republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 217"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 217 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Brooks", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Franklin", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Melotik", "Mursau", "Novak", "O'Connor", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c99e5e-d54e-406a-9721-b23011e7b999"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab217"
source_hash: "f06a92ae24201cdeec3aff4f8537b3119eefc0e010745a012e0b62f9de5992b0"
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 217 (2025) — Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB217-ASA1-AA1)
2. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB217-ASA1)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB217)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Brooks, Armstrong, Novak, Donovan, Kitchens, Franklin, VanderMeer, B. Jacobson, Gundrum, Knodl, Mursau, Dittrich and Melotik; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives O'Connor, Maxey and Donovan
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Tittl added as a coauthor
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- **2025-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2025-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Anderson added as coauthors
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 188 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c99e5e-d54e-406a-9721-b23011e7b999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).