, Wynn, Zamarripa and Endsley;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Galloway, Cowles, Grothman and Kedzie

  2. Aug 29, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business

  3. Aug 30, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and referred to committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  5. Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Marklein

  6. Oct 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Oct 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Marklein

  8. Oct 17, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Danou

  9. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Danou and Zamarripa

  10. Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Dec 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Zamarripa withdrawn as a coauthor

  12. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  13. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  14. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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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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.

More in the glossary

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