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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: county public works notice and competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: county public works notice and competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 459"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 459 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Novak", "O'Connor"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-09-26T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd3d4eda-577e-4b0a-a262-9f41afa074b1"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab459"
+source_hash: "0c15afb8c945f06a9a4a515b25d7c1e659610e2709785c7f6a3d7a8431394dab"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 459 (2025) — Relating to: county public works notice and competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB459-ASA2)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB459)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **83–14** (pass) · lower
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 6, Noes 3 — **6–3** (pass) · lower
+- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 6, Noes 3 — **6–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- O'Connor — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives O'Connor and Novak; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk `introduction`
+- **2025-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
+- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 6, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 6, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative O'Connor
+- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 83, Noes 14 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 119 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd3d4eda-577e-4b0a-a262-9f41afa074b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+