Every Bill Led or Signed

150 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–150.

SJR 69 Honoring the members of Bon Iver and Justin Vernon on their 2012 Grammy Awards. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 6 Recognizing American Heart Month and Wear Red Day. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 58 Commending Laura Kaeppeler on winning the Miss America pageant. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 55 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 45 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 44 Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 41 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). Cosponsor 2011
SJR 39 Commending Gateway Technical College on its 100th anniversary. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 25 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 22 Honoring the University of Wisconsin-Madison's women's hockey team. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 18 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 14 Recognizing Black History Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 78 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 71 Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 528 Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
SB 522 Use of tuberculocidal disinfectants in a barbering or cosmetology establishment. Cosponsor 2011
SB 511 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. 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 490 Maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 48 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 469 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 436 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 424 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development, when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits, to notify the local workforce development board, and the job center, serving the area where the claimant resides. Cosponsor 2011
SB 377 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Cosponsor 2011
SB 371 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 336 Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
SB 329 Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 299 Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. 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 278 Grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 277 Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action. Cosponsor 2011
SB 258 Credit cards issued to underage customers, higher education institutions and the marketing of credit cards, financial literacy requirements for higher education students, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 256 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 249 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Cosponsor 2011
SB 246 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Cosponsor 2011
SB 244 Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 236 Grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 234 Preaccreditation and accreditation of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the choice program for eligible school districts, certificates of occupancy for participating private school buildings, verification of income eligibility for pupils to participate in the programs, fees and tuition charged to pupils attending participating private schools, and standards of conduct for administrators of participating private schools. Cosponsor 2011
SB 229 Inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed rule an assessment of the impact that the proposed rule will have on public health and the environment. Cosponsor 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Cosponsor 2011
SB 201 An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed individuals. Cosponsor 2011
SB 187 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
SB 176 Legislative vacancies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 166 Preferences for minority-owned businesses in state procurement. Cosponsor 2011
SB 165 Birth certificates for Milwaukee County residents. Cosponsor 2011
SB 127 Aggravating factors for a court to consider when sentencing persons. Cosponsor 2011
SB 118 Communications by members of the legislature. Cosponsor 2011
SB 11 The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee. Cosponsor 2011
AR 6 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. 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 15 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 95 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Coauthor 2011
AJR 84 A Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights. Coauthor 2011
AJR 81 Women's reproductive rights. Lead author 2011
AJR 80 Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week. Lead author 2011
AJR 79 Expression of support by members of the Wisconsin assembly for the American Jobs Act. Lead author 2011
AJR 74 The life and public service of Cecil B. Brown, Jr. Coauthor 2011
AJR 72 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 71 Commending Michael R. Lovell as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AJR 70 Recognizing October 6 as German-American Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 7 Recognizing American Heart Month and Wear Red Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 64 Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Coauthor 2011
AJR 59 Proclaiming Diabetes Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 56 Granting persons convicted of a felony or of certain misdemeanors the right to vote, hold an office of trust, profit, or honor, and run for elective public office (first consideration). Lead author 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 40 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 37 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 36 Commending the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team. Coauthor 2011
AJR 35 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 27 Honoring the University of Wisconsin-Madison's women's hockey team. Coauthor 2011
AJR 2 The life and public service of Dismas P. Becker. Coauthor 2011
AJR 19 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Coauthor 2011
AJR 17 Recognizing Black History Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 137 Participation in the legislative and electoral process, the right to vote, the right to an impartial judiciary, the right of privacy, the right to a quality education, the right to health care services, voting rights for certain felons, uniform voting procedures, mandatory recounting of ballots, the procedure for legislative redistricting and congressional reapportionment, the establishment of a state governmental accountability board, administration of election laws, ethics laws, and lobbying laws, public access to the capitol, 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, petition and referendum by the people to reject acts of the legislature, open meetings of the supreme court, public funding of supreme court election campaigns, graduated and progressive taxation of individuals, the right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air, establishment of a board and a department of natural resources and the appointment of the secretary of natural resources, independence of the superintendent of public instruction, the authority of the superintendent of public instruction to require minimum staffing levels and minimum funding levels for public schools, appropriating public funds to support sectarian schools, treatment of corporations as natural persons, and the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 123 Honoring the members of Bon Iver and Justin Vernon on their 2012 Grammy Awards. Coauthor 2011
AJR 122 Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 121 Amending the U.S. Constitution via congressional action or constitutional convention to establish that corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights of natural persons and that money is not speech. Coauthor 2011
AJR 109 Commending the University of Wisconsin Badgers football team on an outstanding 2011 season. Coauthor 2011
AJR 108 Declaring December 12, 2012, Aaron Rodgers Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 102 The life and public service of Jean Lucey. Coauthor 2011
AJR 101 Judicial circuit subdivision in Milwaukee County (first consideration). Lead author 2011
AB 98 Prohibiting the use of zip codes or information in credit reports for issuing or renewing, or setting premiums for, certain types of insurance. Coauthor 2011
AB 8 The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AB 75 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 742 Creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 739 Prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles in which children under the age of 16 are present. Lead author 2011
AB 725 Contracts between the state, a county with a population of 750,000 or more, or a 1st class city and financial institutions and devoting 10 percent of the state's, 20 percent of such a county's, and 40 percent of such a city's expenditures on economic development and housing programs and procurements to several areas in the city of Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AB 694 Teen dating violence education. Lead author 2011
AB 672 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 667 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words Support Planned Parenthood and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 664 Use of tuberculocidal disinfectants in a barbering or cosmetology establishment. Coauthor 2011
AB 651 Clean technology grants and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 648 Establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan. Coauthor 2011
AB 641 Making the transitional jobs program permanent, increasing audit and compliance positions in the Department of Revenue, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 640 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Coauthor 2011
AB 637 Disregarding a taxpayer's election to include another in its combined group, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, repealing the income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit, eliminating the individual income tax exclusion for long-term capital gains other than for farm assets, computing the estate tax based on 2002 federal law, and creating a new individual income tax upper bracket. 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 58 State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 578 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Coauthor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 575 Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training. Coauthor 2011
AB 565 Spending by certain electric and natural gas public utilities on energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable resource programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 529 Licensing of taxicabs by a 1st class city. Coauthor 2011
AB 513 A program to employ 10,000 individuals in southeastern Wisconsin. Lead author 2011
AB 475 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 471 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Coauthor 2011
AB 460 Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 452 Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 447 Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma. Coauthor 2011
AB 446 Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 444 Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. Coauthor 2011
AB 435 Services of the Department of Transportation relating to operator's licenses and identification cards. Lead author 2011
AB 434 False advertising by limited services pregnancy centers, providing a penalty, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 412 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to notify the local workforce development board when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 404 Abolishing the offices of Milwaukee County treasurer and register of deeds and transferring the duties of those offices to the Milwaukee County clerk. Lead author 2011
AB 397 Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 369 Grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 366 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 365 Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 364 Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action. Coauthor 2011
AB 354 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 350 Employment discrimination based on credit history. 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 345 Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 344 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Coauthor 2011
AB 343 Grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 340 Credit cards issued to underage customers, higher education institutions and the marketing of credit cards, financial literacy requirements for higher education students, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 324 Preaccreditation and accreditation of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the choice program for eligible school districts, certificates of occupancy for participating private school buildings, verification of income eligibility for pupils to participate in the programs, fees and tuition charged to pupils attending participating private schools, and standards of conduct for administrators of participating private schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 32 Communications by members of the legislature. Coauthor 2011
AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
AB 281 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 280 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 268 Legislative vacancies. Coauthor 2011
AB 266 The sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries. Coauthor 2011
AB 259 Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities. Coauthor 2011
AB 258 Requiring the Department of Corrections to increase participation in work release and treatment programs. Lead author 2011
AB 257 A Milwaukee County sales and use tax for parks, recreation and culture, transit services, and public safety. Lead author 2011
AB 256 A grant to Milwaukee County to assist men of color in obtaining employment and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 255 FoodShare benefits for legal immigrants. Lead author 2011
AB 216 Maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. 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 116 Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011