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Republican Former Senator · Senate District 18

Bills they led · 19

Bills where Randy Hopper 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 19 bills they led: 0 became law, 0 were vetoed, 13 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

2 adopted 17 died at session end
Adopted 2 bills
  • SJR 23 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 2011
  • SJR 38 the life and public service of John D. "Jack" Steinhilber. 2009
Died at session end 17 bills
  • SJR 6 recognizing American Heart Month and Wear Red Day. 2011
  • SJR 10 continuity of government (second consideration). 2011
  • SB 94 creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 2011
  • SB 5 processing refunds for the jobs tax credit. 2011
  • SB 105 informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. 2011
  • SB 102 authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve temporary electric rates to promote economic development. 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. 2011
  • SJR 37 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
  • SJR 18 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 2009
  • SB 699 providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants. 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 56 an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 547 informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. 2009
  • SB 28 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
  • SB 26 allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 258 using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers. 2009
  • SB 124 granting high school credit for extracurricular sports and requiring additional physical education credits for a high school diploma. 2009

Coauthored · 93

Bills led by another member of the Senate that Randy Hopper 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 93 coauthored bills
  • SJR 8 the vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration). 2011
  • SJR 7 commending the Wisconsin Badger football team for an outstanding season and 2011 Rose Bowl bid. 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). 2011
  • SJR 12 commending the Green Bay Packers. 2011
  • SB 92 prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. 2011
  • SB 9 the dairy and livestock farm investment credits. 2011
  • SB 81 eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. 2011
  • SB 79 the privilege of self-defense. 2011
  • SB 75 prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms. 2011
  • SB 7 automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. 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. 2011
  • SB 3 tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 2011
  • SB 29 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. 2011
  • SB 18 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. 2011
  • SB 164 an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2011
  • SB 14 adopting federal bonus depreciation tax provisions for state income and franchise tax purposes. 2011
  • SB 117 venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. 2011
  • SR 9 calling on the Wisconsin congressional delegation to take action to grandfather preexisting highway weight limits upon the designation of USH 41 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower system of interstate and defense highways. 2009
  • SR 11 authorizing the attorney general to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or any part thereof, and the federal Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or any part thereof. 2009
  • SJR 74 the retirement of Russ Whitesel, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. 2009
  • SJR 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). 2009
  • SJR 51 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
  • SJR 45 calling on the Wisconsin congressional delegation to take action to grandfather preexisting highway weight limits upon the designation of USH 41 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower system of interstate and defense highways. 2009
  • SJR 4 recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. 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). 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. 2009
  • SB 88 purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. 2009
  • SB 85 eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children. 2009
  • SB 79 public disclosure of certain information when abuse or neglect results in a child dying or being placed in serious or critical condition. 2009
  • SB 77 changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 697 sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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. 2009
  • SB 685 the terms of teacher employment contracts. 2009
  • SB 680 requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 2009
  • SB 68 reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. 2009
  • SB 65 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. 2009
  • SB 64 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. 2009
  • SB 63 a postsecondary education tax credit for businesses. 2009
  • SB 621 tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 592 a biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. 2009
  • SB 554 qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. 2009
  • SB 54 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
  • SB 539 tax incentives for job creation. 2009
  • SB 52 an education tax credit for businesses. 2009
  • SB 51 judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. 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. 2009
  • SB 501 disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home; and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the child. 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. 2009
  • SB 50 legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds. 2009
  • SB 5 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 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. 2009
  • SB 455 the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 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. 2009
  • SB 443 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
  • SB 404 registration of former military vehicles. 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 397 general purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 394 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
  • SB 39 cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. 2009
  • SB 386 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
  • SB 377 carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. 2009
  • SB 376 fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 350 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 2009
  • SB 345 allowing an individual without a qualifying child to claim the earned income tax credit. 2009
  • SB 343 the rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. 2009
  • SB 341 reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 334 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 333 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
  • SB 331 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided and making an appropriation. 2009
  • SB 329 municipal court fees. 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 254 privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. 2009
  • SB 247 information about land purchased with stewardship funding and approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain activities and projects that receive stewardship funding. 2009
  • SB 236 electronic filing of campaign finance reports. 2009
  • SB 231 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 2009
  • SB 222 group deer hunting requirements and restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle. 2009
  • SB 220 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
  • SB 215 a personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. 2009
  • SB 214 a real property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. 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 199 requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation. 2009
  • SB 185 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • SB 176 a sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. 2009
  • SB 175 the issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. 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. 2009
  • SB 166 creating an individual income tax deduction for any amount of interest paid on certain loans that are used for educational expenses. 2009
  • SB 165 changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. 2009
  • SB 164 increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. 2009
  • SB 129 the privilege of self-defense. 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 10 the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. 2009

Cosponsored · 128

Bills from the other house that Randy Hopper 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 128 cosponsored bills
  • AJR 9 the vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration). 2011
  • AJR 8 continuity of government (second consideration). 2011
  • AJR 7 recognizing American Heart Month and Wear Red Day. 2011
  • AJR 31 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 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). 2011
  • AJR 10 commending the Wisconsin Badger football team for an outstanding season and 2011 Rose Bowl bid. 2011
  • AB 94 the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. 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. 2011
  • AB 69 the privilege of self-defense. 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. 2011
  • AB 53 authorizing the creation of additional enterprise zones. 2011
  • AB 52 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. 2011
  • AB 5 the dairy and livestock farm investment credits. 2011
  • AB 4 automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. 2011
  • AB 3 tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 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. 2011
  • AB 157 informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. 2011
  • AB 156 venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. 2011
  • AB 154 prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. 2011
  • AB 148 changes affecting state finances in the 2010-11 fiscal year and making an appropriation. 2011
  • AB 145 authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve temporary electric rates to promote economic development. 2011
  • AB 129 creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 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. 2011
  • AB 114 eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. 2011
  • AB 1 processing refunds for the jobs tax credit. 2011
  • AJR 93 recognizing November as National Adoption Month. 2009
  • AJR 83 the life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell. 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 67 commending MAG Giddings and Lewis on its sesquicentennial. 2009
  • AJR 58 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
  • AJR 50 the public service of Allen J. Buechel. 2009
  • AJR 46 declaring May 2009 as Drug Court Month. 2009
  • AJR 42 recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin. 2009
  • AJR 37 proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight. 2009
  • AJR 36 creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 2009
  • AJR 16 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). 2009
  • AJR 138 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). 2009
  • AJR 125 requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration). 2009
  • AJR 101 commending Fond du Lac High School on its sesquicentennial. 2009
  • AJR 100 congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. 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 969 income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs. 2009
  • AB 965 an income and franchise tax credit for the sales tax paid on certain products. 2009
  • AB 960 requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 2009
  • AB 947 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. 2009
  • AB 926 creating the Department of Environmental Quality and transferring some of the authority and duties of the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Environmental Quality and to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty, and making appropriations. 2009
  • AB 91 an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 89 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
  • AB 881 creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university. 2009
  • AB 879 sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 866 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. 2009
  • AB 853 tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 845 a biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. 2009
  • AB 84 membership of the Natural Resources Board. 2009
  • AB 829 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. 2009
  • AB 814 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 2009
  • AB 80 an education tax credit for businesses. 2009
  • AB 796 the rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. 2009
  • AB 78 judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. 2009
  • AB 775 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 77 increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits. 2009
  • AB 762 informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. 2009
  • AB 74 creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. 2009
  • AB 726 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. 2009
  • AB 722 disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home; and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the child. 2009
  • AB 695 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. 2009
  • AB 694 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. 2009
  • AB 657 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
  • AB 651 the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 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 596 designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. 2009
  • AB 592 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
  • AB 576 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain dependents. 2009
  • AB 551 furlough of executive branch state employees during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 548 possession of certain animals killed by vehicles. 2009
  • AB 540 allowing out-of-state insurers to offer health care plans that are exempt from certain laws to employers and individuals in this state. 2009
  • AB 539 disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 515 reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 484 allowing an individual without a qualifying child to claim the earned income tax credit. 2009
  • AB 479 prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 478 ending combined reporting. 2009
  • AB 477 the effective date of the jobs tax credit. 2009
  • AB 476 requiring the Department of Commerce to study and report on methods to retain businesses at risk of relocating or expanding outside the state and to encourage business relocations and expansions in the state and to create an emergency response team. 2009
  • AB 474 carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. 2009
  • AB 473 fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 468 municipal court fees. 2009
  • AB 451 registration of construction contractors. 2009
  • AB 448 costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons. 2009
  • AB 422 battery, intimidation, or threats to a district attorney, deputy district attorney, or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 421 Indian child welfare. 2009
  • AB 417 requirements for initial licensure as a veterinarian. 2009
  • AB 414 requirements for a certificate of food protection practices and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. 2009
  • AB 413 crimes against children committed by certain persons and creating a penalty. 2009
  • AB 401 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 393 using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers. 2009
  • AB 382 fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. 2009
  • AB 38 excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. 2009
  • AB 371 privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. 2009
  • AB 370 information about land purchased with stewardship funding and approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain activities and projects that receive stewardship funding. 2009
  • AB 350 sales and use tax exemption for motorboats. 2009
  • AB 34 allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 323 information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. 2009
  • AB 306 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
  • AB 302 a personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. 2009
  • AB 301 a real property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. 2009
  • AB 300 an income and franchise credit for property taxes paid on restaurant kitchen machinery and equipment. 2009
  • AB 3 restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. 2009
  • AB 274 allowing probation after certain convictions related to drunken driving. 2009
  • AB 256 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 254 a sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. 2009
  • AB 235 the issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. 2009
  • AB 225 mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. 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. 2009
  • AB 205 adopting changes to the Internal Revenue Code for state income tax purposes related to deductions for energy efficient commercial buildings. 2009
  • AB 196 providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants. 2009
  • AB 193 the privilege of self-defense. 2009
  • AB 191 drunken driving and creating a penalty. 2009
  • AB 18 the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. 2009
  • AB 168 preparation and legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill; making executive sessions 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. 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 127 preparation of zero-based biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies, preparation and passage of biennial budget bill or bills, state budget deficit, and generally accepted accounting principles. 2009
  • AB 126 purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. 2009
  • AB 120 providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants. 2009
  • AB 12 a meat processing facility investment income and franchise tax credit, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
  • AB 113 changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
  • AB 104 reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. 2009

Key votes · 46

Selected by rule, not judgment: the final recorded passage vote of every bill that became law, any floor vote decided by five or fewer, and every veto-override vote. Each row links to the official roll call.

  • Jul 19, 2011 SB 147 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3 became law Voted Aye (30–3) roll call
  • Jul 19, 2011 SB 148 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • Jul 19, 2011 SB 149 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • Jul 19, 2011 SB 150 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • Jul 19, 2011 SB 144 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (33–0) roll call
  • Jun 16, 2011 AB 40 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • Jun 14, 2011 SB 107 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (18–14) roll call
  • Jun 14, 2011 SB 93 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 8 became law Voted Aye (25–8) roll call
  • Jun 14, 2011 AB 148 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (33–0) roll call
  • Jun 8, 2011 SB 55 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (33–0) roll call
  • Jun 8, 2011 SB 116 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 13 became law Voted Aye (20–13) roll call
  • Jun 8, 2011 AB 13 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (33–0) roll call
  • Jun 8, 2011 AB 96 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12 became law Voted Aye (21–12) roll call
  • May 19, 2011 AB 7 Concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • May 17, 2011 SB 28 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 7 became law Voted Aye (25–7) roll call
  • May 17, 2011 SB 42 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 1 became law Voted Aye (31–1) roll call
  • May 17, 2011 SB 81 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (21–11) roll call
  • May 17, 2011 AB 23 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (21–11) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 48 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1 became law Voted Aye (32–1) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 close vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 close vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 57 Refused to lay on the table, Ayes 14, Noes 19 close vote Voted Nay (14–19) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 close vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 57 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (22–11) roll call
  • May 11, 2011 SB 13 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 8 became law Voted Aye (25–8) roll call
  • May 10, 2011 SB 20 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call
  • May 10, 2011 SB 26 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 10 became law Voted Aye (23–10) roll call
  • May 10, 2011 AB 35 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5 became law Voted Aye (28–5) roll call
  • May 10, 2011 AB 2 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 26, Noes 7 became law Voted Aye (26–7) roll call
  • Apr 5, 2011 SB 12 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (22–11) roll call
  • Mar 9, 2011 SB 12 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (18–0) roll call
  • Mar 3, 2011 SB 23 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (19–0) roll call
  • Feb 25, 2011 SB 11 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (19–0) roll call
  • Feb 25, 2011 SB 21 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (19–0) roll call
  • Feb 23, 2011 SB 15 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (19–0) roll call
  • Feb 22, 2011 SB 9 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 became law Voted Aye (19–0) roll call
  • Feb 10, 2011 AB 8 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 18, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (18–14) roll call
  • Feb 8, 2011 AB 5 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 12 became law Voted Aye (20–12) roll call
  • Feb 2, 2011 SB 2 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (20–11) roll call
  • Feb 2, 2011 SB 6 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 10 became law Voted Aye (21–10) roll call
  • Feb 2, 2011 SB 10 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 11 became law Voted Aye (20–11) roll call
  • Jan 27, 2011 AB 7 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 became law Voted Aye (25–8) roll call
  • Jan 25, 2011 AB 3 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 24, Noes 9 became law Voted Aye (24–9) roll call
  • Jan 25, 2011 AB 4 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 became law Voted Aye (25–8) roll call
  • Jan 20, 2011 SB 2 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12 became law Voted Aye (21–12) roll call
  • Jan 18, 2011 SB 1 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 became lawclose vote Voted Aye (19–14) roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown — on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 79 votes across 25 voting days, none missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped)
2011

Out of office from Aug 26, 2011 — Lost the August 2011 recall election

Vote history · 79

  • Aye SB 147 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3 Jul 19, 2011
  • Aye SB 148 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 Jul 19, 2011
  • Aye SB 149 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 Jul 19, 2011
  • Aye SB 150 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 Jul 19, 2011
  • Aye SB 144 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 Jul 19, 2011
  • Aye AB 40 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14 Jun 16, 2011
  • Aye AJR 45 Concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 Jun 14, 2011
  • Aye SB 107 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14 Jun 14, 2011
  • Aye SB 93 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 8 Jun 14, 2011
  • Aye AB 148 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 Jun 14, 2011
  • Aye SB 55 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 Jun 8, 2011
  • Aye SB 97 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12 Jun 8, 2011
  • Aye SB 116 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 13 Jun 8, 2011
  • Aye AB 13 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 Jun 8, 2011
  • Aye AB 96 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 12 Jun 8, 2011
  • Aye AB 7 Concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14 May 19, 2011
  • Aye SJR 23 Read a third time and adopted, Ayes 26, Noes 6 May 17, 2011
  • Aye SB 18 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 May 17, 2011
  • Aye SB 28 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 7 May 17, 2011
  • Aye SB 42 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 1 May 17, 2011
  • Aye SB 81 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 11 May 17, 2011
  • Aye AB 23 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 21, Noes 11 May 17, 2011
  • Aye AB 7 Ordered to a third reading, Ayes 19, Noes 13 May 17, 2011
  • Aye SB 48 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SJR 28 Adopted, Ayes 28, Noes 5 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 May 11, 2011
  • Nay SB 57 Refused to lay on the table, Ayes 14, Noes 19 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 57 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 57 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 13 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 8 May 11, 2011
  • Aye SB 20 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 May 10, 2011
  • Aye SB 26 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 10 May 10, 2011
  • Aye AB 35 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5 May 10, 2011
  • Aye AB 2 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 26, Noes 7 May 10, 2011
  • Aye SB 12 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11 Apr 5, 2011
  • Aye SR 10 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 11 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 12 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 13 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 14 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 15 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 16 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 17 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 4 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 5 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 6 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 7 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 8 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SR 9 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye SB 12 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 9, 2011
  • Aye AJR 5 Concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Mar 3, 2011
  • Aye SB 23 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Mar 3, 2011
  • Aye SR 1 Adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Mar 3, 2011
  • Aye SR 3 Adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 0 Mar 2, 2011
  • Aye SJR 11 Adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 25, 2011
  • Aye AJR 13 Concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 25, 2011
  • Aye SB 11 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 25, 2011
  • Aye SB 21 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 25, 2011
  • Aye SJR 13 Adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 24, 2011
  • Aye AJR 1 Concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 24, 2011
  • Aye SJR 7 Adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 23, 2011
  • Aye SB 15 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 23, 2011
  • Aye SJR 12 Adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 22, 2011
  • Aye SB 9 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 0 Feb 22, 2011
  • Aye AB 8 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 18, Noes 14 Feb 10, 2011
  • Aye SB 7 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 25, Noes 7 Feb 8, 2011
  • Aye SB 5 Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 13 Feb 8, 2011
  • Aye AB 5 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 12 Feb 8, 2011
  • Aye SB 2 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 11 Feb 2, 2011
  • Aye SB 6 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 10 Feb 2, 2011
  • Aye SB 10 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 20, Noes 11 Feb 2, 2011
  • Aye AB 7 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 Jan 27, 2011
  • Aye AB 3 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 24, Noes 9 Jan 25, 2011
  • Aye AB 4 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 Jan 25, 2011
  • Aye SB 2 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12 Jan 20, 2011
  • Aye SB 1 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 14 Jan 18, 2011
  • Aye SJR 2 Adopted, Ayes 32, Noes 0 Jan 11, 2011
  • Aye SJR 1 Adopted, Ayes 32, Noes 0 Jan 3, 2011