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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 528

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: certain airport improvement contracts. (FE)

Airport Contracts Transportation department of — Administration

  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

This bill specifies that Department of Transportation contracts for improvements to airport facilities that are “qualified projects” may be “construction manager at risk contracts.” Under the bill, qualified projects are projects for the construction or improvement of a structure, and construction manager at risk contracts are contracts in which the construction manager agrees to complete the project within a guaranteed maximum price.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

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

6 cosponsors

B. Jacobson (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Nov 10, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives B. Jacobson, Murphy, Knodl, Kaufert, Moses and O'Connor

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 28, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 7, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  7. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative B. Jacobson

  16. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1