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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 307

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Relating to: competitive bidding thresholds and requiring school districts to utilize competitive bidding. (FE)

Milwaukee — School Public works Purchasing, government Racine, city of Road School — Board

  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

This bill increases to $75,000, with an exception for certain highway projects,

the threshold governing sealed, competitive bids that is applicable to a local unit of

government. Under current law, if the estimated cost of a public works project

exceeds $25,000, the state or local unit of government must solicit bids and award

the public works contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

The bill also requires a school board and the board of school directors of the

Milwaukee Public Schools to comply with these bidding requirements.

The bill also provides an exception to bidding requirements for improvements

that are constructed by a person other than the local unit of government and donated

to a local unit of government after the completion of construction.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Petersen (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R)

10 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Olsen (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Tusler (R)

Full history

  1. May 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives R. Brooks, Macco, Quinn, Horlacher, Brandtjen, Kulp, Petersen, Gannon, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Kleefisch, E. Brooks, Spiros, Ripp, Schraa, Kremer, Krug, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Steffen, Tauchen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, LeMahieu, Olsen, Feyen, Kapenga, Cowles and Tiffany

  2. May 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Bernier added as a coauthor

  4. May 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  5. May 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Pronschinske added as a coauthor

  7. Jul 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jul 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  9. Jul 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Sep 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  11. Jan 19, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  12. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1