2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
February 23, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Subeck, McGuire, Bare,
Considine, Emerson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad,
Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Vining and
Jacobson, cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Agard, Spreitzer
and Smith. Referred to Committee on Government Accountability and
Oversight.
AB1114,1,6 1An Act to renumber 16.754 (1) (a) and 16.754 (2); to amend 16.72 (2) (c), 16.754
2(title), 16.754 (2) (title) and 16.754 (3) (intro.); and to create 16.754 (1) (am),
316.754 (2) (a), 16.754 (2m) and 66.0145 of the statutes; relating to: state
4procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and
5setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain percentage of
6products and services from businesses located in this state.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Administration and any agency making
purchases to attempt to ensure that at least 20 percent of the total amount expended
for procurement in each fiscal year is for products and services from
Wisconsin-based businesses and that, in any fiscal year, the percentage of the total
amount expended for products and services from Wisconsin-based businesses is not
lower than it was in the previous fiscal year. To measure compliance with this
requirement, the bill requires DOA to collect data from a person who bids for a
contract regarding the person's principal place of business and make the information
publicly available on its Internet site.
The bill also sets a goal that at least 20 percent of the aggregate value of the
annual purchases of products and services by a local governmental unit (which
includes cities, villages, towns, counties, and special purpose districts, which include
schools and technical college districts) will be from Wisconsin-based businesses. A

further goal is that, in any year, the percentage of the aggregate value of routine
purchases of products and services from Wisconsin-based businesses will not be
lower than it was in the previous year. The bill also requires a local governmental
unit to annually evaluate its performance in reaching these goals and make the
evaluation available to the public, but the local governmental unit's governing body
may vote to opt out of these requirements.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1114,1 1Section 1. 16.72 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1114,2,52 16.72 (2) (c) To the extent possible, the department shall write specifications
3so as to permit the purchase of materials manufactured in the United States, as
4defined in s. 16.754 (1) (b), or the purchase of local products or services, as defined
5in s. 66.0145 (1) (b)
.
AB1114,2 6Section 2. 16.754 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1114,2,8 716.754 (title) Preference for local products and services and
8American-made materials.
AB1114,3 9Section 3. 16.754 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 16.754 (1) (ar).
AB1114,4 10Section 4. 16.754 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1114,2,1211 16.754 (1) (am) “Local product or service" has the meaning given in s. 66.0145
12(1) (b).
AB1114,5 13Section 5. 16.754 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1114,2,1414 16.754 (2) (title) Purchase preference preferences.
AB1114,6 15Section 6. 16.754 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 16.754 (2) (b).
AB1114,7 16Section 7. 16.754 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1114,3,517 16.754 (2) (a) The department, a designated purchasing agent under s. 16.71
18(1), and each agency making purchases under s. 16.74 shall attempt to ensure that

1at least 20 percent of the total amount expended under this subchapter in each fiscal
2year is for local products or services and that the percentage of the total amount
3expended in any fiscal year for local products or services is not lower than the
4percentage of the total amount expended in the previous fiscal year for local products
5or services.
AB1114,8 6Section 8. 16.754 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1114,3,137 16.754 (2m) Data. For purposes of measuring compliance with sub. (2) (a), the
8department shall collect from a person who responds to a proposal or submits a bid
9for a contract information regarding the person's principal place of business. The
10department shall make available to the public on its Internet site the data it collects
11under this subsection as well as an annual evaluation of how well the department,
12its designated purchasing agents under s. 16.71 (1), and any agency making
13purchases under s. 16.74 are meeting the goals under sub. (2) (a).
AB1114,9 14Section 9. 16.754 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1114,3,2315 16.754 (3) Exemptions. (intro.) Subsection (2) (b) does not apply if the
16materials are purchased for the purpose of commercial resale or for the purpose of
17use in the production of goods for commercial sale. Subsection (2) does not apply to
18the purchase of stationery and printing materials. Subsection (2) (b) does not apply
19if the department determines, under s. 16.75 (1) (a) 2., that the foreign nation or
20subdivision thereof in which the vendor is domiciled does not give preference to
21vendors domiciled in that nation or subdivision in making governmental purchases.
22Subsection (2) (b) does not apply if the department or other person having
23contracting authority in respect to the purchase determines that:
AB1114,10 24Section 10. 66.0145 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1114,4,2
166.0145 Purchases of Wisconsin goods and services. (1) Definitions. In
2this section:
AB1114,4,33 (a) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0135 (1) (c).
AB1114,4,54 (b) “Local product or service" means a product or service that is purchased from
5a person whose principal place of business is located in this state.
AB1114,4,12 6(2) Purchasing goals. (a) It shall be a goal of a local governmental unit that,
7in each fiscal year, at least 20 percent of the aggregate value of purchases of products
8and services by that local governmental unit will be local products or services, and
9it shall be a further goal of the local governmental unit that the percentage of the
10aggregate value of routine purchases of products and services in any fiscal year that
11are local products and services will not be lower than the aggregate value of such
12routine purchases in the previous fiscal year.
AB1114,4,1813 (b) A local governmental unit shall evaluate its performance in reaching the
14goals specified in par. (a) and shall annually make this evaluation available to the
15public, except that these requirements do not apply to any local governmental unit
16whose governing body enacts an ordinance, adopts a resolution, or takes another
17official action stating that it chooses not to conduct an evaluation of its performance
18in reaching the goals.
AB1114,11 19Section 11. Initial applicability.
AB1114,4,2120 (1) The treatment of s. 66.0145 and the creation of s. 16.754 (2) (a) first apply
21to purchases made in the fiscal year that begins after this subsection takes effect.
AB1114,4,2322 (2) The treatment of s. 16.754 (2m) first applies to responses made and bids
23submitted in the fiscal year that begins after this subsection takes effect.
AB1114,4,2424 (End)
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