Senate Bill 1000
Prohibiting state contracting with certain business entities and providing a penalty. (FE)
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
Feb 7, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
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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
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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.
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Signed on in support
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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.
This bill prohibits any state agency or other body in Wisconsin state government, including the legislature and the courts (state agency), from contracting with certain prohibited business entities. Specifically, the bill prohibits state agencies from contracting with any organization or enterprise operated for profit that is organized under the laws or rules of a country of concern or that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the government of a country of concern or by a business entity organized under the laws or rules of a country of concern. The bill defines “country of concern” to mean each of the following:
1. The People's Republic of China.
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2. Russia.
3. Cuba.
4. Iran.
5. North Korea.
6. Venezuela.
Additionally, the bill provides that no contract between any person and a state agency shall be valid, binding, and enforceable unless the person provides prior written certification to the state agency that the person is not a prohibited business entity and that the person has made every effort to ensure that the goods or services provided under the contract did not originate with a prohibited business entity.
Moreover, if any person contracting with a state agency becomes a prohibited business entity, the person is for that reason considered to be in breach of contract, and the person must provide written notification of the breach to the state agency.
The state agency may then terminate the contract and may pursue all appropriate legal remedies for the breach.
The bill charges the Department of Administration with receiving and investigating complaints of alleged violations of the bill's contracting requirements.
If DOA determines that a person has violated the bill's requirements, all of the following apply:
1. The person is liable for a forfeiture equal to the greater of $250,000, an amount equal to twice the amount of the value of the relevant contract, o an amount equal to the total amount of all pecuniary losses suffered by any state as a result of the violation.
2. The person is ineligible to contract with a state agency for five years following the date of the DOA's determination of a violation.
Finally, the bill authorizes the Attorney General to enforce the bill's requirements in court.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Ellen Schutt · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 7, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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Feb 7, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 7, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Testin, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Schutt, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Schmidt and Steffen
- Feb 7, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
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