Every Bill Led or Signed

6,276 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 5,801–6,000.

AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 471 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Coauthor 2011
AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 461 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Coauthor 2011
AB 460 Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 459 Awards of punitive damages. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
AB 455 The use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 450 Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 449 Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 445 The hours that a minor may work. Coauthor 2011
AB 443 Excluding sports officials from coverage under the worker's compensation law. Coauthor 2011
AB 442 Pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Coauthor 2011
AB 438 Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential. Coauthor 2011
AB 437 An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans. Coauthor 2011
AB 431 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. Coauthor 2011
AB 424 Battery to or threatening a court employee or threatening damage to a courthouse and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 412 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to notify the local workforce development board when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits. Lead author 2011
AB 401 Felony mistreatment of an animal and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 398 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 397 Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 393 Voter intimidation or suppression, authorized activities at or near polling places, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 392 Eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state. Coauthor 2011
AB 389 The authority of a state agency to promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of a statute enforced or administered by the agency and to implement or enforce standards, requirements, and thresholds; elimination of gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules; economic impact reports of proposed rules; elimination of statements of scope for emergency rules; legislative review of proposed rules; legislative authorization for certain proposed rules; and venue in a declaratory judgment action seeking judicial review of the validity of an administrative rule. Coauthor 2011
AB 384 Weapons that may be used to hunt certain animals and requirements for establishing open hunting seasons for those animals. Coauthor 2011
AB 379 Keeping certain name changes confidential. Coauthor 2011
AB 378 The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes. Coauthor 2011
AB 374 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. Coauthor 2011
AB 369 Grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 368 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
AB 365 Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 356 Limiting the corporate income tax deduction for compensation paid to an employee. Coauthor 2011
AB 355 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Coauthor 2011
AB 354 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 350 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Coauthor 2011
AB 349 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Coauthor 2011
AB 348 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 345 Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 344 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Coauthor 2011
AB 341 The eligibility for relocation tax benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 340 Credit cards issued to underage customers, higher education institutions and the marketing of credit cards, financial literacy requirements for higher education students, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 339 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy. Coauthor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 316 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 313 Unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system. Coauthor 2011
AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
AB 297 Prohibiting an insurer from taking various actions with respect to property insurance because of claims based on acts of nature. Coauthor 2011
AB 296 Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives. Coauthor 2011
AB 280 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 274 Requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way. Coauthor 2011
AB 270 Designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge. Coauthor 2011
AB 27 Requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Coauthor 2011
AB 269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 265 The definition of bicycle; manual turn signals for bicyclists; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; overtaking and passing vehicles; the operation of bicycles equipped with metal-studded tires; and moped parking. Coauthor 2011
AB 263 Costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer. Coauthor 2011
AB 250 Regulating text messages as telephone solicitations for purposes of the no call list. Coauthor 2011
AB 243 Sexual assault of a student by a member of a school staff and providing a penalty. Lead author 2011
AB 230 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 227 Requiring teachers and administrators employed by and owners of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and in the choice program for other eligible school districts to be subject to the background investigation requirements and employment restrictions imposed upon teachers in public schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 221 Veteran preference points. Coauthor 2011
AB 220 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 215 Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center. Coauthor 2011
AB 213 Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care. Coauthor 2011
AB 212 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 204 Prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead. Coauthor 2011
AB 20 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 199 Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender, making crimes based on gender of victim subject to a penalty enhancer, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 198 Preparation of legislative and congressional districting plans by the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Government Accountability Board. Coauthor 2011
AB 192 Provision of police or fire protection services by a county sheriff or municipality. Coauthor 2011
AB 17 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 167 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AB 137 Residential mortgage loan foreclosures. Coauthor 2011
AB 133 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 121 Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. Coauthor 2011
AB 12 The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. Coauthor 2011
AB 116 Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 11 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate one additional enterprise zone. Coauthor 2011
AB 10 Requiring the Department of Commerce to organize trade and marketing forums for Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SJR 82 Commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 67 Honoring the life and public service of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and others. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 61 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 6 Opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances in which a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 53 Honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 47 The second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 33 The life and military service of United States Army Sergeant Steven J. Christofferson. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 25 The commemoration of The Progressive magazine's 100th anniversary. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 15 Commending Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan on his appointment as archbishop of New York. Cosponsor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
SB 86 School conference and activities leave. Cosponsor 2009
SB 81 Authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village. Cosponsor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 78 Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 701 The foreclosure and sale of residential property. Cosponsor 2009
SB 692 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 686 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 683 Transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded a purple heart medal. Cosponsor 2009
SB 681 Adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 672 Compliance by employers with certain laws whose enforcement depends on the proper classification of persons as employees or nonemployees and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 671 Adding a member to the council on veterans programs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 67 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 668 The naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. Cosponsor 2009
SB 665 Licensing of individuals using cranes and heavy equipment, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 663 Requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Cosponsor 2009
SB 653 Trial job program and transitional jobs demonstration project and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 649 Various changes in the unemployment insurance law and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Cosponsor 2009
SB 643 Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 632 Control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 63 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 629 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of mercury-added lamps and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 627 Special distinguishing registration plate decals for certain vehicles owned by certain members of special groups associated with the armed services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 617 Creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors. Cosponsor 2009
SB 616 Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, energy and environmental design standards for state buildings, structures, and facilities, energy and environmental design standards for school district facilities and other local government buildings, leasing of state buildings, structures, and facilities, standards for the construction and use of graywater systems, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 612 Prohibiting consideration of any conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview. Cosponsor 2009
SB 595 Transportation of private school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 586 Apprentice contracts, the appointment and composition of the Wisconsin Apprenticeship Council, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 585 Prohibiting discrimination against an employee who declines to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer or with an agent, representative, or designee of the employer, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters. Cosponsor 2009
SB 582 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. Cosponsor 2009
SB 566 Requiring the University of Wisconsin System to obtain the approval of the Joint Committee on Finance in order to acquire property by condemnation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 556 The term of office of the commissioner of insurance. Cosponsor 2009
SB 555 Crimes against animals and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 550 A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 549 Entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president of the United States by means of a national popular vote. Cosponsor 2009
SB 543 Registration plates for certain disabled veterans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 541 Providing public notice of a sale of personal property or real estate on execution. Cosponsor 2009
SB 537 The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. Cosponsor 2009
SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 534 Employer-assisted housing. Cosponsor 2009
SB 532 Additional municipal aid payments based on the amount of all municipal aid payments compared to total general fund expenditures and on regional factors and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 523 Unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights. Cosponsor 2009
SB 522 Various changes to the worker's compensation law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 517 The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. Cosponsor 2009
SB 511 The southeastern regional transit authority, the creation of interim regional transit authorities in southeast Wisconsin, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, 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 509 Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds. Cosponsor 2009
SB 508 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 503 Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited. Cosponsor 2009
SB 502 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Cosponsor 2009
SB 49 Changing the procedures for filling vacant civil service positions in the city of Milwaukee. Cosponsor 2009
SB 477 Treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. Cosponsor 2009
SB 476 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 464 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 462 The governance, and election of members of the board of school directors, of a first class city school district, and tenure for school principals. Cosponsor 2009
SB 461 An income and franchise tax credit for a qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 460 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Cosponsor 2009
SB 456 Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 453 Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 452 A sales and use tax exemption for food sold by child welfare facilities. Cosponsor 2009
SB 451 Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 4 The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 398 Privatization of certain municipal water utilities. Cosponsor 2009
SB 396 Fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors. 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 394 Designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. Cosponsor 2009
SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 387 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. Cosponsor 2009
SB 381 Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 37 Payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges. Cosponsor 2009
SB 367 Requiring a person to report a stolen or lost firearm, creating a database for stolen and lost firearms, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 366 Various changes in the unemployment insurance law and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 362 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Cosponsor 2009
SB 36 Motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 354 Substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 349 The employment of minors 12 years of age or older by nonprofit organizations in and around the homes of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and other similar work usual to those homes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 341 Reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 339 Certification and licensure of real estate appraisers and requirements for appraisal reports and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 337 Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 334 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 332 Submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 327 Designating Wisconsin cheese as the Wisconsin state snack. Cosponsor 2009
SB 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Cosponsor 2009
SB 324 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Cosponsor 2009
SB 323 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Cosponsor 2009
SB 319 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009