John Townsend

Republican Former Representative · Assembly District 52

Bills they led · 8

Bills where John Townsend 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 8 bills they led: 1 became law, 0 were vetoed, 3 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

1 became law 3 passed one chamber 4 died at session end

Became law 1 bills

AB 83 issuing annual fishing licenses to certain resident disabled veterans. 2009

Passed one chamber 3 bills

AJR 67 commending MAG Giddings and Lewis on its sesquicentennial. 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

Died at session end 4 bills

AB 907 funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees. 2009
AB 82 registration for vehicles or trailers equipped with mobile emergency communication equipment and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 350 sales and use tax exemption for motorboats. 2009
AB 331 insurance coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices and services. 2009

Coauthored · 374

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that John Townsend 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 374 coauthored bills

AR 4 the reporting of hours worked by assembly employees. 2009
AR 25 requiring the Committee on Rules to offer a resolution calling for a special order of business on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14. 2009
AR 21 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
AR 16 urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 2009
AR 15 requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in certain cases before the United States Supreme Court. 2009
AR 13 proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 98 declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. 2009
AJR 93 recognizing November as National Adoption Month. 2009
AJR 92 recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War. 2009
AJR 90 the life and public service of Rev. P. Harvey Stower. 2009
AJR 9 proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2009
AJR 87 the life and public service of Reuben K. Harpole, Jr. 2009
AJR 85 recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. 2009
AJR 84 the life and public service of Velma Hamilton. 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 65 different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first consideration). 2009
AJR 64 the life and public service of Linda Farley. 2009
AJR 60 the public service of Anthony D. Hardie. 2009
AJR 58 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
AJR 57 the public service of Anthony D. Hardie. 2009
AJR 56 the 100 year anniversary of Peninsula State Park. 2009
AJR 55 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
AJR 54 proclaiming Cesky Den. 2009
AJR 51 state sovereignty. 2009
AJR 50 the public service of Allen J. Buechel. 2009
AJR 48 Proclaiming May 2, 2009, as Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day. 2009
AJR 46 declaring May 2009 as Drug Court Month. 2009
AJR 44 declaring May 3 to May 9, 2009, to be Vasculitis Awareness Week. 2009
AJR 43 proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. 2009
AJR 42 recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin. 2009
AJR 41 declaring June as Scoliosis Awareness Month. 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 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. 2009
AJR 34 the life and public service of James A. McCann. 2009
AJR 33 proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. 2009
AJR 32 public officer salary changes (first consideration). 2009
AJR 31 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 2009
AJR 30 proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. 2009
AJR 3 creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. 2009
AJR 27 proclaiming June 6, 2009, as Proper Drug Disposal Day. 2009
AJR 18 the life and public service of Rebecca Young. 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 134 proclaiming May 6, 2010, as Wisconsin Day of Prayer. 2009
AJR 118 proclaiming May 14, 15, and 16, 2010, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2009
AJR 115 expressing the sense of the legislature that Congress should return State of Wisconsin Nuclear Waste Fund contributions. 2009
AJR 109 prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). 2009
AJR 106 proclaiming February 5, 2010, as Go Red for Women Day. 2009
AJR 103 recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. 2009
AJR 102 proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 2009
AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 2009
AJR 1 proclaiming Niagara Escarpment year and month. 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 98 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 2009
AB 976 a sales and use tax exemption for medical physics performance testing of medical imaging and therapeutic equipment. 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. 2009
AB 971 development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the U.S. armed forces. 2009
AB 970 grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 97 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
AB 969 income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs. 2009
AB 968 authorizing the governor to award grants and loans for development projects, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. 2009
AB 967 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement income received by an individual. 2009
AB 960 requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 2009
AB 96 operating a motor vehicle after revocation. 2009
AB 956 the naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. 2009
AB 943 adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 942 the operation of motor vehicles on the exposed beds of outlying waters to control Phragmites australis. 2009
AB 94 issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources. 2009
AB 935 information on a person who is required to register as a sex offender. 2009
AB 934 sex offender registry requirements following certain plea agreements. 2009
AB 933 notification of law enforcement when certain sex offenders change residential addresses. 2009
AB 93 prohibiting certain automated telephone solicitations. 2009
AB 921 pupil assessments. 2009
AB 919 creating a qualified economic offer for school district professional employees in the arbitration process and school board selection of the group health benefits provider for school district employees. 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 902 low-profit limited liability companies. 2009
AB 890 the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 89 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
AB 888 employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. 2009
AB 881 creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university. 2009
AB 88 allowing electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives to include energy derived from garbage and certain waste in satisfying renewable portfolio standards. 2009
AB 879 sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 874 increasing the reduction in Wisconsin Works benefits based on a positive drug test, paying the amount of the reduction to dependent children in the group, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 873 liens by commercial real estate brokers. 2009
AB 871 an income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service. 2009
AB 870 the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. 2009
AB 87 disposal of ash resulting from the burning of a structure. 2009
AB 868 an income and franchise tax credit for shipbuilding. 2009
AB 867 a tax credit for hospitality business advertising. 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 865 the limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. 2009
AB 863 eliminating the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. 2009
AB 86 authorizing hunting of certain game with a crossbow by nonresidents who have attained the age of 65 years. 2009
AB 85 temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. 2009
AB 846 allowing required condominium disclosures to be made electronically. 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 838 creating a refundable individual income tax credit for property taxes paid on a principal dwelling that is destroyed by a natural or man-made disaster and making an appropriation. 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 821 commercial real estate liens and recording a correction instrument and a lis pendens. 2009
AB 819 prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2009
AB 818 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. 2009
AB 814 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 2009
AB 804 remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college. 2009
AB 80 an education tax credit for businesses. 2009
AB 799 changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, and the role of the Office of the Small Business Advocate in the Department of Commerce. 2009
AB 798 accepting pupils under the full-time Open Enrollment Program. 2009
AB 796 the rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. 2009
AB 794 nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits for purchasing a thermal biomass heating system and fuel for such a system, property tax exemptions for thermal biomass heating systems and facilities used to store fuel for such systems, and a sales and use tax exemption for purchasing a thermal biomass heating system. 2009
AB 790 exemption from execution for payments made to certain family farm businesses. 2009
AB 79 release of persons who commit operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing penalties. 2009
AB 785 an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 783 requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. 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 778 weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products. 2009
AB 775 throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 774 prohibiting the acquisition of land using stewardship funding if the acquisition results in adjacent landowners being denied access to their land. 2009
AB 770 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. 2009
AB 77 increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits. 2009
AB 760 ambulatory surgical facilities. 2009
AB 759 conditions of release to extended supervision, parole, conditional release, and supervised release, and conditions of probation, for sex offenders who committed certain crimes against children; prohibited areas for sex offenders who committed certain crimes against children; prohibiting a political subdivision from regulating the placement or residency of sex offenders; and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 756 the dairy and livestock investment tax credits. 2009
AB 754 an income and franchise tax credit for lumber manufacturing facility investments and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 753 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 752 members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 749 an income and franchise tax credit for equipment used to harvest or process woody biomass. 2009
AB 741 subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications. 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 738 limiting nonallocable segregated fee and resident tuition increases at the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 737 weapons authorized for use under certain hunting approvals, prohibiting certain persons from obtaining or using hunting approvals, authorizing issuance of archery hunting approvals and nonfirearm hunting approvals for hunting certain animals, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 736 agreements relating to motor carrier liability. 2009
AB 732 the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance is subject to circuit court or municipal court jurisdiction rather than juvenile court jurisdiction; creating a community youth and family aids surcharge; authorizing the Department of Corrections to set the youth aids daily rates for care of a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 73 cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. 2009
AB 727 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. 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 714 creating an individual income tax deduction for amounts paid to process certain meat that is donated to a charitable organization and exempting from taxation certain meat processing fees. 2009
AB 712 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. 2009
AB 710 inadmissibility of a statement, a gesture, or conduct expressing apology or condolence by a health care provider. 2009
AB 71 contacting, harming, or threatening to harm a juror and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 709 requiring access to toilet facilities in a retail establishment, immunity from civil liability related to use of the toilet facilities, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 708 creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 703 correcting errors in the assessment of counties and taxation districts by the Department of Revenue. 2009
AB 700 authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains. 2009
AB 70 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. 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 693 the practice of athletic trainers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 688 adopting revised Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code, concerning documents of title. 2009
AB 687 adopting revised article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning general provisions. 2009
AB 685 using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint. 2009
AB 684 dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 680 temporary restraining orders and injunctions. 2009
AB 671 licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 667 changing the calculation of the married persons tax credit. 2009
AB 662 changing the method for per diem payments of certain metropolitan sewerage district commissioners. 2009
AB 661 county and municipal expenditures for emergency services. 2009
AB 657 theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. 2009
AB 654 requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. 2009
AB 651 the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 2009
AB 636 the use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. 2009
AB 631 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
AB 630 enforcement of the citizenship qualification for voting in elections in this state. 2009
AB 624 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 623 seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. 2009
AB 618 regulating certain tree stands used for hunting. 2009
AB 617 applicability to private roads and driveways of certain rules of the road governing passing school buses. 2009
AB 608 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
AB 604 eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships. 2009
AB 603 operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. 2009
AB 602 designation of the manner of providing fire protection for a town. 2009
AB 600 authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 599 a speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness. 2009
AB 594 notifying a law enforcement agency when certain persons are released from the custody of the Department of Corrections. 2009
AB 593 special adjustment aid to school districts. 2009
AB 592 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
AB 591 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
AB 589 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
AB 585 the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 584 screening pupils for phonemic awareness and rapid naming. 2009
AB 583 requiring passage of a supplemental examination in reading instruction to obtain a teaching license. 2009
AB 581 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 58 the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. 2009
AB 577 requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. 2009
AB 576 increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain dependents. 2009
AB 57 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
AB 553 creating new grounds for discipline of hearing instrument specialists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists, changing licensing requirements for audiologists, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 552 following snowplows and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 550 the exchange of electronic records contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Program and in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System between the director of state courts and the Department of Children and Families and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 549 psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 538 awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 528 the regulation of traveling sales crews that solicit contributions for advocacy or political organizations. 2009
AB 525 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
AB 523 the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas. 2009
AB 522 veterans records with the register of deeds. 2009
AB 521 use of motor vehicles on the beds of navigable waters. 2009
AB 516 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
AB 515 reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 511 requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 507 voting at meeting's of the conservation congress. 2009
AB 506 substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. 2009
AB 503 exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 494 the methodology for filing campaign finance reports in electronic format. 2009
AB 492 inattentive driving and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 491 requirements for employment as the commandant at a veterans home. 2009
AB 490 receivership for abatement of residential nuisances. 2009
AB 49 special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned by veterans. 2009
AB 489 public access to certain local government law enforcement records. 2009
AB 488 requiring newborn hearing screening. 2009
AB 48 special distinguishing registration plates for groups that are military in nature and making an appropriation. 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 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 466 municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. 2009
AB 464 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. 2009
AB 463 requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. 2009
AB 460 preliminary hearings for allegations of sexual exploitation by a therapist. 2009
AB 46 an official state language, encouragement of cultural diversity, use of English for governmental written expression, acquiring language proficiency, and use of languages for nongovernmental purposes. 2009
AB 452 the exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. 2009
AB 451 registration of construction contractors. 2009
AB 446 authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet. 2009
AB 445 an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 441 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
AB 44 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 2009
AB 439 powersports vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 435 the operation of all-terrain vehicles on highways for the purpose of certain types of access and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 434 eliminating Special Transfer Program aid. 2009
AB 433 registration fees for certain motor vehicles issued special registration plates. 2009
AB 432 notification requirements for persons who must register as sex offenders and who are on school premises and providing penalties. 2009
AB 431 fees charged to qualified lake associations for certain permits to control aquatic plants. 2009
AB 426 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
AB 425 directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. 2009
AB 422 battery, intimidation, or threats to a district attorney, deputy district attorney, or assistant district attorney and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 417 requirements for initial licensure as a veterinarian. 2009
AB 415 designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway. 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 409 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 404 prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens. 2009
AB 402 the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on county trunk highways. 2009
AB 401 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 4 catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. 2009
AB 398 granting police authority to technical college district boards. 2009
AB 394 the color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. 2009
AB 393 using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers. 2009
AB 390 the possession and consumption of alcohol beverages by drivers and passengers on commercial quadricycles and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 385 access to telephone numbers of state agencies and authorities on the Internet. 2009
AB 384 operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. 2009
AB 382 fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. 2009
AB 381 decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. 2009
AB 380 state agency fiscal and operations reports and quarterly hearings of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. 2009
AB 379 allowing a municipality or a county to charge a registration fee for animal-drawn vehicles. 2009
AB 376 restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran. 2009
AB 373 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties. 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 369 social and financial impact reports. 2009
AB 368 providing descriptions of claims that exceed $10,000. 2009
AB 361 the amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association. 2009
AB 360 discharges of ballast water and related substances into the waters of the state, aquatic nuisance species, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 357 receiving a stolen firearm and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 356 modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle. 2009
AB 354 statute of limitations for intentional torts. 2009
AB 352 vehicle owner liability for a vehicle's failure to stop as required for a school bus. 2009
AB 351 the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. 2009
AB 347 the Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff. 2009
AB 346 penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. 2009
AB 342 operation of lightweight utility vehicles on certain highways by persons with disabilities to access hunting and fishing areas. 2009
AB 341 driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 34 allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. 2009
AB 339 a sales and use tax exemption for building materials used to construct or remodel single-family residences. 2009
AB 338 retaining the real estate transfer fee. 2009
AB 337 payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System. 2009
AB 336 immunity from liability for, and disclosure of patient information by, a health care provider, health care facility, or employee of a health care provider or health care facility that, in good faith, reports or provides information about a violation of the law or of a clinical or ethical standard, unprofessional conduct, or negligence in treating a patient by a health care provider, health care facility, or employee or former employee of a health care provider or health care facility. 2009
AB 335 the consumption of alcohol beverages in public places. 2009
AB 329 conditions of extended supervision, probation, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses. 2009
AB 326 committing fraud on certain service providers and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 324 impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 321 requiring the enactment of legislation for setting the salaries of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the attorney general, the superintendent of public instruction, state senators and representatives to the assembly, supreme court justices, court of appeals judges, and circuit court judges. 2009
AB 32 extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. 2009
AB 315 the financial institutions in which the investment instrument of a college savings account may be held. 2009
AB 312 authorizing cities and towns, and expanding the authority of villages, to create combined protective services departments. 2009
AB 308 police escorts and vehicle rights-of-way related to escorted vehicles and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 306 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 2009
AB 300 an income and franchise credit for property taxes paid on restaurant kitchen machinery and equipment. 2009
AB 292 recording and filing documents with the register of deeds. 2009
AB 289 creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. 2009
AB 288 education and work experience requirements for registration as a professional engineer and examinations for professional engineering credentials. 2009
AB 284 special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 276 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 275 the Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board. 2009
AB 273 podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes. 2009
AB 272 donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. 2009
AB 270 utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. 2009
AB 27 the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest. 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. 2009
AB 268 federalizing the treatment of capital losses. 2009
AB 262 raffle licenses. 2009
AB 261 soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 258 the disposal of used automotive engine oil filters and oil absorbent materials and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 256 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 253 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 252 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 251 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 2009
AB 239 limiting a city's and village's use of direct annexation and authorizing limited town challenges to an annexation. 2009
AB 238 determining eligibility of certain persons for Medical Assistance without consideration of a spouse's income or assets. 2009
AB 237 prohibiting the Department of Commerce from promulgating rules requiring registration of certain persons engaged in the construction business. 2009
AB 235 the issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. 2009
AB 233 use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 232 duties upon striking a person or an attended or occupied vehicle and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 231 the time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. 2009
AB 230 electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards. 2009
AB 229 the sale of home-canned food. 2009
AB 227 directing the Pharmacy Examining Board to create a program to monitor the dispensing of prescription drugs and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
AB 226 increases in undergraduate resident tuition and nonallocable segregated fees at the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 225 mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. 2009
AB 219 requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. 2009
AB 218 penalty surcharges, court fees, drivers' records, and drug and alcohol assessment for persons who commit certain offenses relating to driving while intoxicated. 2009
AB 217 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
AB 216 permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. 2009
AB 214 posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child and disclosure of the report of an investigation of the home of a proposed adoptive parent on the request of the proposed adoptive parent. 2009
AB 208 an individual income tax credit for the sales and use taxes paid on self-service laundry services. 2009
AB 207 requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified. 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 201 the date of pupil counts in second semester of school year. 2009
AB 200 the number of school days required each school term. 2009
AB 198 highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. 2009
AB 197 the definitions of motor bicycle and moped. 2009
AB 195 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 2009
AB 191 drunken driving and creating a penalty. 2009
AB 187 school bus seating positions and passenger loading and unloading and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 184 increasing expense deductions for income and franchise tax purposes. 2009
AB 183 the immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. 2009
AB 182 assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment. 2009
AB 181 operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. 2009
AB 180 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. 2009
AB 17 requiring ignition interlock devices for certain motor vehicle violations, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 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 167 the inapplicability of the prevailing wage law to projects in which the construction is contracted for by a private owner or developer and the completed projected is acquired by a local governmental unit or state agency. 2009
AB 166 the use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. 2009
AB 159 the charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes. 2009
AB 157 vehicle stops at railroad crossings. 2009
AB 155 providing alcohol beverages to an underage person who suffers great bodily harm or death from their consumption and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 154 prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties. 2009
AB 149 the interest rate on delinquent property taxes. 2009
AB 148 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
AB 142 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 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 134 the extension for objecting to property tax assessments. 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. 2009
AB 131 pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. 2009
AB 130 costs of administering tests for intoxication. 2009
AB 13 creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received from the well contamination and abandonment compensation program. 2009
AB 129 battery or threat to witnesses and providing penalties. 2009
AB 128 authorizing a sheriff to depute certain security officers who are employed by the Department of Military Affairs. 2009
AB 124 appellate procedure. 2009
AB 123 appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons. 2009
AB 122 appellate time limits and procedure. 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 117 withholding of pay of certain state elected officials and prohibiting the reimbursement of certain legislator expenses; acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees; deadlines for the transmittal of the Building Commission's long-range state building program recommendations and the delivery of the governor's biennial budget message; submission of a report on the timeliness of the submittal of agency biennial budget requests; legislative consideration of biennial budget bill; operation of legislature before passage of biennial budget bill; and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 114 open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, and providing a penalty. 2009
AB 110 access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions. 2009
AB 11 eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority. 2009
AB 106 underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. 2009
AB 104 reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. 2009
AB 103 authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. 2009
AB 101 the registration of antique snowmobiles. 2009
AB 10 a report on food safety programs. 2009

Cosponsored · 228

Bills from the other house that John Townsend signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

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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 61 prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). 2009
SJR 56 proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 2009
SJR 55 declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. 2009
SJR 54 commending Mary and Ted Kellner on the occasion of their receiving the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award. 2009
SJR 53 honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. 2009
SJR 52 the life and public service of Ernest Paul Sobotta. 2009
SJR 51 proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 2009
SJR 46 proclaiming Juror Appreciation 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 43 the life and public service of Linda Farley. 2009
SJR 4 recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. 2009
SJR 37 accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). 2009
SJR 36 secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 2009
SJR 32 Proclaiming May 2, 2009, as Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day. 2009
SJR 30 memorializing Congress to not enact the Employee Free Choice Act. 2009
SJR 3 Proclaiming Data Privacy Day. 2009
SJR 28 proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. 2009
SJR 24 proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. 2009
SJR 21 celebrating March 25, 2009, as the 188th anniversary of Greek independence. 2009
SJR 20 proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. 2009
SJR 19 declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. 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
SJR 17 proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month. 2009
SJR 16 limiting the provisions that may be considered by the committee of conference. 2009
SJR 13 the Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. 2009
SJR 12 recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. 2009
SJR 11 veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration). 2009
SB 99 appellate time limits and procedure. 2009
SB 98 appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons. 2009
SB 97 authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. 2009
SB 96 diversions under a community integration program of Medical Assistance-eligible persons from imminent entry into nursing homes. 2009
SB 95 adding a circuit court branch in Calumet County. 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 91 the use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 90 the registration of antique snowmobiles. 2009
SB 85 eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children. 2009
SB 84 ineligibility for state financial assistance of a postsecondary student who has been convicted of possessing, with intent to manufacture, distribute, or deliver, or of manufacturing, distributing, or delivering, a controlled substance or controlled substance analog based on conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the postsecondary student was receiving any state financial assistance and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 83 strip searches. 2009
SB 82 access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions. 2009
SB 80 the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. 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 76 the designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. 2009
SB 75 the designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 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 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 685 the terms of teacher employment contracts. 2009
SB 681 adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. 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 668 the naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. 2009
SB 652 special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 65 expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. 2009
SB 614 the operation of motor vehicles on the exposed beds of outlying waters to control Phragmites australis. 2009
SB 611 providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 610 employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. 2009
SB 608 requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. 2009
SB 607 terminating a tenancy on the basis that certain crimes or other activities are being committed on or near the premises. 2009
SB 605 allowing required condominium disclosures to be made electronically. 2009
SB 60 highway improvement projects in the city of Kiel. 2009
SB 592 a biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. 2009
SB 59 seizure of a computer used to commit a crime and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 587 commercial real estate liens and recording a correction instrument and a lis pendens. 2009
SB 581 prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2009
SB 58 permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. 2009
SB 576 the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. 2009
SB 574 exemption from execution for payments made to certain family farm businesses. 2009
SB 573 public access to certain shared law enforcement records. 2009
SB 57 composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority. 2009
SB 562 weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products. 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 559 the dairy and livestock investment tax credits. 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. 2009
SB 554 qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. 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. 2009
SB 551 distribution or delivery of a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in the presence of a child and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 548 conditions of release to extended supervision, parole, conditional release, and supervised release, and conditions of probation, for sex offenders who committed certain crimes against children; prohibited areas for sex offenders who committed certain crimes against children; prohibiting a political subdivision from regulating the placement or residency of sex offenders; and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 546 authorizing the copying of a birth certificate in order for a child to participate in an organized youth sport. 2009
SB 54 prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. 2009
SB 539 tax incentives for job creation. 2009
SB 535 licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 533 an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 53 extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. 2009
SB 524 subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications. 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. 2009
SB 52 an education tax credit for businesses. 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. 2009
SB 515 authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains. 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 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. 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 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 497 creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 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. 2009
SB 482 the practice of athletic trainers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 480 adopting revised Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code, concerning documents of title. 2009
SB 48 catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. 2009
SB 474 income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building. 2009
SB 472 adopting revised article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning general provisions. 2009
SB 470 dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 467 using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint. 2009
SB 464 temporary restraining orders and injunctions. 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 442 requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. 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. 2009
SB 433 child in need of protection or services jurisdiction over a child based on another child from the child's home being placed outside the home under a juvenile court order and involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds of three or more prior voluntary or involuntary terminations of parental rights. 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. 2009
SB 431 the use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 430 collective bargaining over health care coverage for municipal employees, allowing municipal employers to change health care coverage plan providers, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 428 seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. 2009
SB 422 designation of an official state automotive museum. 2009
SB 421 underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises. 2009
SB 420 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. 2009
SB 42 a report on food safety programs. 2009
SB 416 adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 2009
SB 413 receivership for abatement of residential nuisances. 2009
SB 407 eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships. 2009
SB 404 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
SB 403 authorizing the release of certain personal identifying information collected by the Department of Regulation and Licensing. 2009
SB 402 authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. 2009
SB 401 requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. 2009
SB 400 operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. 2009
SB 397 general purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 395 psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 2009
SB 392 registration of former military vehicles. 2009
SB 39 cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. 2009
SB 389 licensing sign language interpreters, creating an evidentiary privilege for communications with those interpreters, creating a Sign Language Interpreter Council, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 386 automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. 2009
SB 385 factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. 2009
SB 384 defense to criminal prosecutions for parent or guardian for using spiritual treatment in lieu of medical treatment on a child and the election of Christian Science treatment for a child in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for the cure of disease. 2009
SB 383 municipal court elections, judges, and procedure, and providing penalties. 2009
SB 382 use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 38 issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources. 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 375 the exchange of electronic records contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Program and in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System between the director of state courts and the Department of Children and Families and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 374 creating a commercial driver license exception for law enforcement officers operating commercial motor vehicles. 2009
SB 363 the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 360 sale of a parcel of land located in Marinette County to the Wied Trust. 2009
SB 358 creating new grounds for discipline of hearing instrument specialists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists, changing licensing requirements for audiologists, and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 357 awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation. 2009
SB 354 substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. 2009
SB 353 federalizing the treatment of capital losses. 2009
SB 350 an optional identification requirement for voting in elections. 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 340 requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. 2009
SB 34 eligibility for an occupational license. 2009
SB 336 requiring a person arrested for a felony or a juvenile taken into custody for certain sexual assault offenses to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, inclusion of the analysis results in the Department of Justice deoxyribonucleic acid data bank, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, 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 330 exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 327 designating Wisconsin cheese as the Wisconsin state snack. 2009
SB 323 requiring newborn hearing screening. 2009
SB 31 the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. 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. 2009
SB 303 requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. 2009
SB 302 powersports vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 301 the application of shoreland zoning ordinances to certain unincorporated areas. 2009
SB 30 underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. 2009
SB 297 the immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. 2009
SB 294 municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. 2009
SB 293 directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. 2009
SB 292 the exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. 2009
SB 291 authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. 2009
SB 278 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 273 creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 268 the location of facilities in which rendering, animal food processing, or grease processing is conducted. 2009
SB 260 granting police authority to technical college district boards. 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 252 the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. 2009
SB 250 accepting pupils under the full-time Open Enrollment Program. 2009
SB 248 penalty enhancers for committing domestic abuse in the presence of a child and providing penalties. 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 242 creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. 2009
SB 241 modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle. 2009
SB 239 the Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff. 2009
SB 234 the consumption of alcohol beverages in public places. 2009
SB 225 the designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. 2009
SB 223 composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2009
SB 220 eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 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. 2009
SB 21 fees charged by notaries public. 2009
SB 206 recording and filing documents with the register of deeds. 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 198 donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. 2009
SB 197 damages for frivolous claims. 2009
SB 196 the time within which a complaint may be filed or a civil action may be brought alleging a violation of the family and medical leave law and the procedures governing an appeal of a determination of the Department of Workforce Development under that law. 2009
SB 195 adding a member to the council on veterans programs. 2009
SB 193 raffle licenses. 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. 2009
SB 190 renewals and extensions of business contracts. 2009
SB 187 an income and franchise tax credit for wages paid to an employee who is deployed or called to active duty with the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. 2009
SB 186 the disposal of used automotive engine oil filters and oil absorbent materials and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 185 regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 182 statute of limitations for intentional torts. 2009
SB 181 prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 175 the issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. 2009
SB 172 limiting a city's and village's use of direct annexation and authorizing limited town challenges to an annexation. 2009
SB 169 use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 165 changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. 2009
SB 163 requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. 2009
SB 162 requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. 2009
SB 16 permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be. 2009
SB 158 vehicle stops at railroad crossings. 2009
SB 156 eliminating the penalty for participating in an office sports pool. 2009
SB 145 determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. 2009
SB 140 posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child and disclosure of the report of an investigation of the home of a proposed adoptive parent on the request of the proposed adoptive parent. 2009
SB 14 the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest. 2009
SB 137 the definitions of motor bicycle and moped. 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. 2009
SB 124 granting high school credit for extracurricular sports and requiring additional physical education credits for a high school diploma. 2009
SB 121 requiring the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a career conversations program. 2009
SB 120 pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. 2009
SB 119 open burning of solid waste, illegal storage or disposal of waste tires, and providing a penalty. 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 105 payment card network fees for merchants and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 104 requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. 2009
SB 103 restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty. 2009
SB 102 periods of revocation of driving privileges after committing certain offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 2009

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