Russell Decker
Atom feedDemocratic Former Senator · Senate District 29
Bills they led · 16
Bills where Russell Decker 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 16 bills they led: 2 became law, 0 were vetoed, 4 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.
Became law 2 bills
Adopted 1 bills
- SJR 8 modifying the session schedule for the 2009-10 biennial session period and extending the deadline for the governor's budget message. 2009
Passed one chamber 6 bills
- SR 2 the senate rules. 2009
- SR 13 the retirement of Ron Sklansky, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. 2009
- SR 1 notifying the assembly and the governor that the 2009-2010 senate is organized. 2009
- SJR 80 the years of public service of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton. 2009
- SJR 75 recall of enrolled 2009 Senate Bill 291. 2009
- SJR 35 encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. 2009
Died at session end 7 bills
- SJR 41 creating a committee of conference on 2009 Assembly Bill 75, the executive budget bill of the 2009 legislature. 2009
- SJR 29 the life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski. 2009
- SB 694 membership on the Natural Resources Board. 2009
- SB 687 eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. 2009
- SB 683 transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded a purple heart medal. 2009
- SB 222 group deer hunting requirements and restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle. 2009
- SB 1 a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
Coauthored · 26
Bills led by another member of the Senate that Russell Decker 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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- SR 5 memorializing Congress to enact the Employee Free Choice Act. 2009
- SR 12 supporting the Marinette Marine Corporation's littoral combat ship project. 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 7 providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). 2009
- SJR 51 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
- SB 76 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
- SB 75 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
- SB 66 operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 659 review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. 2009
- SB 656 construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 600 making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 481 wild turkey hunting approvals; the regulation of the hunting of wild turkey; and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 442 requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. 2009
- SB 409 a postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
- SB 402 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
- SB 305 allowing a member of a group fishing party to catch a fish using the bag limit of another member. 2009
- SB 300 certain areas of land subject to managed forest land orders that were part of a parcel of land under single ownership that exceeded 8,000 acres in size. 2009
- SB 3 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
- SB 232 the payment of state school aid in June 2009. 2009
- SB 2 the filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. 2009
- SB 189 eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and payment of extended benefits; excluding recovery and reinvestment act moneys from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments; eligibility for participation in the programs of a community action agency; financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program; the confidentiality of pupil records provided to the Department of Public Instruction; financial assistance for criminal justice programs; authorizing political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans; definition of low-income household under energy and weatherization assistance programs; eligibility and notice changes for state continuation of coverage for health insurance; changes to enterprise zone jobs credits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 167 the minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 160 increasing the amount of the homestead exemption. 2009
- SB 15 payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. 2009
- SB 135 requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process. 2009
- SB 129 the privilege of self-defense. 2009
Cosponsored · 24
Bills from the other house that Russell Decker 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 24 cosponsored bills
- AJR 82 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
- AJR 45 the life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski. 2009
- AJR 24 providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). 2009
- AJR 18 the life and public service of Rebecca Young. 2009
- AB 98 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
- AB 97 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
- AB 958 review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. 2009
- AB 950 eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. 2009
- AB 912 construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 856 raffles. 2009
- AB 654 requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. 2009
- AB 641 a postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
- AB 601 membership of Building Commission. 2009
- AB 591 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
- AB 5 payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. 2009
- AB 41 a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 40 the filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. 2009
- AB 255 eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and payment of extended benefits; excluding recovery and reinvestment act moneys from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments; eligibility for participation in the programs of a community action agency; financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program; the confidentiality of pupil records provided to the Department of Public Instruction; financial assistance for criminal justice programs; authorizing political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans; definition of low-income household under energy and weatherization assistance programs; eligibility and notice changes for state continuation of coverage for health insurance; changes to enterprise zone jobs credits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 222 the minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 209 authorizing a county to provide assistance to a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to certain individuals. 2009
- AB 193 the privilege of self-defense. 2009
- AB 189 increasing the amount of the homestead exemption. 2009
- AB 172 requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process. 2009
- AB 15 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009