Every Bill Led or Signed

2,053 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1,601–1,800.

SR 5 Memorializing Congress to enact the Employee Free Choice Act. Coauthor 2009
SR 2 The senate rules. Coauthor 2009
SR 12 Supporting the Marinette Marine Corporation's littoral combat ship project. Lead author 2009
SR 1 Notifying the assembly and the governor that the 2009-2010 senate is organized. Coauthor 2009
SJR 80 The years of public service of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton. Coauthor 2009
SJR 79 Single-subject rule for appropriation bills (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
SJR 78 The retirement of John Stolzenberg, chief of research services, Legislative Council staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. Coauthor 2009
SJR 77 Commending student-athletes, coaches, and administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Coauthor 2009
SJR 76 Commending Blake Geoffrion of the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team. Coauthor 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 73 The life and public service of Harriet Shetler. Coauthor 2009
SJR 7 Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). Lead author 2009
SJR 56 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
SJR 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 47 The second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2009
SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Coauthor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Coauthor 2009
SJR 35 Encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. Coauthor 2009
SJR 3 Proclaiming Data Privacy Day. Coauthor 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
SJR 24 Proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Coauthor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 13 The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009
SB 94 The licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 93 Partially exempting an assessor and an assessor's staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements related to the revaluation of property by an assessor. Coauthor 2009
SB 91 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 90 The registration of antique snowmobiles. Coauthor 2009
SB 9 A tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction. Coauthor 2009
SB 87 Increasing the maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 86 School conference and activities leave. Coauthor 2009
SB 81 Authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village. Coauthor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. 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 74 Health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 2009
SB 73 The lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 2009
SB 72 Portability under group health benefit plans and independent review of insurance policy rescissions and preexisting condition exclusion denials under group and individual health benefit plans. Coauthor 2009
SB 71 Preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 704 Issuance of elevator mechanic's licenses. Lead author 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Coauthor 2009
SB 690 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 686 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Lead author 2009
SB 672 Compliance by employers with certain laws whose enforcement depends on the proper classification of persons as employees or nonemployees and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 67 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Coauthor 2009
SB 669 Willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 668 The naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. Coauthor 2009
SB 665 Licensing of individuals using cranes and heavy equipment, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 66 Operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 656 Construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 652 Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Coauthor 2009
SB 641 Collection of deoxyribonucleic acid samples and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 640 Various changes in election laws, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 637 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for childhood cancer research programs and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
SB 632 Control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 627 Special distinguishing registration plate decals for certain vehicles owned by certain members of special groups associated with the armed services. Coauthor 2009
SB 626 Modifications to platting requirements. Lead author 2009
SB 622 The number of raffles permitted in a year. Coauthor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 619 Celebrate Children special distinguishing registration plates. Coauthor 2009
SB 618 Raffles. Coauthor 2009
SB 614 The operation of motor vehicles on the exposed beds of outlying waters to control Phragmites australis. Lead author 2009
SB 610 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Coauthor 2009
SB 61 Special distinguishing registration plates expressing enthusiasm for hunting and fishing for sport and recreation. Coauthor 2009
SB 607 Terminating a tenancy on the basis that certain crimes or other activities are being committed on or near the premises. Coauthor 2009
SB 606 Age restrictions, headgear requirements, and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle. 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. Lead author 2009
SB 6 Designating a portion of the Brunsweiler River as a wild river. Coauthor 2009
SB 597 A grant for a highway project in the town of Pound. Lead author 2009
SB 594 Requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 588 Records concerning certain telephone and facsimile solicitations and a private action against certain senders of unsolicited facsimile solicitations. Coauthor 2009
SB 585 Prohibiting discrimination against an employee who declines to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer or with an agent, representative, or designee of the employer, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters. Coauthor 2009
SB 574 Exemption from execution for payments made to certain family farm businesses. Coauthor 2009
SB 573 Public access to certain shared law enforcement records. 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. Lead author 2009
SB 562 Weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Coauthor 2009
SB 557 Notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 555 Crimes against animals and providing a penalty. 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 552 Consideration for the purpose of gambling. Lead author 2009
SB 551 Distribution or delivery of a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in the presence of a child and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 533 An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 532 Additional municipal aid payments based on the amount of all municipal aid payments compared to total general fund expenditures and on regional factors and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 530 Regulating consumer small loans, limiting the areas in which a payday lender may operate, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 523 Unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights. Coauthor 2009
SB 520 Requiring municipalities to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Lead author 2009
SB 519 The issuance by the Department of Transportation of Eagle Scout decals to be affixed to motor vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation. Lead author 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 507 Changing the fees collected by a register of deeds, the redaction of social security numbers from electronic documents, and changes to the land information program. Coauthor 2009
SB 502 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Coauthor 2009
SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 496 Possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 482 The practice of athletic trainers and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 48 Catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. Coauthor 2009
SB 476 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 471 Health care plans operated by cooperative associations. Coauthor 2009
SB 47 Designating portions of the Totogatic River as a wild river. Coauthor 2009
SB 468 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 466 Regulation by the office of the commissioner of insurance of self-insured health plans offered by a city, town, village, county, or school district, providing a penalty, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 464 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions. Coauthor 2009
SB 46 Arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Lead author 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 453 Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. Coauthor 2009
SB 447 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 444 Extending the time period to claim a refund for an individual who is affected by a period of financial disability. Lead author 2009
SB 442 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Coauthor 2009
SB 441 Reporting and publishing factors used to set automobile insurance rates and granting 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 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 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
SB 429 Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. 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 415 Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. Lead author 2009
SB 41 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Coauthor 2009
SB 409 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 407 Eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships. 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 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Lead author 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 4 The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, 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 395 Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 392 Registration of former military vehicles. Coauthor 2009
SB 391 Expenditure of $30,000 from moneys appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources in payment of a claim against the state made by Stillmunkes, Inc. Lead author 2009
SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Lead author 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Coauthor 2009
SB 388 Changes to the regulation of massage therapy and bodywork, creating the Massage Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Examining Board, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 387 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University. Coauthor 2009
SB 379 Notification of school closings and reopenings. 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 364 Prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead. Coauthor 2009
SB 362 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Lead author 2009
SB 359 Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people. Coauthor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 354 Substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. Coauthor 2009
SB 352 The jurisdictional amount and court fees in certain small claims actions. Coauthor 2009
SB 339 Certification and licensure of real estate appraisers and requirements for appraisal reports and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 338 Maximum amount of funeral and burial expenses under the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses program. Coauthor 2009
SB 337 Creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence motivated by gender. Coauthor 2009
SB 334 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. 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 305 Allowing a member of a group fishing party to catch a fish using the bag limit of another member. Coauthor 2009
SB 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program. Coauthor 2009
SB 302 Powersports vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 300 Certain areas of land subject to managed forest land orders that were part of a parcel of land under single ownership that exceeded 8,000 acres in size. Coauthor 2009
SB 3 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Coauthor 2009
SB 293 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Coauthor 2009
SB 290 Changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 29 Passing parked motor vehicles and opening motor vehicle doors on highways and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
SB 284 Designating and marking USH 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway. Coauthor 2009
SB 278 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 276 Requiring governmental bodies of school districts and certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites. 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 272 Challenging the ballots of electors at polling places. 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 267 The definition of plumbing and classifying plumbers to do certain work. 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 261 Deployment of high-speed Internet services. Coauthor 2009
SB 260 Granting police authority to technical college district boards. 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 25 The use of race-based names, nicknames, logos, and mascots by school boards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 248 Penalty enhancers for committing domestic abuse in the presence of a child and providing penalties. 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 24 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for Wisconsin food banks that are members of Feeding America and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 236 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports. Lead author 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 224 Notice of proposed vacation of certain highways. Coauthor 2009
SB 223 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2009
SB 222 Group deer hunting requirements and restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle. Coauthor 2009
SB 218 Penalties and private actions for violations of restrictions on telephone solicitations. Coauthor 2009
SB 215 A personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. Coauthor 2009
SB 214 A real property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. 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 206 Recording and filing documents with the register of deeds. Lead author 2009
SB 204 Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 203 Claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. Coauthor 2009
SB 20 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
SB 2 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Coauthor 2009
SB 198 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Coauthor 2009
SB 195 Adding a member to the council on veterans programs. Coauthor 2009
SB 193 Raffle licenses. 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 189 Eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and payment of extended benefits; excluding recovery and reinvestment act moneys from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments; eligibility for participation in the programs of a community action agency; financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program; the confidentiality of pupil records provided to the Department of Public Instruction; financial assistance for criminal justice programs; authorizing political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans; definition of low-income household under energy and weatherization assistance programs; eligibility and notice changes for state continuation of coverage for health insurance; changes to enterprise zone jobs credits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 188 The use of golf carts in Governor Tommy G. Thompson Centennial State Park and Peshtigo River State Forest and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009