Every Bill Led or Signed

577 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 201–400.

SB 405 Listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. Cosponsor 2011
SB 401 Designation of highways as scenic byways. Cosponsor 2011
SB 387 Requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. Cosponsor 2011
SB 384 Participating in a veterans court program. 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 355 The hours that a minor may work. Cosponsor 2011
SB 347 Creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
SB 342 Awards of punitive damages. Cosponsor 2011
SB 337 The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision. Cosponsor 2011
SB 322 Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Cosponsor 2011
SB 320 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Cosponsor 2011
SB 319 Elimination of the requirement that the governor approve a proposed rule that was considered at the joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the Department of Natural Resources and county meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and limitation of the scope of the requirement that an economic impact analysis be prepared for such a proposed rule. Cosponsor 2011
SB 316 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 312 Veteran preference points. Cosponsor 2011
SB 303 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. 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 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 273 The Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 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 238 Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make revenue obligation trust fund loans to certain municipalities, authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make certain investments, application requirements for certain state trust fund loans, persons authorized to execute certificates of indebtedness, and collection procedures for outstanding state trust fund loans. 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 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. 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 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Cosponsor 2011
SB 209 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. 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 157 Preparation of legislative and congressional districting plans by the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Government Accountability Board. Cosponsor 2011
SB 156 Regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority. 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
SB 112 Designating and marking a bridge on STH 33 in the city of Portage as the Pierre Pauquette Memorial Bridge. Cosponsor 2011
SB 108 The sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. Cosponsor 2011
SB 101 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. 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 19 Conduct in the assembly visitor gallery. Coauthor 2011
AR 17 Protecting First Amendment rights. Coauthor 2011
AR 14 Public notice for meetings of assembly committees. Coauthor 2011
AJR 96 Honoring the Wisconsin Wetlands Association and congratulating them on being awarded the 2012 Wetland Conservation Award. 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 83 Honoring Wisconsin's retiring teachers for their years of service and contributions to our state's educational system and its students. Lead author 2011
AJR 76 Commending the Department of Natural Resources-Division of Forestry and their emergency response personnel. Lead author 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 57 The life and public service of Richard Lyman Cates. Coauthor 2011
AJR 51 Nonpartisan elections for district attorney, sheriff, register of deeds, county clerk, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, and clerk of circuit court, and changing the election at which those officers are elected (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Coauthor 2011
AJR 47 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin. Coauthor 2011
AJR 45 Commending State Auditor Janice Mueller on the occasion of her retirement. 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 22 The life and public service of Steven J. Hilgenberg. Lead author 2011
AJR 130 Proclaiming March 2012 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 126 Commending Cambridge native Matt Kenseth on his second win of the Daytona 500. Coauthor 2011
AJR 114 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (second consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 102 The life and public service of Jean Lucey. Coauthor 2011
AB 91 The cost threshold for applicability of the prevailing wage law to a highway, road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project contracted by a town. Lead author 2011
AB 90 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 9 Marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 734 Treatment of hydroelectric power under the renewable portfolio standard. Coauthor 2011
AB 727 Manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers that contain bisphenol A and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 724 Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting. 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 679 Disqualification of a judge or justice and restricting an attorney from appearing before certain courts. Lead author 2011
AB 678 Disqualifying a judge or justice. Lead author 2011
AB 677 Counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; aid to school districts in which parental choice programs have been established; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; school district revenue limits; payments to independent charter schools and to private schools participating in a parental choice program; grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies; transportation aid to school districts; transportation of private school pupils; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 673 Campaign contributions to the governor or certain committees by lobbyists, principals, and other persons who may be affected by proposed administrative rules. Coauthor 2011
AB 667 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words Support Planned Parenthood and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 66 Custody and physical placement matters when a party is a service member. 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 636 Prohibiting the expenditure of moneys from the national mortgage settlement without legislative approval. 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 616 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 exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 602 Designation, modification, and termination of agricultural enterprise areas. Coauthor 2011
AB 593 Crimes against animals. Coauthor 2011
AB 591 Political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2011
AB 589 Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. 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 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 573 Stewardship funding for grants to control invasive species. Coauthor 2011
AB 566 The school day milk program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 565 Spending by certain electric and natural gas public utilities on energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable resource programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 563 Changes to the local room tax and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 533 The state main street program and business area revitalization services. Lead author 2011
AB 532 Creating a neighborhood business revitalization loan guarantee program in the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Lead author 2011
AB 518 Designation of highways as scenic byways. 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. Lead author 2011
AB 478 Changing the date of fire prevention week from the week of October 8 to the week of October 9. Coauthor 2011
AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 460 Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 459 Awards of punitive damages. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
AB 454 The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision. Coauthor 2011
AB 445 The hours that a minor may work. Coauthor 2011
AB 433 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 431 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. 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 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 388 Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Coauthor 2011
AB 375 The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority's development reserve fund and small business and agricultural production loan guarantee programs. Lead author 2011
AB 374 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. 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 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 341 The eligibility for relocation tax benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 332 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 316 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. 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 300 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Coauthor 2011
AB 296 Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives. 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 275 Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make revenue obligation trust fund loans to certain municipalities, authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make certain investments, application requirements for certain state trust fund loans, persons authorized to execute certificates of indebtedness, and collection procedures for outstanding state trust fund loans. Coauthor 2011
AB 269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 221 Veteran preference points. Coauthor 2011
AB 22 The purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System. Lead author 2011
AB 218 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2011
AB 21 State procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. Lead author 2011
AB 201 Regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 20 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 198 Preparation of legislative and congressional districting plans by the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Government Accountability Board. 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 174 Designating and marking a bridge on STH 33 in the city of Portage as the Pierre Pauquette Memorial Bridge. Lead author 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 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AB 15 An income and franchise tax credit for businesses that purchase goods and services from Wisconsin vendors and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 137 Residential mortgage loan foreclosures. Lead author 2011
AB 133 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 132 Motor vehicle dealers. Coauthor 2011
AB 124 Theft of certain services and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 113 Changing the boundaries of Marquette County and Green Lake County. 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 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 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 47 The second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 23 The life and military service of Sergeant Daniel James Thompson. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. 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 701 The foreclosure and sale of residential property. Cosponsor 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. 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 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 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 620 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 603 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment. Cosponsor 2009
SB 6 Designating a portion of the Brunsweiler River as a wild river. Cosponsor 2009
SB 599 Grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 598 The procedure for school district consolidations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 596 Transportation aid to school districts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 595 Transportation of private school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 594 Requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 593 Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 590 Petitions and management plans for the designation of managed forest land; transferrals of ownership of managed forest land; establishing stumpage values, filing cutting reports, and estimating withdrawal taxes under the managed forest land program; signatures and authentication requirements for orders under the forest croplands program; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 574 Exemption from execution for payments made to certain family farm businesses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 573 Public access to certain shared law enforcement records. Cosponsor 2009
SB 562 Weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products. 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 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 549 Entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president of the United States by means of a national popular vote. Cosponsor 2009
SB 545 Payment by the Department of Transportation of the costs of relocating utilities beneath or adjacent to a highway in the village of Sauk City. Cosponsor 2009
SB 542 Encouraging the purchase of food produced in this state, creating goals and a preference in state procurement for food produced in this state, and creating a council. Cosponsor 2009
SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 497 Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 48 Catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. Cosponsor 2009
SB 461 An income and franchise tax credit for a qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 452 A sales and use tax exemption for food sold by child welfare facilities. Cosponsor 2009
SB 442 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 439 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 428 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. Cosponsor 2009
SB 426 The format and fees for obtaining copies of public records. Cosponsor 2009
SB 425 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. 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 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 400 Operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. Cosponsor 2009
SB 40 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009