Jim Sullivan
Atom feedDemocratic Former Senator · Senate District 5
Bills they led · 25
Bills where Jim Sullivan 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 25 bills they led: 17 became law, 0 were vetoed, 0 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.
Became law 17 bills
- SB 66 operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 587 commercial real estate liens and recording a correction instrument and a lis pendens. 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 530 regulating consumer small loans, limiting the areas in which a payday lender may operate, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 524 subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications. 2009
- SB 498 technical changes to 2009 Wisconsin Act 100. 2009
- SB 457 the placement of advertising signs in highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 456 special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. 2009
- SB 455 the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 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 429 establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. 2009
- SB 41 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
- SB 375 the exchange of electronic records contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Program and in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System between the director of state courts and the Department of Children and Families and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 291 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
- SB 278 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 195 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 2009
- SB 182 statute of limitations for intentional torts. 2009
Died at session end 8 bills
- SB 628 physical examinations and discovery of patients' records in civil actions. 2009
- SB 502 exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. 2009
- SB 458 the local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 418 disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 398 privatization of certain municipal water utilities. 2009
- SB 327 designating Wisconsin cheese as the Wisconsin state snack. 2009
- SB 219 causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 162 requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. 2009
Coauthored · 73
Bills led by another member of the Senate that Jim Sullivan 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 73 coauthored bills
- 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 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 53 honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. 2009
- SJR 52 the life and public service of Ernest Paul Sobotta. 2009
- SJR 4 recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. 2009
- SJR 17 proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month. 2009
- SJR 15 commending Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan on his appointment as archbishop of New York. 2009
- SJR 12 recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. 2009
- SB 9 a tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction. 2009
- SB 8 state procurement of contractual services. 2009
- SB 77 changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 669 willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 647 payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. 2009
- SB 632 control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 624 expanding the authority of political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans, and authorizing political subdivisions to make water efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans. 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 561 evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 533 an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 523 unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights. 2009
- SB 521 a sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 2009
- SB 503 requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited. 2009
- SB 5 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 483 prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances. 2009
- SB 477 treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. 2009
- SB 443 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 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 43 the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. 2009
- SB 425 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 420 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. 2009
- SB 415 requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. 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 40 public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 394 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
- SB 392 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
- SB 387 special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. 2009
- SB 385 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
- SB 377 carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. 2009
- SB 376 fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 340 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 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 331 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime 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 and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 324 providing instruction in human growth and development. 2009
- SB 307 special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 3 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
- SB 290 changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 284 designating and marking USH 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway. 2009
- SB 283 violation of the 72-hour no contact provision in domestic violence cases and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 273 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 263 criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 233 creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. 2009
- SB 231 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 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 213 notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions. 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 204 prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 202 school policies on bullying. 2009
- SB 200 products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. 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 191 podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes. 2009
- SB 185 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- SB 183 the provision of support services information to employees who are affected by a business closing or mass layoff and providing a penalty. 2009
- SB 171 retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. 2009
- SB 170 making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday. 2009
- SB 16 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
- SB 14 the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest. 2009
- SB 138 creating an income and franchise tax credit for motor vehicles that use gasoline and ethanol mixtures as fuel and for fuel efficient hybrid motor vehicles. 2009
- SB 123 regulating the transportation of aquatic plants and aquatic animals, the administration of federal funds for the control and eradication of noxious weeds, the placement of vehicles, seaplanes, watercraft, and other objects in navigable waters, the regulation of noxious weeds by municipalities, the disposal of invasive species, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 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 1 a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
Cosponsored · 90
Bills from the other house that Jim Sullivan 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 cosponsored bills
- AJR 81 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. 2009
- AJR 7 the life and public service of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr. 2009
- AJR 33 proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. 2009
- AJR 22 commending Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan on his appointment as archbishop of New York. 2009
- AJR 14 the life and public service of Frank H. Urban, M.D. 2009
- AJR 136 commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. 2009
- AJR 100 congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. 2009
- AB 876 expanding the authority of political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans, and authorizing political subdivisions to make water efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans. 2009
- AB 873 liens by commercial real estate brokers. 2009
- AB 821 commercial real estate liens and recording a correction instrument and a lis pendens. 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 815 physical examinations and discovery of patients' records in civil actions. 2009
- AB 785 an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 769 evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties. 2009
- AB 741 subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications. 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 730 prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances. 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 699 exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. 2009
- AB 692 technical changes to 2009 Wisconsin Act 100. 2009
- AB 691 requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited. 2009
- AB 679 the placement of advertising signs in highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 666 special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. 2009
- AB 657 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
- AB 656 the local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 651 the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 2009
- AB 65 public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, 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 644 establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. 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 639 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 62 the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. 2009
- AB 619 county, city, town, and village authority to create local elections boards and to regulate the financing of campaigns for county, city, town, and village offices; duties of municipal and county boards of election commissioners; and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 614 disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 608 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
- AB 607 requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. 2009
- AB 600 authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 6 a tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction. 2009
- AB 596 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
- AB 589 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
- AB 579 special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. 2009
- AB 57 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
- AB 550 the exchange of electronic records contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Program and in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System between the director of state courts and the Department of Children and Families and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 542 treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. 2009
- AB 520 participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations. 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 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 474 carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. 2009
- AB 473 fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 465 special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 462 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime 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 and making an appropriation. 2009
- AB 458 providing instruction in human growth and development. 2009
- AB 45 domestic abuse identification training. 2009
- AB 441 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
- AB 438 changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 426 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
- AB 410 violation of the 72-hour no contact provision in domestic violence cases and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 41 a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 409 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 401 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 395 criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 377 killing or harming with a motor vehicle or motorboat wild animals and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 358 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
- AB 354 statute of limitations for intentional torts. 2009
- AB 329 conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses. 2009
- AB 323 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 2009
- AB 305 notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions. 2009
- AB 3 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 299 products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 277 prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 27 the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest. 2009
- AB 269 causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 266 the provision of support services information to employees who are affected by a business closing or mass layoff and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 256 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
- AB 251 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 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 241 retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. 2009
- AB 240 making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday. 2009
- AB 219 requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. 2009
- AB 2 state procurement of contractual services. 2009
- AB 191 drunken driving and creating a penalty. 2009
- AB 162 regulating the transportation of aquatic plants and aquatic animals, the administration of federal funds for the control and eradication of noxious weeds, the placement of vehicles, seaplanes, watercraft, and other objects in navigable waters, the regulation of noxious weeds by municipalities, the disposal of invasive species, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
- AB 153 membership of the State Fair Park Board. 2009
- AB 151 drunk driving penalties, consumption reports, and intoxicated driver deterrence. 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 138 the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. 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