2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 217

Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

Enacted Last action April 3, 2026: Published 4-4-2026

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 14

Prime sponsors

Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Brooks, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, VanderMeer

Status

Enacted as of April 3, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Local Government, Assembly Rules, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 40

Date	Chamber	Action
April 3, 2026	Assembly	Published 4-4-2026
April 3, 2026	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 188
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 26, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026
March 26, 2026	Assembly	LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a second time
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 16, 2026	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
February 20, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
February 20, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
February 18, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Anderson added as coauthors
February 13, 2026	Assembly	Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
October 28, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
September 23, 2025	Assembly	Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
July 28, 2025	Assembly	Representative Udell added as a coauthor
May 29, 2025	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
May 29, 2025	Assembly	Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
May 29, 2025	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
May 28, 2025	Assembly	Executive action taken
May 15, 2025	Assembly	Representative Tittl added as a coauthor
May 14, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
May 7, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
May 7, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
May 6, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives O'Connor, Maxey and Donovan
April 23, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
April 23, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Brooks, Armstrong, Novak, Donovan, Kitchens, Franklin, VanderMeer, B. Jacobson, Gundrum, Knodl, Mursau, Dittrich and Melotik; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.