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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 24

Project labor agreements and public contracts. (FE)

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

    Jan 17, 2017

  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 28, 2018: “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 this bill, the state and local units of government are prohibited from engaging in certain practices in letting bids for state procurement or public works contracts. Under the bill, the state and local governments may not do any of the following in specifications for bids for the contracts: 1) require that a bidder enter into an agreement with a labor organization; 2) consider, when awarding a contract, whether a bidder has or has not entered into an agreement with a labor organization;

or 3) require that a bidder enter into an agreement that requires that the bidder or bidder's employees become or remain members of a labor organization or pay any dues or fees to a labor organization.

Who's behind it

36 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 36 are Republicans.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 46 names

Authors (36)

Signed on in support (10)

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.

Assembly Committee on Labor vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 3 · Feb 13, 2017

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

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 13, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 13, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.

  4. Jan 24, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Jan 24, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Jan 24, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Jan 17, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

  8. Jan 17, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Kitchens, Allen, Bernier, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Jacque, Jarchow, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Kremer, Kuglitsch, Macco, Murphy, Neylon, Ott, Petersen, Quinn, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Steffen, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, Vorpagel, Zimmerman and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Olsen, Craig, Darling, Kapenga, LeMahieu, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Jan 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Jan 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Stafsholt added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  8. Feb 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  10. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 28, 2018 · 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.

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

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