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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 285

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Relating to: bidding procedures for highway improvements. (FE)

Purchasing government Road — Construction and repair Transportation department of — Roads

  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 current law, highway improvement projects undertaken by the

Department of Transportation, with limited exceptions, must be executed by

contract based on bids. Under this bill, with an exception, if only one bid from a

competent bidder is received for a contract and the bid is in excess of 110 percent of

the estimated reasonable value of the work, DOT must reject the bid and readvertise

the contract for bids in a manner likely to increase the number of bidders.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hutton (R) , Jagler (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Neylon (R) , Ott (R) , Plumer (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sortwell (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Craig (R) , Edming (R) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , Skowronski (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 7, Noes 6

Passed 7–6 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 5 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Jun 18, 2019 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 Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 61–35 Jun 20, 2019 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 3

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

Passed 3–2 Jun 21, 2019 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 Oct 4, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 19–14 Oct 8, 2019 official source full page

Full history

  1. Jun 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hutton, Jagler, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Neylon, Ott, Quinn, Ramthun, Sortwell, Tusler, Wichgers and Plumer; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Jacque, Nass, Stroebel and Bernier

  2. Jun 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Jun 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros

  7. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  8. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)

  9. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Sanfelippo

  11. Jun 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Sanfelippo

  12. Jun 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Sanfelippo

  13. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  14. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 7, Noes 6

  15. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 5 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  16. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  17. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  18. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  19. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 5)

  20. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Sanfelippo

  21. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  22. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  24. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 5 adopted

  25. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 adopted

  26. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 35

  29. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  31. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  32. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  33. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

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

  34. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-26-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  35. Jun 26, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  36. Jun 26, 2019 · Senate

    Referred to committee on Senate Organization

  37. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

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

  38. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  39. Oct 7, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Craig

  40. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  41. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  42. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  43. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  44. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  45. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  46. Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)

  47. Mar 26, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  48. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1