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WI AB152
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/2/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joy Goeben
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AI Summary
- Amends Wisconsin statute 985.065(2)(a) governing competitive bidding requirements for county publication contracts
- Current law requires counties with 250,000+ population to solicit bids from daily English newspapers for printing county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements
- Adds new requirement that the county must also have at least 2 English daily newspapers for the mandatory bid solicitation to apply
- Counties meeting both criteria must direct the county clerk at the annual meeting to invite proposals for the following year's publications
- Effectively exempts large counties with only one daily English newspaper from the competitive bidding requirement
Legislative Description
Bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.
Last Action
Laid on the table
11/19/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules10/16/2025
Local Government4/2/2025
Full Bill Text
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