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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 865

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Relating to: certain preferential treatment by local governments.

County Discrimination in employment Municipality

  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

A statutory provision created in

2023 Wisconsin Act 12

provides that, unless

required to secure federal aid, no political subdivision may discriminate against, or

grant preferential treatment on the basis of, race, color, ancestry, national origin, or

sexual orientation in making employment decisions regarding employees of a

political subdivision or contracting for public works. This bill eliminates the

specification in this provision that the granting of preferential treatment based on

the listed characteristics is prohibited.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D)

6 cosponsors

Agard (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 2, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Madison, Ratcliff, Clancy, Conley, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Considine, Goyke, Jacobson, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Stubbs and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, L. Johnson, Spreitzer, Agard and Larson

  2. Jan 2, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1