---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: alternative delivery of projects contracted by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: alternative delivery of projects contracted by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 461 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feyen", "Keyeski", "Marklein", "Ratcliff", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974c176d-539d-4328-aa0c-8444cfb61913"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb461"
source_hash: "477441a56acec5fb79df4f98a63f57de9bf80c10eb7260f7e05767ad1f9014b3"
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 SB 461 (2025) — Relating to: alternative delivery of projects contracted by the Department of Transportation. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB461)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB461-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feyen — primary (person)
- Keyeski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Ratcliff — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Feyen, Keyeski, Spreitzer, Testin and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Dittrich, Goodwin, Kaufert, Knodl, Maxey, Moses, Murphy and O'Connor `introduction`
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- **2025-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2025-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 104 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-21-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974c176d-539d-4328-aa0c-8444cfb61913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).