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WI AB662

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alex Dallman

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits all Wisconsin state agencies, including the legislature and courts, from contracting with business entities domiciled, headquartered, or principally operating in foreign countries of concern (currently China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela under Maduro)

  • Bans contracts with entities controlled or majority-owned by the Chinese government, Chinese Communist Party, or Chinese military, as well as their subsidiaries and resellers of their products

  • Requires contractors to provide written certification that they are not a prohibited business entity and have made every effort to ensure goods/services do not originate from prohibited entities

  • Violators face forfeitures of at least $250,000 or up to twice the contract value, plus a 5-year ban from state contracting

  • Department of Administration investigates complaints, and the Attorney General may bring enforcement actions in court; exemptions allowed when goods/services are unobtainable elsewhere and DOA approves

Legislative Description

Prohibiting state contracting with certain business entities and providing a penalty. (FE)

Last Action

Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs1/26/2026
Rules1/14/2026
State Affairs11/19/2025

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