Every Bill Led or Signed

309 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–200.

SJR 8 The vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
SJR 73 Commending Timothy Michael Dolan on his elevation to the cardinalate. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 59 The life and public service of Richard (Dick) Bolender. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 35 Declaring June 1 to 7, 2011, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 29 Stroke Awareness Month 2011. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 28 Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 26 Honoring municipal clerks and declaring May 1 through 7, 2011, as Municipal Clerks Week. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 25 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 23 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
SJR 21 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). Cosponsor 2011
SJR 18 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 92 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Cosponsor 2011
SB 86 Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon. Cosponsor 2011
SB 85 Theft of certain services and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 82 Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney. Cosponsor 2011
SB 81 Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. Cosponsor 2011
SB 79 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2011
SB 76 Costs of administering tests for intoxication. Cosponsor 2011
SB 74 Eliminating substitution of judges in criminal matters. Cosponsor 2011
SB 73 The authority of attorneys to issue subpoenas. Cosponsor 2011
SB 70 Increasing the jurisdictional amount in and the filing fee for small claims actions. Cosponsor 2011
SB 7 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2011
SB 69 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools. Cosponsor 2011
SB 66 A property tax exemption for a nonprofit resale store. Cosponsor 2011
SB 6 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 58 Liability of public utility customers for unbilled utility service. Cosponsor 2011
SB 57 Corrections and sentencing. Cosponsor 2011
SB 56 Evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and certain sex offenses against children and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 545 Searches by a law enforcement officer of a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision. Cosponsor 2011
SB 527 Sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 514 Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. Cosponsor 2011
SB 49 Revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction. Cosponsor 2011
SB 48 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 473 Statute of limitations for first-degree sexual assault, attempted homicide, and attempted first-degree sexual assault. Cosponsor 2011
SB 45 Administration of medication to pupils. Cosponsor 2011
SB 449 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words Choose Life and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 44 Closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 426 Intentional program violations of public assistance programs. Cosponsor 2011
SB 380 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Cosponsor 2011
SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
SB 33 Removal of abandoned dams. Cosponsor 2011
SB 306 Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion, information on domestic abuse services, giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug, repealing criminal sanctions against women who perform or obtain certain abortion procedures, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 297 Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. Cosponsor 2011
SB 290 Acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor. Cosponsor 2011
SB 29 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2011
SB 24 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements. Cosponsor 2011
SB 237 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Cosponsor 2011
SB 226 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements. Cosponsor 2011
SB 207 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law. Cosponsor 2011
SB 19 Disinfection of municipal water supplies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 173 The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 172 Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 160 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Cosponsor 2011
SB 15 Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards. Cosponsor 2011
SB 142 The possession and consumption of alcohol beverages by drivers and passengers on commercial quadricycles, municipal authority to regulate the operation of commercial quadricycles, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 109 Soft tissue injury to a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest. Cosponsor 2011
SB 104 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 10 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, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains. Cosponsor 2011
AR 3 Honoring the victims of the Arizona shootings. Coauthor 2011
AR 15 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 91 Commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning a fourth national championship. Coauthor 2011
AJR 9 The vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 73 Proclaiming November 2011 as pancreatic cancer awareness month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Coauthor 2011
AJR 42 State sovereignty. Coauthor 2011
AJR 38 Stroke Awareness Month 2011. Coauthor 2011
AJR 35 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 34 Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 31 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 30 The life and public service of John E. McCormick. Coauthor 2011
AJR 28 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). Coauthor 2011
AJR 24 Appointment of certain officers in county and judicial circuit offices (first consideration). Lead author 2011
AJR 22 The life and public service of Steven J. Hilgenberg. Coauthor 2011
AJR 19 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Coauthor 2011
AJR 117 The life and public service of Jim Irwin. Coauthor 2011
AJR 11 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). Coauthor 2011
AJR 107 The life and public service of John Gower and honoring his many accomplishments. Coauthor 2011
AJR 104 The life and public service of Richard (Dick) Bolender. Coauthor 2011
AJR 102 The life and public service of Jean Lucey. Coauthor 2011
AJR 100 Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 1 Honoring the life and achievements of Hank Raymonds. Coauthor 2011
AB 95 Permits issued by the Department of Revenue for the retail sale of alcohol beverages. Coauthor 2011
AB 86 Corrections and sentencing. Coauthor 2011
AB 85 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. Lead author 2011
AB 84 The authority of attorneys to issue subpoenas. Lead author 2011
AB 75 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 74 Mephedrone or methylenedioxpyravalerone and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 71 Revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction. Coauthor 2011
AB 7 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 69 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 2011
AB 668 Terminating a tenancy for criminal activity and requiring notice to landlord of nuisance investigation by law enforcement agency. Coauthor 2011
AB 666 Sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations. Coauthor 2011
AB 665 Searches by a law enforcement officer of a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision. Coauthor 2011
AB 653 Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. Coauthor 2011
AB 633 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words Choose Life and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 63 Closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers. Coauthor 2011
AB 62 Administration of medication to pupils. Coauthor 2011
AB 603 The collection of delinquent child support and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 6 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, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains. Coauthor 2011
AB 552 Statute of limitations for first-degree sexual assault, attempted homicide, and attempted first-degree sexual assault. Coauthor 2011
AB 54 Equalizing physical placement to the highest degree, requiring the court to state the reasons for ordering sole legal custody or not equalizing physical placement, and standards for modifying legal custody or physical placement. Coauthor 2011
AB 534 Intentional program violations of public assistance programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 527 Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 525 Return of absentee ballots, submittal of proof of identification with absentee ballot applications, and voting in person by electors who have voted by absentee ballot in the same election. Coauthor 2011
AB 52 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Coauthor 2011
AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 447 Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma. Coauthor 2011
AB 43 Removal of abandoned dams. Coauthor 2011
AB 408 Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. Coauthor 2011
AB 4 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2011
AB 395 Acquisition of land in the Niagara Escarpment corridor. Coauthor 2011
AB 372 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words In God We Trust and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 371 Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion, information on domestic abuse services, giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug, repealing criminal sanctions against women who perform or obtain certain abortion procedures, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 352 Eligibility for participating employee status and the Wisconsin Retirement System and post-retirement employment of annuitants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Lead author 2011
AB 34 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements. Coauthor 2011
AB 337 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Coauthor 2011
AB 286 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law. Coauthor 2011
AB 26 The use of race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names by school boards. Coauthor 2011
AB 240 The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 23 Disinfection of municipal water supplies. Coauthor 2011
AB 225 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Coauthor 2011
AB 214 Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 183 Applicability of the prevailing wage law; the thresholds for applicability of that law; calculation of the prevailing wage rate; the treatment of volunteers, truck drivers, subjourneypersons, and incidental work under that law; 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 18 Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards. Coauthor 2011
AB 175 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 164 Soft tissue injury to a law enforcement officer when resisting or obstructing arrest. Coauthor 2011
AB 154 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Coauthor 2011
AB 14 County and municipal expenditures for emergency services. Lead author 2011
AB 135 The interest rate on delinquent property taxes. Coauthor 2011
AB 127 Payment by employers of contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System that are required of public safety employees, arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act, allowing municipal employers choice in health care coverage plan providers and health savings accounts that cover public safety employees, and prohibited and permissive subjects of collective bargaining. Lead author 2011
AB 124 Theft of certain services and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 122 Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon. Coauthor 2011
AB 120 The possession and consumption of alcohol beverages by drivers and passengers on commercial quadricycles, municipal authority to regulate the operation of commercial quadricycles, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 119 Special distinguishing registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Coauthor 2011
AB 115 A property tax exemption for a nonprofit resale store. Lead author 2011
AB 114 Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. Coauthor 2011
AB 112 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 110 Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 109 Eliminating substitution of judges in criminal matters. Coauthor 2011
AB 108 Costs of administering tests for intoxication. Coauthor 2011
AB 106 Increasing the jurisdictional amount in and the filing fee for small claims actions. Coauthor 2011
AB 100 Evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and certain sex offenses against children and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
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. Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 11 Veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration). Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 90 The registration of antique snowmobiles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 80 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 697 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 690 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Cosponsor 2009
SB 65 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2009
SB 646 Motor vehicle insurance and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 636 Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 618 Raffles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 608 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. Cosponsor 2009
SB 577 Limiting eligibility for public assistance programs to U.S. citizens and qualifying aliens, requiring documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 576 The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Cosponsor 2009
SB 575 Meals that a bed and breakfast establishment may serve. Cosponsor 2009
SB 57 Composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 565 Parking on the streets adjacent to the state capitol park. Cosponsor 2009
SB 543 Registration plates for certain disabled veterans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 539 Tax incentives for job creation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 51 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 473 Modifications to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 456 Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 452 A sales and use tax exemption for food sold by child welfare facilities. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 448 A utility terrain vehicle pilot program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 42 A report on food safety programs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 408 The exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower. Cosponsor 2009
SB 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 395 Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 385 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 353 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 340 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 287 Transferring ownership and jurisdiction of a municipality's highways to an American Indian tribe or agency of the United States government. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 268 The location of facilities in which rendering, animal food processing, or grease processing is conducted. Cosponsor 2009