Assembly Bill 719
Public contracts with persons engaged in certain boycotts
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 27, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, no state agency or local unit of government may enter into a public contract with any person unless the contract contains a written verification from the person that the person does not boycott others on the basis of participation in covered activities or on the basis of others' relationships with persons participating in covered activities and that the person will not, during the term of the contract, boycott others on the basis of participation in covered activities or on the basis of others' relationships with persons participating in covered activities. Under the bill, “covered activities” are 1) production agriculture and 2) the exploration, production, use, transport, sale, or manufacture of fossil fuel–based energy. The prohibition does not apply to public contracts with those that employ fewer than 10 full-time employees or with nonprofit entities, to public contracts with an estimated cost of less than $100,000, to public contracts for which compliance cannot be obtained under commercially reasonable terms, or to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.
Who's behind it
6 representatives are its . All 6 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 27, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Nov 27, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 27, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Tomczyk
- Nov 27, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor