Thomas Lothian

Republican Former Representative · Assembly District 32

Bills they led · 5

Bills where Thomas Lothian 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 5 bills they led: 2 became law, 0 were vetoed, 1 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

2 became law 3 died at session end

Became law 2 bills

AB 347 the Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff. 2009
AB 335 the consumption of alcohol beverages in public places. 2009

Died at session end 3 bills

AB 581 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 522 veterans records with the register of deeds. 2009
AB 394 the color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. 2009

Coauthored · 169

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Thomas Lothian 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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AR 25 requiring the Committee on Rules to offer a resolution calling for a special order of business on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14. 2009
AR 21 authorizing the attorney general to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or any part thereof, and the federal Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or any part thereof. 2009
AR 13 proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 92 recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War. 2009
AJR 65 different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first consideration). 2009
AJR 58 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
AJR 55 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
AJR 51 state sovereignty. 2009
AJR 36 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 2009
AJR 32 public officer salary changes (first consideration). 2009
AJR 31 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 2009
AJR 3 creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. 2009
AJR 23 declaring May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. 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 126 commending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's basketball team. 2009
AJR 121 proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 12 renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree. 2009
AJR 100 congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. 2009
AB 99 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 98 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
AB 97 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
AB 967 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement income received by an individual. 2009
AB 960 requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 2009
AB 96 operating a motor vehicle after revocation. 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 941 creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools. 2009
AB 937 distributing one-half of general school aid using an income equalization formula. 2009
AB 931 rule making that increases costs or regulatory burdens. 2009
AB 93 prohibiting certain automated telephone solicitations. 2009
AB 926 creating the Department of Environmental Quality and transferring some of the authority and duties of the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Environmental Quality and to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty, and making appropriations. 2009
AB 92 the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
AB 919 creating a qualified economic offer for school district professional employees in the arbitration process and school board selection of the group health benefits provider for school district employees. 2009
AB 917 elimination of sick leave for legislators, justices and judges, and all other state elected officials. 2009
AB 91 an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 907 funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees. 2009
AB 89 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
AB 879 sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 871 an income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service. 2009
AB 87 disposal of ash resulting from the burning of a structure. 2009
AB 866 restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28. 2009
AB 865 the limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. 2009
AB 863 eliminating the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. 2009
AB 862 distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book to certain newspapers. 2009
AB 855 authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to waive fishing license requirements for a weekend fishing event. 2009
AB 85 temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. 2009
AB 84 membership of the Natural Resources Board. 2009
AB 838 creating a refundable individual income tax credit for property taxes paid on a principal dwelling that is destroyed by a natural or man-made disaster and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 83 issuing annual fishing licenses to certain resident disabled veterans. 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 819 prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2009
AB 813 registration plates for certain disabled veterans. 2009
AB 804 remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college. 2009
AB 796 the rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. 2009
AB 79 release of persons who commit operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing penalties. 2009
AB 781 remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college. 2009
AB 752 members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 746 promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 74 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. 2009
AB 738 limiting nonallocable segregated fee and resident tuition increases at the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 727 changing the fees collected by a register of deeds, the redaction of social security numbers from electronic documents, and changes to the land information program. 2009
AB 714 creating an individual income tax deduction for amounts paid to process certain meat that is donated to a charitable organization and exempting from taxation certain meat processing fees. 2009
AB 71 contacting, harming, or threatening to harm a juror and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 70 adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 695 requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 694 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided. 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 631 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
AB 630 enforcement of the citizenship qualification for voting in elections in this state. 2009
AB 625 authority to modify speed limits in school zones. 2009
AB 602 designation of the manner of providing fire protection for a town. 2009
AB 599 a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness. 2009
AB 593 special adjustment aid to school districts. 2009
AB 592 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
AB 585 the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 582 eliminating the authority of municipalities and counties to impose a local motor vehicle registration fee. 2009
AB 576 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain dependents. 2009
AB 552 following snowplows and providing a penalty. 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 538 awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 525 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
AB 523 the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas. 2009
AB 517 highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. 2009
AB 516 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
AB 511 requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 505 the Department of Revenue's interpretation of the law. 2009
AB 496 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 493 vehicle admission receipt fees for certain members of the armed forces. 2009
AB 492 inattentive driving and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 49 special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned by veterans. 2009
AB 488 requiring newborn hearing screening. 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 466 municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. 2009
AB 464 a requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work. 2009
AB 463 requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. 2009
AB 46 an official state language, encouragement of cultural diversity, use of English for governmental written expression, acquiring language proficiency, and use of languages for nongovernmental purposes. 2009
AB 450 final offer limits under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
AB 446 authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet. 2009
AB 441 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
AB 440 licensure of dietitian nutritionists and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 44 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 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 434 eliminating Special Transfer Program aid. 2009
AB 425 directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. 2009
AB 422 battery, intimidation, or threats to a district attorney, deputy district attorney, or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 42 acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials, officials elect, and committees and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 382 fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. 2009
AB 380 state agency fiscal and operations reports and quarterly hearings of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. 2009
AB 38 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
AB 376 restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran. 2009
AB 373 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 370 information about land purchased with stewardship funding and approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain activities and projects that receive stewardship funding. 2009
AB 369 social and financial impact reports. 2009
AB 361 the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association. 2009
AB 351 the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. 2009
AB 346 penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. 2009
AB 326 committing fraud on certain service providers and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 321 requiring the enactment of legislation for setting the salaries of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the attorney general, the superintendent of public instruction, state senators and representatives to the assembly, supreme court justices, court of appeals judges, and circuit court judges. 2009
AB 313 licensure fee for an emergency medical technician. 2009
AB 312 authorizing cities and towns, and expanding the authority of villages, to create combined protective services departments. 2009
AB 306 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
AB 303 special distinguishing registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. 2009
AB 3 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 289 creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. 2009
AB 285 dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 284 special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 276 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 270 utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. 2009
AB 267 licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 263 requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 259 the care and treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia in residential care facilities, reports on residential care facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 258 the disposal of used automotive engine oil filters and oil absorbent materials and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 251 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 2009
AB 241 retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 238 determining eligibility of certain persons for Medical Assistance without consideration of a spouse's income or assets. 2009
AB 237 prohibiting the Department of Commerce from promulgating rules requiring registration of certain persons engaged in the construction business. 2009
AB 236 requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits. 2009
AB 233 use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 232 duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 231 the time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. 2009
AB 230 electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards. 2009
AB 226 increases in undergraduate resident tuition and nonallocable segregated fees at the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 225 mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. 2009
AB 216 permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. 2009
AB 208 an individual income tax credit for the sales and use taxes paid on self-service laundry services. 2009
AB 200 the number of school days required each school term. 2009
AB 198 highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. 2009
AB 196 providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants. 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 180 changes to and extension of the Environmental Results Program, extension of the Environmental Improvement Program and the length of a compliance schedule under that program, and reporting requirements for certain environmental programs. 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 166 the use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. 2009
AB 161 reimbursement for damages caused by dogs and the use of funds derived from the licensing of dogs. 2009
AB 149 the interest rate on delinquent property taxes. 2009
AB 148 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 142 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 2009
AB 141 requiring distribution of autism-related information, requiring a referral when certain diagnoses are made, providing funding for the Medical Assistance autism benefit, licensure of autism paraprofessionals, creating an autism paraprofessional board, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 138 the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. 2009
AB 136 partially exempting an assessor and an assessor's staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements related to the revaluation of property by an assessor. 2009
AB 132 a requirement that an employer grant an unpaid leave of absence to allow an employee to participate in an emergency service operation of the Civil Air Patrol and prohibiting discrimination in employment based on Civil Air Patrol membership. 2009
AB 130 costs of administering tests for intoxication. 2009
AB 129 battery or threat to witnesses 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 126 purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. 2009
AB 121 prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs. 2009
AB 120 providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants. 2009
AB 117 withholding of pay of certain state elected officials and prohibiting the reimbursement of certain legislator expenses; acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees; deadlines for the transmittal of the Building Commission's long-range state building program recommendations and the delivery of the governor's biennial budget message; submission of a report on the timeliness of the submittal of agency biennial budget requests; legislative consideration of biennial budget bill; operation of legislature before passage of biennial budget bill; and providing a penalty. 2009

Cosponsored · 100

Bills from the other house that Thomas Lothian 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 68 commending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's basketball team. 2009
SJR 62 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
SJR 37 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
SJR 36 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
SJR 21 celebrating March 25, 2009, as the 188th anniversary of Greek independence. 2009
SJR 19 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 2009
SJR 18 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 2009
SJR 13 the Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. 2009
SJR 11 veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration). 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 93 partially exempting an assessor and an assessor's staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements related to the revaluation of property by an assessor. 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 88 purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. 2009
SB 85 eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children. 2009
SB 80 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 2009
SB 76 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
SB 75 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
SB 699 providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants. 2009
SB 697 sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 69 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 680 requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 2009
SB 679 dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 652 special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities 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 581 prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2009
SB 56 an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 554 qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. 2009
SB 55 the regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
SB 543 registration plates for certain disabled veterans. 2009
SB 54 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
SB 519 the issuance by the Department of Transportation of Eagle Scout decals to be affixed to motor vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 507 changing the fees collected by a register of deeds, the redaction of social security numbers from electronic documents, and changes to the land information program. 2009
SB 500 requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 499 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided. 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 45 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. 2009
SB 44 adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 439 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
SB 421 underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises. 2009
SB 416 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
SB 404 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
SB 389 licensing sign language interpreters, creating an evidentiary privilege for communications with those interpreters, creating a Sign Language Interpreter Council, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 386 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
SB 385 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
SB 383 municipal court elections, judges, and procedure, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 382 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 374 creating a commercial driver license exception for law enforcement officers operating commercial motor vehicles. 2009
SB 363 the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 357 awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 355 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 353 federalizing the treatment of capital losses. 2009
SB 343 the rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. 2009
SB 340 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
SB 34 eligibility for an occupational license. 2009
SB 336 requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 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 33 purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 323 requiring newborn hearing screening. 2009
SB 32 prohibited alcohol concentration. 2009
SB 308 a requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work. 2009
SB 303 requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. 2009
SB 294 municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. 2009
SB 293 directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. 2009
SB 28 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
SB 252 the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. 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 247 information about land purchased with stewardship funding and approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain activities and projects that receive stewardship funding. 2009
SB 242 creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. 2009
SB 239 the Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff. 2009
SB 234 the consumption of alcohol beverages in public places. 2009
SB 233 creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 23 acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees. 2009
SB 223 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
SB 220 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
SB 202 school policies on bullying. 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 197 damages for frivolous claims. 2009
SB 196 the time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. 2009
SB 195 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 2009
SB 187 an income and franchise tax credit for wages paid to an employee who is deployed or called to active duty with the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. 2009
SB 186 the disposal of used automotive engine oil filters and oil absorbent materials and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 184 licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 178 requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 177 reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission. 2009
SB 171 retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 169 use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 166 creating an individual income tax deduction for any amount of interest paid on certain loans that are used for educational expenses. 2009
SB 165 changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. 2009
SB 164 increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. 2009
SB 142 slaughter of equine animals. 2009
SB 126 changes to and extension of the Environmental Results Program, extension of the Environmental Improvement Program and the length of a compliance schedule under that program, and reporting requirements for certain environmental programs. 2009
SB 118 prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs. 2009
SB 115 licensure of dietitians and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 114 the use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. 2009
SB 113 the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. 2009
SB 104 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 2009
SB 103 restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty. 2009

Thomas Lothian

Bills they led · 5

Coauthored · 169

Cosponsored · 100

Vote history · 0