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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 553

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Relating to: eligibility for state procurement contracts and certain actions taken by state and local governmental bodies involving a boycott of Israel. (FE)

Corporation County International relations Municipality Purchasing, government

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits any state agency or other body in state government and any

local governmental unit, including a special purpose district, from adopting a rule,

ordinance, policy, or procedure that involves the state agency or local governmental

unit in a boycott of Israel or a person doing business in Israel or in a territory under

Israeli jurisdiction (prohibited boycott).

The bill also requires contracts for materials, supplies, equipment, and services

between state purchasing agents and nongovernmental entities to include a

provision that the nongovernmental entity is not currently participating, or will not

for the duration of the contract participate, in a prohibited boycott.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Ott (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R)

5 cosponsors

Harsdorf (R) , Lasee (R) , Nass (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 2018 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. Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Jacque, Ott, Quinn, Skowronski and Macco; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Harsdorf, Lasee, Wanggaard and Nass

  2. Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kooyenga

  4. Jan 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 31, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  8. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  9. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:05 PM on 2-22-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 27

  11. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2018

  29. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  30. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 248

  31. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018