Every Bill Led or Signed

1,214 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 801–1,000.

SB 681 Adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 663 Requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 659 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Coauthor 2009
SB 65 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Coauthor 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Coauthor 2009
SB 637 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for childhood cancer research programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 636 Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 63 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses. Coauthor 2009
SB 618 Raffles. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 610 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Coauthor 2009
SB 603 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment. Coauthor 2009
SB 600 Making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 584 Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies. Coauthor 2009
SB 577 Limiting eligibility for public assistance programs to U.S. citizens and qualifying aliens, requiring documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 576 The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Lead author 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Coauthor 2009
SB 558 Feeding of deer for viewing purposes. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 550 A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 55 The regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 547 Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. Coauthor 2009
SB 545 Payment by the Department of Transportation of the costs of relocating utilities beneath or adjacent to a highway in the village of Sauk City. Lead author 2009
SB 543 Registration plates for certain disabled veterans. Coauthor 2009
SB 542 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
SB 54 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Coauthor 2009
SB 539 Tax incentives for job creation. Coauthor 2009
SB 53 Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. Coauthor 2009
SB 527 The agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 521 A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 52 An education tax credit for businesses. Coauthor 2009
SB 513 Life settlements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 512 The transfer of moneys from the general fund to the utility public benefits fund and the calculation of the low-income assistance fee for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Coauthor 2009
SB 51 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Coauthor 2009
SB 503 Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited. Coauthor 2009
SB 502 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Coauthor 2009
SB 50 Legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds. Coauthor 2009
SB 495 Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 483 Prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances. Coauthor 2009
SB 481 Wild turkey hunting approvals; the regulation of the hunting of wild turkey; and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 474 Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building. Coauthor 2009
SB 467 Using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint. Coauthor 2009
SB 465 The safe-ride grant program administered by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2009
SB 456 Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 448 A utility terrain vehicle pilot program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 442 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Coauthor 2009
SB 44 Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 439 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
SB 434 The sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream. Coauthor 2009
SB 432 The use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. Coauthor 2009
SB 428 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. Coauthor 2009
SB 425 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. Coauthor 2009
SB 424 Regulating certain sport shooting ranges. Coauthor 2009
SB 42 A report on food safety programs. Coauthor 2009
SB 419 Requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for products sold as honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
SB 413 Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances. Coauthor 2009
SB 41 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Coauthor 2009
SB 408 The exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower. Coauthor 2009
SB 406 Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, intoxicated snowmobiling, snowmobile speed limits, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, funding for alcohol education programs and state trails, providing penalties, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Coauthor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Coauthor 2009
SB 400 Operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. Coauthor 2009
SB 40 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 397 General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 396 Fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors. Coauthor 2009
SB 395 Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 392 Registration of former military vehicles. Coauthor 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Coauthor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2009
SB 382 Use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 377 Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. Coauthor 2009
SB 376 Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 356 Acreage requirements for areas in which farm-raised deer that may be hunted are kept. Coauthor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 352 The jurisdictional amount and court fees in certain small claims actions. Coauthor 2009
SB 350 An optional identification requirement for voting in elections. Coauthor 2009
SB 343 The rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. Coauthor 2009
SB 340 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Coauthor 2009
SB 335 Using county jail funds for costs related to providing educational and medical services to county jail inmates. Coauthor 2009
SB 334 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 328 Allowing a school district to carry over unused revenue limit authority to the following school year. Coauthor 2009
SB 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Coauthor 2009
SB 323 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Coauthor 2009
SB 321 Operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. Coauthor 2009
SB 32 Prohibited alcohol concentration. Coauthor 2009
SB 319 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 307 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program. Coauthor 2009
SB 302 Powersports vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 296 Extensions of managed forest land orders. Coauthor 2009
SB 295 Permitting a minor to present musical entertainment or perform in a theatrical performance in a roadhouse, cabaret, dance hall, night club, tavern, or similar place. Coauthor 2009
SB 293 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Coauthor 2009
SB 292 The exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. Coauthor 2009
SB 291 Authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. Coauthor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
SB 287 Transferring ownership and jurisdiction of a municipality's highways to an American Indian tribe or agency of the United States government. Coauthor 2009
SB 284 Designating and marking USH 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway. Coauthor 2009
SB 28 Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. Coauthor 2009
SB 274 Requiring landlords to change locks. Coauthor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 263 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 262 An exemption from recording for time-share licenses. Coauthor 2009
SB 260 Granting police authority to technical college district boards. Coauthor 2009
SB 26 Allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 254 Privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 238 Expanding the secretary of revenue's authority to waive or reduce interest or penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 236 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports. Coauthor 2009
SB 235 Limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. Coauthor 2009
SB 231 Information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. Coauthor 2009
SB 23 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees. Coauthor 2009
SB 223 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2009
SB 221 Campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment, candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, staffing of the Government Accountability Board; providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 219 Causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 207 Possession and use of a firearm by a person under the age of 12 years. Coauthor 2009
SB 206 Recording and filing documents with the register of deeds. Coauthor 2009
SB 202 School policies on bullying. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 198 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Coauthor 2009
SB 197 Damages for frivolous claims. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 176 A sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. Coauthor 2009
SB 172 Limiting a city's and village's use of direct annexation and authorizing limited town challenges to an annexation. Coauthor 2009
SB 17 Special distinguishing registration plates for certain vehicles owned by members of the national guard and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 169 Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 166 Creating an individual income tax deduction for any amount of interest paid on certain loans that are used for educational expenses. Coauthor 2009
SB 165 Changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. Coauthor 2009
SB 164 Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. Coauthor 2009
SB 16 Permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. Coauthor 2009
SB 159 The issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
SB 138 Creating an income and franchise tax credit for motor vehicles that use gasoline and ethanol mixtures as fuel and for fuel efficient hybrid motor vehicles. Coauthor 2009
SB 137 The definitions of motor bicycle and moped. Coauthor 2009
SB 129 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 2009
SB 128 Regulation of telecommunications utilities and alternative telecommunications utilities, and public utility accounting filing requirements. Coauthor 2009
SB 126 Changes to and extension of the Environmental Results Program, extension of the Environmental Improvement Program and the length of a compliance schedule under that program, and reporting requirements for certain environmental programs. Coauthor 2009
SB 114 The use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Coauthor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 103 Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 10 The income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. Coauthor 2009
AJR 98 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 96 Appointment of supreme court justices and elections to consider retention of justices (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 9 Proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 85 Recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 83 The life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 82 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 76 The second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 71 The H1N1 virus and its impact on Wisconsin. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 60 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 58 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 57 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 55 Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 54 Proclaiming Cesky Den. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 51 State sovereignty. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 37 Proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 36 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 32 Public officer salary changes (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 31 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 28 Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 128 Commending past and present members of the Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society on its 60th anniversary. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 125 Requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 121 Proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 118 Proclaiming May 14, 15, and 16, 2010, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 11 Status of seats of legislators on ordered military duty and appointment of temporary acting legislators for legislators performing ordered military duty (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 102 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 100 Congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
AB 972 Creation of the Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Oversight Commission to investigate waste, fraud, and abuse in state government and make recommendations to the Joint Committee on Finance. Cosponsor 2009
AB 971 Development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the U.S. armed forces. Cosponsor 2009
AB 970 Grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
AB 967 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2009
AB 958 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Cosponsor 2009
AB 948 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 943 Adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 941 Creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools. Cosponsor 2009
AB 931 Rule making that increases costs or regulatory burdens. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 92 The regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 902 Low-profit limited liability companies. Cosponsor 2009
AB 899 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Cosponsor 2009
AB 891 Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 89 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Cosponsor 2009