Every Bill Led or Signed

165 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–165.

SJR 35 Declaring June 1 to 7, 2011, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week. Coauthor 2011
SJR 28 Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month. Lead author 2011
SJR 23 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
SJR 13 Declaring January 26 as Bob Uecker Day. Coauthor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Coauthor 2011
SB 96 Motor vehicle dealers. Coauthor 2011
SB 93 Going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons. Coauthor 2011
SB 92 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Coauthor 2011
SB 90 Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 9 The dairy and livestock farm investment credits. Lead author 2011
SB 83 Various changes to the eminent domain laws. Coauthor 2011
SB 79 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 7 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 29 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Coauthor 2011
SB 28 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 147 Payment of extended unemployment insurance benefits during certain periods in this state. Coauthor 2011
SB 132 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Lead author 2011
SB 127 Aggravating factors for a court to consider when sentencing persons. Coauthor 2011
SB 123 An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income. Coauthor 2011
SB 114 Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. Coauthor 2011
SB 108 The sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. Coauthor 2011
SB 101 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 5 Commending Reince Priebus on his election as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 46 Funding in bills placing requirements on local governmental units (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 44 The life and public service of Virgil D. Roberts and honoring his many accomplishments. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 34 Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 23 Proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2011, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 14 The life and public service of Axel Albert Johnson. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 52 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2011
AB 51 Creating a Charter School Authorizing Board, providing additional charter school authorizers, eliminating the limit on the number of pupils who may attend virtual charter schools, modifying teacher licensure requirements, eliminating the limit on the reduction in general school aid used to fund independent charter schools, covering certain charter school employees under the Group Insurance Board health coverage plan for local government employees, allowing a charter school to elect to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 5 The dairy and livestock farm investment credits. Cosponsor 2011
AB 4 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 214 Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
AB 189 Prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs. Cosponsor 2011
AB 171 An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income. Cosponsor 2011
AB 154 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Cosponsor 2011
AB 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Cosponsor 2011
AB 148 Changes affecting state finances in the 2010-11 fiscal year and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 132 Motor vehicle dealers. Cosponsor 2011
AB 126 Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SR 7 Proclaiming June 28, 2009 as Dr. Michael S. Garrity Day. Lead author 2009
SR 6 State sovereignty. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2009
SJR 79 Single-subject rule for appropriation bills (first consideration). Lead author 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. Coauthor 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). Coauthor 2009
SJR 5 Commending the heroic efforts of US Airways pilot Jeff Skiles in the Hudson River crash of flight 1549. Coauthor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Coauthor 2009
SJR 37 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Lead author 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). Coauthor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009
SB 80 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
SB 703 Content of executive budget bills and requiring a supermajority approval for certain bills in the state legislature, preparation of results-based biennial budget requests by executive branch state agencies, and state agency base budget review reports. Lead author 2009
SB 702 Unauthorized possession of a correctional employee's personal identifying information and providing a penalty. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 684 Agreements between political subdivisions to operate a nursing home or intermediate care facility. Coauthor 2009
SB 610 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Coauthor 2009
SB 608 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. 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. Coauthor 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 554 Qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
SB 547 Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. Coauthor 2009
SB 535 Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. 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 454 Establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. Coauthor 2009
SB 434 The sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream. Coauthor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. Coauthor 2009
SB 42 A report on food safety programs. Coauthor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
SB 397 General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 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 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program. Coauthor 2009
SB 293 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Coauthor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. 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 236 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports. Coauthor 2009
SB 220 Eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 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 193 Raffle licenses. Coauthor 2009
SB 173 The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs. 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 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 163 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 129 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 2009
SB 118 Prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs. 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
AJR 9 Proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 83 The life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 80 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on the occasion of its centennial. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 58 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AJR 54 Proclaiming Cesky Den. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 51 State sovereignty. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 43 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 35 Commending the Gundersen Lutheran Health System on being recognized as the first medical facility in the nation to achieve a top rating from the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness 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 134 Proclaiming May 6, 2010, as Wisconsin Day of Prayer. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 118 Proclaiming May 14, 15, and 16, 2010, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 112 Declaring March 10, 2010, Tibet Day. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 108 Commending the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 32nd Brigade, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, for receiving the Walter T. Kerwin Jr. Award. Cosponsor 2009
AB 937 Distributing one-half of general school aid using an income equalization formula. Cosponsor 2009
AB 917 Elimination of sick leave for legislators, justices and judges, and all other state elected officials. 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 888 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Cosponsor 2009
AB 870 The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Cosponsor 2009
AB 84 Membership of the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
AB 83 Issuing annual fishing licenses to certain resident disabled veterans. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 783 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. Cosponsor 2009
AB 78 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Cosponsor 2009
AB 671 Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 631 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
AB 628 The sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream. Cosponsor 2009
AB 608 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
AB 597 Requiring the University of Wisconsin System to obtain the approval of the Joint Committee on Finance in order to acquire property by condemnation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 474 Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. Cosponsor 2009
AB 473 Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 44 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
AB 425 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Cosponsor 2009
AB 418 A county fair coordinator. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 401 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 394 The color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. Cosponsor 2009
AB 388 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 382 Fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. Cosponsor 2009
AB 375 A property tax exemption for certain nonprofit community theaters. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 329 Conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses. Cosponsor 2009
AB 312 Authorizing cities and towns, and expanding the authority of villages, to create combined protective services departments. Cosponsor 2009
AB 306 Eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. Cosponsor 2009
AB 269 Causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 262 Raffle licenses. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 242 The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs. Cosponsor 2009
AB 236 Requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 217 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 193 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2009
AB 16 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 132 A requirement that an employer grant an unpaid leave of absence to allow an employee to participate in an emergency service operation of the Civil Air Patrol and prohibiting discrimination in employment based on Civil Air Patrol membership. Cosponsor 2009
AB 12 A meat processing facility investment income and franchise tax credit, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 103 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 10 A report on food safety programs. Cosponsor 2009