Senate Bill 573
State contractual services and cost-benefit analyses
Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, Budget bills and process, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Purchasing, Government, State agencies, Transportation, Department of: Administration, University of Wisconsin: Finance
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 15, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 21, 2012: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires executive branch state agencies, except for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the University of Wisconsin System (UW System), to submit to the Department of Administration (DOA) and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, by September 15 of each even-numbered year, and requires the secretary of administration to include in the biennial budget report, all of the following:
1. Information on the number of contracted positions, including the number of service hours and recurring service rate payments, providing services for the agency that are paid from the agency's base level funding and an identification of the appropriation or appropriations used to fund the contracted positions.
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2. The total amount of agency base level funding used to pay for the contracted positions; and the amount of funding requested for contracted positions and an identification of the appropriation or appropriations that will be used to fund the contracted positions.
3. Information on cost-benefit analyses or continued appropriateness analyses, including whether the agencies contracted for the services or used a state employee and the actual cost of completing the services.
This bill requires DOT and the UW System to submit to DOA and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, by September 15 of each even-numbered year, and requires the secretary of administration to include in the biennial budget report, the total amount budgeted and requested for contract expenditures, an identification of the appropriation or appropriations used to fund the contract expenditures, and the total amount of base level funding used to pay for the contract expenditures.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (4)
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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May 21, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 15, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Mar 15, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa and Vinehout;Cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Roys, Turner and Ringhand
- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- May 21, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
Terms on this page
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. 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
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