SB 465 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts. (FE)

SB 465 removes outdated restrictions on public construction contracts by repealing specific statutes (16.75(1p), 16.855(1p), 66.0901(1)(ae), (am), (6m), and (6s)). It amends Section 66.0901(6) to allow municipalities to set reasonable conditions for worker pay, hours, and qualifications in public building projects (excluding highways), and to classify contractors based on financial responsibility and ability. This directly affects cities and towns awarding construction contracts for public buildings, giving them more flexibility in contract terms. The bill makes no new policy changes but eliminates existing barriers to municipal oversight of worker conditions and contractor qualifications.
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Introduced Oct 2, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Fitzgerald, Vining, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, Doyle, Emerson, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan,
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