Every Bill Led or Signed

1,202 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1,001–1,200.

SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving 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 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 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Cosponsor 2009
SB 323 Requiring newborn hearing screening. 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 293 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 292 The exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 29 Passing parked motor vehicles and opening motor vehicle doors on highways and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Cosponsor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
SB 280 Personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of child care providers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 276 Requiring governmental bodies of school districts and certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Cosponsor 2009
SB 263 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 243 Hunting of deer during the open bow hunting season. Cosponsor 2009
SB 213 Notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 203 Claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. Cosponsor 2009
SB 200 Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 2 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Cosponsor 2009
SB 196 The time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 194 Professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 185 Regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 179 Deceptive election practices; voter intimidation, suppression, and protection; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 176 A sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 170 Making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday. Cosponsor 2009
SB 167 The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 163 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 16 Permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. Cosponsor 2009
SB 144 Authorizing sharing of tax increments by certain environmental remediation tax incremental districts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 134 Motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards. Cosponsor 2009
SB 133 Operating a motor vehicle while suspended, revoked, or disqualified. Cosponsor 2009
SB 132 Expanding the life of a tax incremental district in the city of Racine. Cosponsor 2009
SB 131 Authorizing the cities of Cudahy and Oak Creek to use environmental remediation tax increments generated by one environmental tax incremental district to benefit another environmental remediation tax incremental district. Cosponsor 2009
SB 114 The use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Cosponsor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
SB 108 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 1 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AR 28 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. Coauthor 2009
AJR 98 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
AJR 95 Commemorating the City of Racine's Demisemiseptcentennial (175th Anniversary). Lead author 2009
AJR 93 Recognizing November as National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 86 The life and public service of Rudy John Kuzel. Lead author 2009
AJR 84 The life and public service of Velma Hamilton. Coauthor 2009
AJR 8 Taxation of principal homesteads of individuals (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 69 The life and military service of Wisconsin Army National Guard Master Sergeant Brian K. Naseman of Racine. Coauthor 2009
AJR 64 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Coauthor 2009
AJR 56 The 100 year anniversary of Peninsula State Park. Coauthor 2009
AJR 46 Declaring May 2009 as Drug Court Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 43 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
AJR 39 Age of qualified electors for state and local elections (first consideration). Lead author 2009
AJR 15 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. Coauthor 2009
AJR 136 Commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. Lead author 2009
AJR 121 Proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 107 The life and military service of United States Army Reserve Captain Russell Seager. Lead author 2009
AJR 106 Proclaiming February 5, 2010, as Go Red for Women Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 965 An income and franchise tax credit for the sales tax paid on certain products. Coauthor 2009
AB 951 Nullifying certain arbitration agreements between a resident and a nursing home or similar care facility. Coauthor 2009
AB 95 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Coauthor 2009
AB 946 Health insurance coverage of smoking cessation treatment and medications. Coauthor 2009
AB 916 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Lead author 2009
AB 915 Authorizing the state superintendent to withhold payments from a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program if the private school is in arrears or default in contractual payments. Coauthor 2009
AB 910 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 904 Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy improvements, job creation, retooling, or clean energy production; the administration of energy utility programs; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of emergency rule-making procedures; and making appropriations. Lead author 2009
AB 901 A sales and use tax exemption for textbooks. Coauthor 2009
AB 882 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Coauthor 2009
AB 864 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to certify for tax benefits a business located in an enterprise zone and having a Wisconsin supply chain. Coauthor 2009
AB 853 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 844 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 843 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 842 Requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 835 Adding a member to the council on veterans programs. Coauthor 2009
AB 792 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 782 Encouraging the purchase of food produced in this state, creating goals and a preference in state procurement for food produced in this state, and creating a council. Coauthor 2009
AB 776 Classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
AB 755 Allowing certain utilities to administer investment programs for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy applications, creating requirements for political subdivision loans for similar improvements and applications, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 746 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 72 Grants for providing shelter for homeless individuals and families in the vicinity of the state capitol building and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
AB 7 Designating a portion of the Brunsweiler River as a wild river. Coauthor 2009
AB 693 The practice of athletic trainers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 684 Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 669 The governance, and election of members of the board of school directors, of a first class city school district, and tenure for school principals. Coauthor 2009
AB 665 Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. Coauthor 2009
AB 660 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 657 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 652 Establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. Coauthor 2009
AB 651 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 637 Regulating chemicals in children's products and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 634 Collective bargaining and protective occupation participant status under the Wisconsin Retirement System and a county retirement system for county jail employees, county employees of a juvenile detention facility, and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons. Coauthor 2009
AB 63 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
AB 61 Motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations. Coauthor 2009
AB 607 Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. Coauthor 2009
AB 600 Authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 60 Payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges. Coauthor 2009
AB 596 Designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. Coauthor 2009
AB 59 Passing parked motor vehicles and opening motor vehicle doors on highways and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 578 Healthy and environmentally sensitive cleaning in certain buildings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 576 Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain dependents. Coauthor 2009
AB 57 Permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. Coauthor 2009
AB 551 Furlough of executive branch state employees during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 545 Residency of election officials. Coauthor 2009
AB 544 Prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead. Coauthor 2009
AB 529 Violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 520 Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations. Coauthor 2009
AB 513 The amounts appropriated for tuition grants and for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin system students, technical college students, and tribal college students; grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; grants to businesses to make capital expenditures; increasing the total amount of angel investment credits; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Lead author 2009
AB 509 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Coauthor 2009
AB 496 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 495 Membership of the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 494 The methodology for filing campaign finance reports in electronic format. Lead author 2009
AB 488 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Coauthor 2009
AB 482 The minimum sale price of prescription drugs. Coauthor 2009
AB 472 Certification and licensure of real estate appraisers and requirements for appraisal reports and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 469 The parking of vehicles on highways. Coauthor 2009
AB 467 Creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. Coauthor 2009
AB 463 Requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 459 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Coauthor 2009
AB 452 The exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. Coauthor 2009
AB 43 Designating portions of the Totogatic River as a wild river. Coauthor 2009
AB 425 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 422 Battery, intimidation, or threats to a district attorney, deputy district attorney, or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 421 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
AB 417 Requirements for initial licensure as a veterinarian. Coauthor 2009
AB 415 Designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway. Coauthor 2009
AB 413 Crimes against children committed by certain persons and creating a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 412 Personal liability of officers, directors, and employees of child care providers. Coauthor 2009
AB 41 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 407 Mortgage loan defaults and notification of alternative dispute resolution options. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 403 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
AB 40 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Coauthor 2009
AB 395 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 392 Finance charges for licensed lenders. Coauthor 2009
AB 389 Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 381 Decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. Coauthor 2009
AB 376 Restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran. Coauthor 2009
AB 360 Discharges of ballast water and related substances into the waters of the state, aquatic nuisance species, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2009
AB 359 Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for certain married couples. Coauthor 2009
AB 358 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Coauthor 2009
AB 355 Hunting of deer during the open bow hunting season. Coauthor 2009
AB 354 Statute of limitations for intentional torts. Coauthor 2009
AB 350 Sales and use tax exemption for motorboats. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 312 Authorizing cities and towns, and expanding the authority of villages, to create combined protective services departments. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 305 Notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions. Coauthor 2009
AB 3 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 299 Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 291 Claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. Coauthor 2009
AB 284 Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 283 Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 281 The restriction on the amount of phosphorus in certain cleaning agents. Coauthor 2009
AB 278 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 275 The Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 274 Allowing probation after certain convictions related to drunken driving. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 271 Professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 261 Soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 257 The amount of the environmental surcharge. Coauthor 2009
AB 256 Regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 254 A sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 249 Deceptive election practices; voter intimidation, suppression, and protection; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 240 Making June 19, Juneteenth Day, a legal holiday. Coauthor 2009
AB 231 The time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. Coauthor 2009
AB 229 The sale of home-canned food. Coauthor 2009
AB 224 The reimbursement rate for private attorneys appointed by the State Public Defender. Coauthor 2009
AB 222 The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 218 Penalty surcharges, court fees, drivers' records, and drug and alcohol assessment for persons who commit certain offenses relating to driving while intoxicated. Coauthor 2009
AB 217 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 209 Authorizing a county to provide assistance to a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to certain individuals. Coauthor 2009
AB 2 State procurement of contractual services. Coauthor 2009
AB 185 Prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance. Coauthor 2009
AB 178 Motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards. Coauthor 2009
AB 177 Operating a motor vehicle while suspended, revoked, or disqualified. Coauthor 2009
AB 175 Expanding the life of a tax incremental district in the city of Racine. Lead author 2009
AB 174 Authorizing sharing of tax increments by certain environmental remediation tax incremental districts. Lead author 2009
AB 166 The use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Coauthor 2009
AB 16 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Coauthor 2009
AB 152 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 15 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Coauthor 2009
AB 144 Charges for inmate telephone use at a jail or house of correction. Coauthor 2009
AB 143 Application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses. Lead author 2009
AB 138 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 119 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Coauthor 2009
AB 105 Arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Coauthor 2009
AB 103 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009