Theodore Kanavas
Atom feedRepublican Former Senator · Senate District 33
Bills they led · 6
Bills where Theodore Kanavas 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 6 bills they led: 0 became law, 0 were vetoed, 3 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.
Passed one chamber 3 bills
- SR 10 urging the government of Turkey to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate recognition, ecclesiastical succession, the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 2009
- SJR 60 proclaiming that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants. 2009
- SJR 21 celebrating March 25, 2009, as the 188th anniversary of Greek independence. 2009
Died at session end 3 bills
- SB 422 designation of an official state automotive museum. 2009
- SB 350 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 2009
- SB 177 reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission. 2009
Coauthored · 34
Bills led by another member of the Senate that Theodore Kanavas signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.
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- 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 54 commending Mary and Ted Kellner on the occasion of their receiving the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award. 2009
- SJR 53 honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. 2009
- SJR 36 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
- SJR 3 Proclaiming Data Privacy Day. 2009
- SJR 10 the dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). 2009
- SB 92 preparation and legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill; making all meetings of the Joint Committee on Finance relating to the biennial budget bill available in real time for viewing by the public on the legislature's Internet Web site; and reporting of certain information by lobbying principals. 2009
- SB 700 the sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries. 2009
- SB 696 applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law. 2009
- SB 679 dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 65 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. 2009
- SB 64 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. 2009
- SB 54 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
- SB 539 tax incentives for job creation. 2009
- SB 52 an education tax credit for businesses. 2009
- SB 514 additions to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program. 2009
- SB 495 operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 474 income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building. 2009
- SB 458 the local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 416 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
- SB 4 the regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 387 special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. 2009
- SB 386 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
- SB 340 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
- SB 333 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 298 state building contracting and construction procedures and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 28 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
- SB 278 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 249 popular election of technical college district boards, providing an exemption from and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 225 the designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. 2009
- SB 220 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 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 199 requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation. 2009
- SB 129 the privilege of self-defense. 2009
Cosponsored · 43
Bills from the other house that Theodore Kanavas signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.
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- AJR 55 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
- AJR 16 the dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). 2009
- AJR 138 the right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration). 2009
- AJR 125 requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration). 2009
- AJR 121 proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. 2009
- AJR 112 declaring March 10, 2010, Tibet Day. 2009
- AB 947 requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 917 elimination of sick leave for legislators, justices and judges, and all other state elected officials. 2009
- AB 89 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
- AB 829 applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law. 2009
- AB 814 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 2009
- AB 80 an education tax credit for businesses. 2009
- AB 77 increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits. 2009
- AB 752 members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 656 the local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 631 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
- AB 579 special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. 2009
- AB 576 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain dependents. 2009
- AB 540 allowing out-of-state insurers to offer health care plans that are exempt from certain laws to employers and individuals in this state. 2009
- AB 539 disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 516 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
- AB 505 the Department of Revenue's interpretation of the law. 2009
- AB 502 requiring the Department of Revenue to certify the tax base of Tax Incremental Financing District Number 18 in the city of Waukesha. 2009
- AB 479 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 478 ending combined reporting. 2009
- AB 477 the effective date of the jobs tax credit. 2009
- AB 437 reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission. 2009
- AB 427 state building contracting and construction procedures and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 409 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 38 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
- AB 350 sales and use tax exemption for motorboats. 2009
- AB 326 committing fraud on certain service providers and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 306 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
- AB 285 dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, 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 193 the privilege of self-defense. 2009
- AB 181 operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. 2009
- AB 169 the number of nomination paper signatures required for school board candidates in certain school districts. 2009
- AB 168 preparation and legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill; making executive sessions of the Joint Committee on Finance relating to the biennial budget bill available in real time for viewing by the public on the legislature's Internet Web site; and reporting of certain information by lobbying principals. 2009
- AB 153 membership of the State Fair Park Board. 2009
- AB 14 the regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
- AB 127 preparation of zero-based biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies, preparation and passage of biennial budget bill or bills, state budget deficit, and generally accepted accounting principles. 2009
- AB 12 a meat processing facility investment income and franchise tax credit, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009