Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 236

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Senate, not reached
Passes Assembly, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
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

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 5, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Oct 5, 2017 official source full page