Every Bill Led or Signed

2,190 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1,801–2,000.

SJR 56 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 37 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 36 Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 30 Memorializing Congress to not enact the Employee Free Choice Act. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 27 Abolishing the office of lieutenant governor (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 26 Deleting from the constitution the office of secretary of state (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 18 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 17 Proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 14 Declaring March 2009 American Red Cross Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 13 The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 10 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SB 93 Partially exempting an assessor and an assessor's staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements related to the revaluation of property by an assessor. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 85 Eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 80 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 697 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 692 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 679 Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 659 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Cosponsor 2009
SB 652 Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 65 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2009
SB 64 Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 610 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 61 Special distinguishing registration plates expressing enthusiasm for hunting and fishing for sport and recreation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 608 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. Cosponsor 2009
SB 601 Comprehensive planning. Cosponsor 2009
SB 580 Animals taken into custody. Cosponsor 2009
SB 573 Public access to certain shared law enforcement records. Cosponsor 2009
SB 561 Evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 554 Qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 547 Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. Cosponsor 2009
SB 541 Providing public notice of a sale of personal property or real estate on execution. Cosponsor 2009
SB 539 Tax incentives for job creation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 53 Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 52 An education tax credit for businesses. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 474 Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building. Cosponsor 2009
SB 471 Health care plans operated by cooperative associations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 454 Establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 449 Possession of a firearm at school or under the supervision of a school authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 42 A report on food safety programs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 419 Requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for products sold as honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 412 Changing certain administrative procedures under the tax incremental financing program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 408 The exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower. Cosponsor 2009
SB 407 Eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships. Cosponsor 2009
SB 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Cosponsor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 397 General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 395 Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 394 Designating the Harley-Davidson as the Wisconsin state motorcycle. Cosponsor 2009
SB 392 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 385 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 382 Use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 378 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Cosponsor 2009
SB 377 Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 376 Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 374 Creating a commercial driver license exception for law enforcement officers operating commercial motor vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 363 The penalty for failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 360 Sale of a parcel of land located in Marinette County to the Wied Trust. Cosponsor 2009
SB 356 Acreage requirements for areas in which farm-raised deer that may be hunted are kept. Cosponsor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 343 The rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 340 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 334 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 330 Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 33 Purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 327 Designating Wisconsin cheese as the Wisconsin state snack. Cosponsor 2009
SB 319 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 300 Certain areas of land subject to managed forest land orders that were part of a parcel of land under single ownership that exceeded 8,000 acres in size. Cosponsor 2009
SB 296 Extensions of managed forest land orders. Cosponsor 2009
SB 293 Directing the governor to annually proclaim March 25 as Medal of Honor Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 291 Authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Cosponsor 2009
SB 28 Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. Cosponsor 2009
SB 278 U-turns on highways and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 277 Costs eligible for reimbursement under the Local Roads Improvement Program administered by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 271 Prohibiting the manufacture and sale at wholesale of certain baby bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 260 Granting police authority to technical college district boards. Cosponsor 2009
SB 26 Allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 254 Privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 252 The duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 244 Specific information signs on certain portions of STH 21. Cosponsor 2009
SB 243 Hunting of deer during the open bow hunting season. Cosponsor 2009
SB 242 Creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 241 Modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle. Cosponsor 2009
SB 239 The Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff. Cosponsor 2009
SB 236 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports. Cosponsor 2009
SB 233 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 23 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees. Cosponsor 2009
SB 225 The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. Cosponsor 2009
SB 223 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 217 Ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists. Cosponsor 2009
SB 215 A personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 214 A real property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 207 Possession and use of a firearm by a person under the age of 12 years. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 193 Raffle licenses. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 178 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 175 The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. Cosponsor 2009
SB 172 Limiting a city's and village's use of direct annexation and authorizing limited town challenges to an annexation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 171 Retail theft, proof of ownership for flea market sales, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 169 Use of a facsimile firearm and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 168 Supervision of barber or cosmetologist apprentices. Cosponsor 2009
SB 166 Creating an individual income tax deduction for any amount of interest paid on certain loans that are used for educational expenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 165 Changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. Cosponsor 2009
SB 164 Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 158 Vehicle stops at railroad crossings. Cosponsor 2009
SB 157 Driver education instruction. Cosponsor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 128 Regulation of telecommunications utilities and alternative telecommunications utilities, and public utility accounting filing requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 118 Prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 117 Extraterritorial plat approval on basis of land's use. Cosponsor 2009
SB 114 The use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. 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
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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 101 Battery to a highway construction or maintenance worker and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AR 25 Requiring the Committee on Rules to offer a resolution calling for a special order of business on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 98 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
AJR 96 Appointment of supreme court justices and elections to consider retention of justices (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 90 The life and public service of Rev. P. Harvey Stower. Coauthor 2009
AJR 9 Proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. Coauthor 2009
AJR 83 The life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell. Coauthor 2009
AJR 71 The H1N1 virus and its impact on Wisconsin. Coauthor 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). Coauthor 2009
AJR 58 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 56 The 100 year anniversary of Peninsula State Park. Coauthor 2009
AJR 55 Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 54 Proclaiming Cesky Den. Coauthor 2009
AJR 46 Declaring May 2009 as Drug Court Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 37 Proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight. Coauthor 2009
AJR 36 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). 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 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 3 Creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. Coauthor 2009
AJR 23 Declaring May as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 20 Declaring March 2009 American Red Cross Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 16 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 134 Proclaiming May 6, 2010, as Wisconsin Day of Prayer. Coauthor 2009
AJR 122 Declaring April as Forensic Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
AJR 121 Proclaiming May 2010 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 115 Expressing the sense of the legislature that Congress should return State of Wisconsin Nuclear Waste Fund contributions. Coauthor 2009
AJR 102 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 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 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 971 Development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the U.S. armed forces. Coauthor 2009
AB 970 Grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 969 Income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs. Coauthor 2009
AB 968 Authorizing the governor to award grants and loans for development projects, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 96 Operating a motor vehicle after revocation. Coauthor 2009
AB 958 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Coauthor 2009
AB 948 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 941 Creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools. Coauthor 2009
AB 937 Distributing one-half of general school aid using an income equalization formula. Coauthor 2009
AB 936 Depreciation and expense deductions for property used in farming. Coauthor 2009
AB 926 Creating the Department of Environmental Quality and transferring some of the authority and duties of the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Environmental Quality and to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 921 Pupil assessments. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 888 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Coauthor 2009
AB 881 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university. Coauthor 2009
AB 879 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 87 Disposal of ash resulting from the burning of a structure. Coauthor 2009
AB 868 An income and franchise tax credit for shipbuilding. Coauthor 2009
AB 867 A tax credit for hospitality business advertising. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 865 The limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Coauthor 2009
AB 855 Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to waive fishing license requirements for a weekend fishing event. Coauthor 2009
AB 84 Membership of the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009