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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 508
October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SHANKLAND, SINICKI, OHNSTAD,
C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, BARE, CABRERA, CLANCY, CONLEY, CONSIDINE,
DOYLE, DRAKE, EMERSON, GOYKE, HAYWOOD, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON,
MOORE OMOKUNDE, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SNODGRASS,
STUBBS, SUBECK and VINING, cosponsored by Senators HESSELBEIN, L.
JOHNSON, AGARD, CARPENTER, LARSON, PFAFF, ROYS, SMITH, SPREITZER, TAYLOR
and WIRCH. Referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment.
1 AN ACT to repeal 16.75 (1p), 16.855 (1p), 66.0901 (1) (ae), 66.0901 (1) (am),
2 66.0901 (6m) and 66.0901 (6s); and to amend 66.0901 (6) of the statutes;
3 relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the state and local units of government are prohibited from
engaging in certain practices in letting bids for state procurement or public works
contracts. Among these prohibitions, as established by 2017 Wisconsin Act 3, the
state and local governments may not do any of the following in specifications for bids
for the contracts: 1) require that a bidder enter into an agreement with a labor
organization; 2) consider, when awarding a contract, whether a bidder has or has not
entered into an agreement with a labor organization; or 3) require that a bidder enter
into an agreement that requires that the bidder or bidder's employees become or
remain members of a labor organization or pay any dues or fees to a labor
organization. This bill repeals these bidding specification restrictions.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
4 SECTION 1. 16.75 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 508 SECTION 2
1 SECTION 2. 16.855 (1p) of the statutes is repealed.
2 SECTION 3. 66.0901 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
3 SECTION 4. 66.0901 (1) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
4 SECTION 5. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
5 66.0901 (6) SEPARATION OF CONTRACTS; CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS. In public
6 contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public
7 building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality
8 may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts
9 shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. Except as
10 provided in sub. (6m), the The municipality may set out in any public contract
11 reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character
12 and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors
13 as to their financial responsibility, competency and ability to perform work and set
14 up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person,
15 if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid.
16 SECTION 6. 66.0901 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.
17 SECTION 7. 66.0901 (6s) of the statutes is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 16.75(1p), 16.75, 16.855(1p), 16.855, 66.0901(1)(ae), 66.0901, 66.0901(1)(am), 66.0901(6), 66.0901(6m), 66.0901(6s)