Chuck Benedict

Democratic Former Representative · Assembly District 45

Bills they led · 6

Bills where Chuck Benedict 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, 2 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

6 died at session end

Died at session end 6 bills

AB 900 the issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. 2009
AB 710 inadmissibility of a statement, a gesture, or conduct expressing apology or condolence by a health care provider. 2009
AB 664 requiring certain chain restaurants to post or provide nutritional information, providing immunity for restaurants that provide inaccurate nutritional information, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 620 physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 506 substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. 2009
AB 207 requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified. 2009

Coauthored · 125

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Chuck Benedict 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 125 coauthored bills

AR 28 commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. 2009
AR 16 urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 2009
AR 13 proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 2009
AR 11 recognizing and proclaiming Hispanic Heritage Month, a month-long celebration of the culture and traditions of United States residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. 2009
AJR 9 proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2009
AJR 85 recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. 2009
AJR 82 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 81 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 72 the life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. 2009
AJR 71 the H1N1 virus and its impact on Wisconsin. 2009
AJR 64 the life and public service of Linda Farley. 2009
AJR 42 recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin. 2009
AJR 41 declaring June as Scoliosis Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 37 proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight. 2009
AJR 35 commending the Gundersen Lutheran Health System on being recognized as the first medical facility in the nation to achieve a top rating from the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers. 2009
AJR 33 proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 31 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 2009
AJR 27 proclaiming June 6, 2009, as Proper Drug Disposal Day. 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 23 declaring May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 20 declaring March 2009 American Red Cross Month. 2009
AJR 135 declaring May as Mental Health Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 121 proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 106 proclaiming February 5, 2010, as Go Red for Women Day. 2009
AJR 103 recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. 2009
AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 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 974 insurance coverage of oral and injected chemotherapy. 2009
AB 97 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
AB 955 abuse and neglect of patients and residents. 2009
AB 95 preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 2009
AB 916 deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. 2009
AB 899 payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. 2009
AB 842 requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 779 designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 775 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 771 a grant to Wisconsin Workforce Development Association from the Department of Commerce and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 770 assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. 2009
AB 756 the dairy and livestock investment tax credits. 2009
AB 753 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 747 crimes against animals and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 746 promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 745 prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 718 operation of low-speed vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 708 creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 703 correcting errors in the assessment of counties and taxation districts by the Department of Revenue. 2009
AB 699 exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. 2009
AB 683 health care plans operated by cooperative associations. 2009
AB 682 the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 665 requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. 2009
AB 659 HIV testing, disclosure of HIV test results, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 653 prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. 2009
AB 652 establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. 2009
AB 65 public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 637 regulating chemicals in children's products and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 624 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 62 the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. 2009
AB 606 the regulation of video service providers and interim cable operators, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 605 authorizing two or more cities, villages, towns, or counties, or a combination of such political subdivisions, to create a commission to issue conduit revenue bonds and exercise eminent domain authority and exempting from taxation interest on such bonds. 2009
AB 600 authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 596 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
AB 591 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
AB 581 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 58 the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. 2009
AB 57 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
AB 549 psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 529 violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 512 health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. 2009
AB 496 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 469 the parking of vehicles on highways. 2009
AB 458 providing instruction in human growth and development. 2009
AB 447 payday loan providers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 44 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 2009
AB 421 Indian child welfare. 2009
AB 420 sentencing credit for time served on parole or under extended supervision. 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 405 prohibiting the manufacture and sale of bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 401 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 392 finance charges for licensed lenders. 2009
AB 382 fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. 2009
AB 381 decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. 2009
AB 366 probation for certain drunken driving offenses and providing penalties. 2009
AB 36 liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 2009
AB 358 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
AB 35 the use of race-based names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 349 limiting the searchability of a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed. 2009
AB 333 limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. 2009
AB 314 pesticide use by railroads, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 313 licensure fee for an emergency medical technician. 2009
AB 31 authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 3 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 299 products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 281 the restriction on the amount of phosphorus in certain cleaning agents. 2009
AB 278 the sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 273 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
AB 272 donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. 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 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 254 a sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. 2009
AB 253 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 252 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances 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 247 granting high school diplomas to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. 2009
AB 246 the use of automatic dialing announcing devices and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 245 service by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist. 2009
AB 227 directing the Pharmacy Examining Board to create a program to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 217 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 2 state procurement of contractual services. 2009
AB 187 school bus seating positions and passenger loading and unloading and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 170 regulating the provision of certain bags to customers of retailers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 159 the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes. 2009
AB 152 mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. 2009
AB 15 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
AB 142 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 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 119 requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. 2009
AB 116 school conference and activities leave. 2009
AB 114 open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 102 the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 101 the registration of antique snowmobiles. 2009
AB 1 state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. 2009

Cosponsored · 82

Bills from the other house that Chuck Benedict 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 82 cosponsored bills

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 65 lead poisoning hazards, lead abatement, and requesting a study. 2009
SJR 51 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
SJR 43 the life and public service of Linda Farley. 2009
SJR 4 recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. 2009
SJR 24 proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. 2009
SJR 19 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 2009
SJR 14 declaring March 2009 American Red Cross Month. 2009
SB 94 the licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 91 the use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 90 the registration of antique snowmobiles. 2009
SB 89 requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. 2009
SB 86 school conference and activities leave. 2009
SB 80 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 2009
SB 8 state procurement of contractual services. 2009
SB 76 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
SB 75 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
SB 698 authorizing medically related actions by physician assistants. 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 67 preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 2009
SB 663 requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 657 abuse and neglect of patients and residents. 2009
SB 647 payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. 2009
SB 634 the regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 629 the sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of mercury-added lamps and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 611 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 579 designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 555 crimes against animals and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 553 assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. 2009
SB 537 the issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. 2009
SB 536 promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 525 prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 502 exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. 2009
SB 5 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 497 creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 471 health care plans operated by cooperative associations. 2009
SB 468 the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 460 prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. 2009
SB 454 establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. 2009
SB 453 requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. 2009
SB 431 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 41 indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. 2009
SB 402 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
SB 40 public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 399 authorizing two or more cities, villages, towns, or counties, or a combination of such political subdivisions, to create a commission to issue conduit revenue bonds and exercise eminent domain authority and exempting from taxation interest on such bonds. 2009
SB 395 psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 394 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
SB 390 deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. 2009
SB 382 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 362 health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. 2009
SB 355 prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 354 substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. 2009
SB 334 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 324 providing instruction in human growth and development. 2009
SB 31 the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. 2009
SB 3 health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. 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 271 prohibiting the manufacture and sale at wholesale of certain baby bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 270 limiting the searchability of a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed. 2009
SB 25 the use of race-based names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 235 limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. 2009
SB 208 regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 200 products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 20 authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 198 donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. 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 19 liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 2009
SB 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 181 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 176 a sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. 2009
SB 163 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 16 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
SB 119 open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, 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 108 mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. 2009
SB 107 the sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 104 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 2009
SB 1 a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. 2009

Chuck Benedict

Bills they led · 6

Coauthored · 125

Cosponsored · 82

Vote history · 0