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Democratic Former Representative · Assembly District 43

Bills they led · 17

Bills where Kim Hixson is the lead author — the first name on the bill. Sponsoring a bill means putting it forward: the text itself is drafted by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Bills they signed onto behind another member are listed below, and bills they only voted on are in Vote history. What these roles mean

Of the 17 bills they led: 2 became law, 0 were vetoed, 3 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

2 became law 2 passed one chamber 13 died at session end
Became law 2 bills
  • AB 415 designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway. 2009
  • AB 159 the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes. 2009
Passed one chamber 2 bills
  • AJR 85 recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. 2009
  • AJR 33 proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. 2009
Died at session end 13 bills
  • AB 909 an income and franchise tax credit for new small businesses that hire interns. 2009
  • AB 908 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans. 2009
  • AB 724 creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 703 correcting errors in the assessment of counties and taxation districts by the Department of Revenue. 2009
  • AB 698 an addition to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program. 2009
  • AB 636 the use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. 2009
  • AB 624 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 555 correcting the 2009 equalized valuation of property in the city of Milton. 2009
  • AB 501 attachment of territory to public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and changing boundaries of proposed public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. 2009
  • AB 367 employment discrimination based on credit history. 2009
  • AB 15 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
  • AB 140 adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies. 2009
  • AB 106 underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. 2009

Coauthored · 90

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Kim Hixson signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 90 coauthored bills
  • AR 16 urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 2009
  • AR 13 proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 2009
  • AR 11 recognizing and proclaiming Hispanic Heritage Month, a month-long celebration of the culture and traditions of United States residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. 2009
  • AJR 98 declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. 2009
  • AJR 9 proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2009
  • AJR 82 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
  • AJR 80 commemorating the achievements and contributions of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on the occasion of its centennial. 2009
  • AJR 72 the life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. 2009
  • AJR 43 proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. 2009
  • AJR 27 proclaiming June 6, 2009, as Proper Drug Disposal Day. 2009
  • AJR 136 commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. 2009
  • AJR 103 recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. 2009
  • AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 2009
  • AB 98 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
  • AB 97 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
  • AB 95 preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 2009
  • AB 916 deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. 2009
  • AB 910 establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. 2009
  • AB 901 a sales and use tax exemption for textbooks. 2009
  • AB 882 accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. 2009
  • AB 853 tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 844 groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 792 state contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 789 insurance coverage of the services of behavior analysts for autism treatment. 2009
  • AB 770 assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. 2009
  • AB 768 authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate two additional enterprise zones. 2009
  • AB 756 the dairy and livestock investment tax credits. 2009
  • AB 752 members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 749 an income and franchise tax credit for equipment used to harvest or process woody biomass. 2009
  • AB 746 promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 745 prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 729 residential mortgage loan foreclosures. 2009
  • AB 725 providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. 2009
  • AB 67 alcohol beverages operators' licenses, managers' licenses, and retail licenses, and persons responsible for the operation of certain retail licensed premises. 2009
  • AB 664 requiring certain chain restaurants to post or provide nutritional information, providing immunity for restaurants that provide inaccurate nutritional information, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 660 certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 657 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 648 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes. 2009
  • AB 63 the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. 2009
  • AB 62 the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. 2009
  • AB 606 the regulation of video service providers and interim cable operators, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 591 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
  • AB 577 requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. 2009
  • AB 551 furlough of executive branch state employees during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 537 grants for improving academic achievement. 2009
  • AB 536 authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data. 2009
  • AB 534 authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 533 using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 2009
  • AB 532 directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 529 violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 513 the amounts appropriated for tuition grants and for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin system students, technical college students, and tribal college students; grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; grants to businesses to make capital expenditures; increasing the total amount of angel investment credits; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
  • AB 512 health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. 2009
  • AB 509 exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. 2009
  • AB 496 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 488 requiring newborn hearing screening. 2009
  • AB 430 making October 10, William D. Hoard Day, a legal holiday. 2009
  • AB 426 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
  • AB 407 mortgage loan defaults and notification of alternative dispute resolution options. 2009
  • AB 403 local government property insurance fund premiums. 2009
  • AB 401 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 394 the color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. 2009
  • AB 392 finance charges for licensed lenders. 2009
  • AB 391 deployment of high-speed Internet services. 2009
  • AB 388 campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment, candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, staffing of the Government Accountability Board; providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 387 the homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. 2009
  • AB 381 decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. 2009
  • AB 365 admitting prior testimony of a felony victim at a probation, parole, or extended supervision revocation hearing. 2009
  • AB 36 liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 2009
  • AB 358 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
  • AB 333 limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. 2009
  • AB 323 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 2009
  • AB 31 authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 3 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 283 operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 276 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
  • AB 265 the regulation of income tax refund anticipation loans and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 261 soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 250 regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 246 the use of automatic dialing announcing devices and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 236 requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits. 2009
  • AB 217 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 215 determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. 2009
  • AB 185 prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance. 2009
  • AB 16 requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. 2009
  • AB 152 mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 151 drunk driving penalties, consumption reports, and intoxicated driver deterrence. 2009
  • AB 138 the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. 2009
  • AB 119 requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. 2009
  • AB 113 changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 1 state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. 2009

Cosponsored · 60

Bills from the other house that Kim Hixson signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 60 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 82 commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. 2009
  • SJR 74 the retirement of Russ Whitesel, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. 2009
  • SJR 65 lead poisoning hazards, lead abatement, and requesting a study. 2009
  • SJR 55 declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. 2009
  • SJR 51 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
  • SJR 46 proclaiming Juror Appreciation Month. 2009
  • SJR 28 proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. 2009
  • SJR 12 recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. 2009
  • SB 89 requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. 2009
  • SB 76 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
  • SB 75 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
  • SB 701 the foreclosure and sale of residential property. 2009
  • SB 690 establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 686 providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. 2009
  • SB 67 preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 2009
  • SB 638 accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. 2009
  • SB 621 tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 620 groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 559 the dairy and livestock investment tax credits. 2009
  • SB 553 assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. 2009
  • SB 525 prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 523 unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights. 2009
  • SB 518 creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 5 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 476 certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
  • SB 447 state contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
  • SB 443 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
  • SB 432 the use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. 2009
  • SB 431 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 43 the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. 2009
  • SB 41 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
  • SB 402 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
  • SB 401 requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. 2009
  • SB 390 deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. 2009
  • SB 378 exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. 2009
  • SB 362 health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. 2009
  • SB 355 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 323 requiring newborn hearing screening. 2009
  • SB 30 underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. 2009
  • SB 3 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
  • SB 291 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
  • SB 282 local government property insurance fund premiums. 2009
  • SB 275 employment discrimination based on credit history. 2009
  • SB 273 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 27 requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. 2009
  • SB 261 deployment of high-speed Internet services. 2009
  • SB 259 the homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. 2009
  • SB 235 limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. 2009
  • SB 231 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 2009
  • SB 223 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
  • SB 221 campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment, candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, staffing of the Government Accountability Board; providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. 2009
  • SB 208 regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 200 products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 20 authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 19 liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 2009
  • SB 163 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 145 determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. 2009
  • SB 113 the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. 2009
  • SB 111 adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies. 2009
  • SB 108 mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. 2009

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