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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 681

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Relating to: public contracts with persons engaged in certain boycotts.

Contracts Cooperative associations County Municipality Purchasing government State agencies

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

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

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Tomczyk (R)

6 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , O'Connor (R)

Full history

  1. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Bodden, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich and O'Connor

  2. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1