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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 24

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Relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts. (FE)

Contracts Labor union Public works Purchasing, government Racine, city of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kremer (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Ott (R) , Petersen (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

10 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

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

Passed 6–3 Feb 13, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  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