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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 514

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Relating to: prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in contracts relating to design professional services.

Architect Assembly district Contracts Court Court — Commissioner Engineer Landscape architect Public liability Surveying and surveyors Trades and occupations

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits the enforcement of any provision in a contract between the

state or a political subdivision and a private entity that is engaged in design

professional services that requires the private entity to indemnify or defend the state

or a political subdivision. Under the bill, design professional services is defined to

mean any service performed by a design professional and services performed by

others that arise out of or are related to services performed by a design professional.

The term “design professional” includes architects, engineers-in-training,

landscape architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and

Wisconsin registered interior designers. The bill excepts from the prohibitions

described above any provision in which a private entity's indemnification obligation

is limited to losses proximately caused by the negligent performance of design

professional services by the private entity and does not exceed the proportion of a loss

caused by the negligent performance and any provision required to be included in the

state's or a political subdivision's contracts with the federal government.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Considine (D) , Dallman (R) , Duchow (R) , Joers (D) , Novak (R) , Rozar (R) , Schmidt (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D)

6 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , O'Connor (R) , Pfaff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jan 11, 2024 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 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Steffen, Brandtjen, Considine, Duchow, Joers, Novak, Rozar, Schmidt and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Marklein, Pfaff and Spreitzer

  2. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Nov 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  6. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  8. Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dallman

  9. Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  10. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dallman

  11. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  12. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  20. Dec 5, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor

  22. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  23. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  24. Jan 11, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  29. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-18-2024

  33. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  34. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  35. Mar 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  36. Mar 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 211

  37. Mar 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Published 3-23-2024