Every Bill Led or Signed

227 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–200.

AR 2 Creating a special committee to examine state compliance with court orders. Coauthor 2011s-jan
AR 1 Creating a special committee on the Open Meetings Laws. Coauthor 2011s-jan
SJR 61 Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 46 Proclaiming the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 45 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 26 Honoring municipal clerks and declaring May 1 through 7, 2011, as Municipal Clerks Week. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 61 Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material. Cosponsor 2011
SB 538 Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 494 Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 485 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education. Cosponsor 2011
SB 436 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 419 A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Cosponsor 2011
SB 376 Creation and coverage of certain positions of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under the code of ethics for state public officials and employees. Cosponsor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
SB 323 Birth certificates that are requested for the purpose of voting. Cosponsor 2011
SB 305 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Cosponsor 2011
SB 293 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 282 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 279 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 253 The liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted. Cosponsor 2011
SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 232 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance program procedures by policy and eliminating the requirement to request a waiver regarding Medical Assistance program eligibility. Cosponsor 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Cosponsor 2011
SB 122 The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 121 Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 120 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
AR 8 Assistant district attorneys. Coauthor 2011
AR 6 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. Coauthor 2011
AR 4 Requesting the governor to negotiate in good faith on January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 11. Coauthor 2011
AR 3 Honoring the victims of the Arizona shootings. Coauthor 2011
AR 26 Privatization of custodial workers at the capitol and executive office buildings. Coauthor 2011
AR 17 Protecting First Amendment rights. Coauthor 2011
AR 14 Public notice for meetings of assembly committees. Coauthor 2011
AJR 83 Honoring Wisconsin's retiring teachers for their years of service and contributions to our state's educational system and its students. Coauthor 2011
AJR 72 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 70 Recognizing October 6 as German-American Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 62 Public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Coauthor 2011
AJR 52 Requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Coauthor 2011
AJR 22 The life and public service of Steven J. Hilgenberg. Coauthor 2011
AJR 15 Recalling January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 11 from the Senate. Coauthor 2011
AJR 13 Commending law enforcement officials for keeping order at the capitol. Coauthor 2011
AJR 113 The life and public service of Frank L. Nikolay. Coauthor 2011
AJR 103 Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week. Coauthor 2011
AB 9 Marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 88 Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material. Coauthor 2011
AB 738 Mobile examining stations operated by the Department of Transportation for processing operator's license and identification card applications and use of an affidavit by certain electors as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 733 Creation of the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority and creation of the business seed fund, to be administered by the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 701 Reporting requirements regarding economic development programs of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 697 Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 619 Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 593 Crimes against animals. Coauthor 2011
AB 58 State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 564 A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Coauthor 2011
AB 500 Adding kindergarten to definition of school for the purposes of the gun-free school zone law and the prohibition against weapons on school premises. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
AB 409 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Coauthor 2011
AB 399 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 398 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 349 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Coauthor 2011
AB 348 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 341 The eligibility for relocation tax benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 339 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy. Coauthor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 333 The liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted. Coauthor 2011
AB 322 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Coauthor 2011
AB 313 Unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system. Coauthor 2011
AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
AB 296 Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives. Coauthor 2011
AB 264 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials, officials elect, and committees and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 25 Increasing the credit amount and allowing the transfer of the angel investment tax credit. Lead author 2011
AB 230 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 20 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 191 The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 187 Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 186 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 17 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 167 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 16 The jobs tax credit. Lead author 2011
AB 15 An income and franchise tax credit for businesses that purchase goods and services from Wisconsin vendors and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 132 Motor vehicle dealers. Coauthor 2011
AB 12 The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. Coauthor 2011
AB 11 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate one additional enterprise zone. Coauthor 2011
AB 10 Requiring the Department of Commerce to organize trade and marketing forums for Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SJR 80 The years of public service of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 46 Proclaiming Juror Appreciation Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 35 Encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 29 The life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 25 The commemoration of The Progressive magazine's 100th anniversary. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 24 Proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 12 Recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 78 Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 71 Preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 687 Eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. Cosponsor 2009
SB 656 Construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 638 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 633 A grant for providing assistance to individuals to obtain and maintain health care benefits and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 619 Celebrate Children special distinguishing registration plates. Cosponsor 2009
SB 579 Designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 55 The regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 517 The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. Cosponsor 2009
SB 460 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 383 Municipal court elections, judges, and procedure, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 381 Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 380 The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 361 The monthly rates that are paid for foster care; the levels of care that a foster home may provide; licensing of kinship care relatives to operate foster homes and, subject to certain exceptions, time limits on the receipt of kinship care payments; and licensing of foster homes across county lines. Cosponsor 2009
SB 359 Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people. Cosponsor 2009
SB 332 Submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 324 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Cosponsor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
SB 274 Requiring landlords to change locks. Cosponsor 2009
SB 270 Limiting the searchability of a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed. Cosponsor 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Cosponsor 2009
SB 263 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 204 Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 183 The provision of support services information to employees who are affected by a business closing or mass layoff and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 181 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 15 Payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. Cosponsor 2009
SB 135 Requiring instruction in public schools on the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process. Cosponsor 2009
SB 123 Regulating the transportation of aquatic plants and aquatic animals, the administration of federal funds for the control and eradication of noxious weeds, the placement of vehicles, seaplanes, watercraft, and other objects in navigable waters, the regulation of noxious weeds by municipalities, the disposal of invasive species, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 120 Pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
AR 2 Establishing the assembly committee structure and names for the 2009-2010 legislative session. Coauthor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 81 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. Coauthor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 72 The life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. Coauthor 2009
AJR 45 The life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski. Lead author 2009
AJR 43 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
AJR 42 Recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
AJR 41 Declaring June as Scoliosis Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 40 The commemoration of The Progressive magazine's 100th anniversary. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AJR 31 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 30 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Coauthor 2009
AJR 17 Declaring March 10, 2009, Tibet Day. Coauthor 2009
AJR 103 Recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 100 Congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. Coauthor 2009
AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 950 Eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. Lead author 2009
AB 92 The regulation, preservation, and restoration of historic buildings; the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit and the state historic rehabilitation tax credit; requiring the certification of downtowns; promoting certain downtown areas in this state; highway projects involving business and downtown areas; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 912 Construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 910 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 882 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Lead author 2009
AB 878 A grant for providing assistance to individuals to obtain and maintain health care benefits and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
AB 861 Celebrate Children special distinguishing registration plates. Lead author 2009
AB 779 Designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 76 Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 735 The display of historical registration plates on special interest vehicles that are 20 or more years old and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 705 The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. Lead author 2009
AB 653 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Coauthor 2009
AB 644 Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. Coauthor 2009
AB 605 Authorizing two or more cities, villages, towns, or counties, or a combination of such political subdivisions, to create a commission to issue conduit revenue bonds and exercise eminent domain authority and exempting from taxation interest on such bonds. Lead author 2009
AB 591 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Lead author 2009
AB 590 Elimination of an exception for spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 559 Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. Coauthor 2009
AB 558 The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 557 Notification of school closings and reopenings. Coauthor 2009
AB 532 Directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 510 The monthly rates that are paid for foster care; the levels of care that a foster home may provide; licensing of kinship care relatives to operate foster homes and, subject to certain exceptions, time limits on the receipt of kinship care payments; and licensing of foster homes across county lines. Coauthor 2009
AB 508 Submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence. Lead author 2009
AB 5 Payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. Coauthor 2009
AB 462 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
AB 458 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Coauthor 2009
AB 438 Changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 421 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
AB 418 A county fair coordinator. Coauthor 2009
AB 403 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
AB 400 Requiring landlords to change locks. Coauthor 2009
AB 395 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 392 Finance charges for licensed lenders. Coauthor 2009
AB 382 Fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans. Coauthor 2009
AB 365 Admitting prior testimony of a felony victim at a probation, parole, or extended supervision revocation hearing. Coauthor 2009
AB 349 Limiting the searchability of a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed. Coauthor 2009
AB 31 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 300 An income and franchise credit for property taxes paid on restaurant kitchen machinery and equipment. Coauthor 2009
AB 278 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009