Assembly Bill 487
Exempting from the prevailing wage law public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a school district or for a cooperative educational service agency. (FE)
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
Nov 4, 2013
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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 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Cost estimate
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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) 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 (prevailing wage law).
This bill exempts from the prevailing wage law a project of public works that is erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a school district or for a cooperative educational service agency (CESA), except that the bill does not preclude a school district or a CESA from choosing to comply with the prevailing wage law in the same manner as any other local governmental unit contracting for the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a project of public works is required to comply with that law.
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Under current law, if the governing body of a school district adopts a resolution to raise money by bond issue or by borrowing money from the common school fund under a certificate of indebtedness, the school district clerk must publish notice of that adoption. The notice must state the maximum amount proposed to be borrowed, the purpose of the borrowing, and when and where the resolution may be inspected.
A referendum must then be held on the resolution, unless certain circumstances apply. If a referendum is held, the referendum question must indicate the purpose for which the bonds or certificate of indebtedness is to be issued and the maximum amount of the bonds or certificate of indebtedness to be issued.
This bill requires notice of a resolution to raise money by bond issue or by borrowing money from the common school fund under a certificate of indebtedness for the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a project of public works to which the governing body of a school district intends to apply the prevailing wage law, and the referendum question on such a resolution, to indicate that the maximum amount proposed to be borrowed is based, in part, on application of the prevailing wage law to that project.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . All 18 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 2, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 20, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 4, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining.
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Nov 4, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 4, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Sanfelippo, Bies, Born, Craig, Jacque, Kapenga, Kestell, Knodl, Kooyenga, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, Nass, Petryk, Pridemore, Strachota, Stroebel and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir and Lazich
- Nov 4, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining
- Nov 20, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 2, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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.
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