Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: public contracts with persons engaged in certain boycotts.
Contracts Cooperative associations County Municipality Purchasing government State agencies
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
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.
Sponsors
Full history
- Nov 15, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Bodden, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich and O'Connor
- Nov 15, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1