Every Bill Led or Signed

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

SR 21 Public notice for meetings of senate committees. Coauthor 2011
SR 19 Public access to the state capitol building. Coauthor 2011
SJR 9 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 2011
SJR 71 Proclaiming May 2012 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
SJR 70 The life and public service of Harry Franke. Coauthor 2011
SJR 68 An independent redistricting commission (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
SJR 67 Recognizing that it is the right, duty, and privilege of the legislature to control the expenditure of moneys appropriated by law. Coauthor 2011
SJR 60 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (second consideration). Coauthor 2011
SJR 58 Commending Laura Kaeppeler on winning the Miss America pageant. Coauthor 2011
SJR 57 Stating the legislature's support for farm work. Coauthor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Coauthor 2011
SJR 49 The life and public service of Wayne F. Whittow. Coauthor 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). Coauthor 2011
SJR 38 The life and public service of Richard Lyman Cates. Coauthor 2011
SJR 31 Memorializing Congress to reintroduce and pass the Oil Industry Tax Break Repeal Act. Coauthor 2011
SJR 26 Honoring municipal clerks and declaring May 1 through 7, 2011, as Municipal Clerks Week. Coauthor 2011
SJR 25 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
SJR 20 Declaring April 2011 Donate Life Month. Coauthor 2011
SJR 18 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Coauthor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Coauthor 2011
SB 96 Motor vehicle dealers. Coauthor 2011
SB 93 Going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons. Coauthor 2011
SB 90 Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 89 The amount of the exemption from income tax withholding requirements for employees of a county fair association. Coauthor 2011
SB 85 Theft of certain services and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 84 Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. Coauthor 2011
SB 81 Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. Coauthor 2011
SB 79 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 77 Membership on the State Trails Council. Coauthor 2011
SB 67 Political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations and the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2011
SB 559 Payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. Coauthor 2011
SB 558 General transportation aids for highways on boundary lines of municipalities. Lead author 2011
SB 556 Selection of student information system software vendors by the Department of Public Instruction. Coauthor 2011
SB 554 Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day. Coauthor 2011
SB 55 Expanding the number of tax incremental financing districts that may be designated as distressed or severely distressed. Coauthor 2011
SB 549 Fees for dental services. Coauthor 2011
SB 542 The process for issuance of prospecting and mining permits for certain iron mining, standards for activities related to iron mining, fees related to iron mining, the net proceeds occupation tax on iron mining, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 54 Certain controlled substances and providing a penalty. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 537 The regulation of aquaculture. Lead author 2011
SB 53 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
SB 527 Sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations. Coauthor 2011
SB 52 Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses. Coauthor 2011
SB 519 Renewable energy goals for state energy consumption and for energy use by certain state agencies. Coauthor 2011
SB 518 Gasoline vapor recovery requirements and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 513 Issuance of conservation patron licenses to certain disabled veterans. Lead author 2011
SB 512 Changing the calculation of the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit as it relates to a claimant's principal dwelling. Lead author 2011
SB 511 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 510 Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies. Coauthor 2011
SB 51 The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement grant program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 505 Venue in actions in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. Lead author 2011
SB 497 Designation, modification, and termination of agricultural enterprise areas. Coauthor 2011
SB 495 The return of federal funds to the federal government. Coauthor 2011
SB 483 Informational highway signs identifying wild rivers and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2011
SB 481 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Coauthor 2011
SB 47 Changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, the role of the Office of Regulatory Assistance in the Department of Commerce, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 465 The definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs. Coauthor 2011
SB 46 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
SB 446 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
SB 444 Professional land surveyors; the practice of professional land surveying; surveying land abutting navigable waters; various changes regarding platting, surveying, and certified survey maps; and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 441 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
SB 438 Changes to the local room tax and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 434 Operation of farm tractors on highways. Coauthor 2011
SB 430 The hours for providing Department of Transportation services relating to operator's licenses and identification cards. Coauthor 2011
SB 428 Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 427 School bullying, unlawful use of computer systems, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 425 Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2011
SB 414 The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices. Coauthor 2011
SB 413 Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2011
SB 411 Hunting and trapping of wolves, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 410 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure. Coauthor 2011
SB 407 Zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 401 Designation of highways as scenic byways. Coauthor 2011
SB 40 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Coauthor 2011
SB 4 Authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in rural areas. Coauthor 2011
SB 39 Grants to regional economic development entities by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2011
SB 384 Participating in a veterans court program. Coauthor 2011
SB 380 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
SB 377 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 375 Delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services. Coauthor 2011
SB 370 Regulating certain substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants. Coauthor 2011
SB 365 Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, and funding for supplemental snowmobile trail aids. Coauthor 2011
SB 362 A sales and use tax exemption for building materials that become a part of a facility for a local unit of government or nonprofit organization. Coauthor 2011
SB 36 The application of shoreland zoning ordinances to certain unincorporated areas. Lead author 2011
SB 358 Alcohol beverages violations by underage persons on licensed premises. Coauthor 2011
SB 354 Registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 352 Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
SB 323 Birth certificates that are requested for the purpose of voting. Lead author 2011
SB 322 Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Coauthor 2011
SB 321 Limiting the number of individual income tax checkoffs and combining the breast cancer and prostate cancer checkoffs into a checkoff for cancer research. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 314 Collection of money owed for failure to pay for gasoline or diesel fuel and obtaining information with personal identifiers from the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
SB 313 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. Coauthor 2011
SB 305 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Coauthor 2011
SB 304 Creating a Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 303 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. Coauthor 2011
SB 301 The definition of rough fish and taking rough fish with a crossbow. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 291 Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment. Coauthor 2011
SB 289 The appointment of adult school crossing guards. Coauthor 2011
SB 281 The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 278 Grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 274 Regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 273 The Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 272 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
SB 248 Management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. Lead author 2011
SB 247 Exemption of individuals who are at least 65 years of age from the requirement to provide proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 242 Changing the definition of and the applicability of one-family and two-family dwelling rules to a bed and breakfast. Coauthor 2011
SB 241 Nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates and licenses. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 235 Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle. Coauthor 2011
SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 228 Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat. Coauthor 2011
SB 226 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements. Coauthor 2011
SB 217 Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Coauthor 2011
SB 215 Trailer or semitrailer registration. Coauthor 2011
SB 212 Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Coauthor 2011
SB 209 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
SB 203 Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care. Coauthor 2011
SB 198 The rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. Coauthor 2011
SB 197 Designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge. Lead author 2011
SB 193 Prohibiting a vote on bills during the first 21 days after introduction. Coauthor 2011
SB 192 The sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries. Coauthor 2011
SB 191 Awarding costs in administrative agency actions. Coauthor 2011
SB 19 Disinfection of municipal water supplies. Coauthor 2011
SB 186 Fees for dental services. Coauthor 2011
SB 182 Excluding permits and licenses from the definition of real property for property tax purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 17 Reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2011
SB 162 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
SB 16 Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
SB 155 Temporary alcohol beverages licenses issued for fairgrounds and eligibility for state aid for fairs. Coauthor 2011
SB 143 The Wisconsin on indicator for unemployment insurance extended benefit purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 14 Adopting federal bonus depreciation tax provisions for state income and franchise tax purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 137 Making companies that hire persons who are not legally in the United States ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 132 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Coauthor 2011
SB 130 The authority of a county to enact ordinances governing certain land divisions. Coauthor 2011
SB 129 Authorizing towns to challenge certain city or village annexation procedures. Coauthor 2011
SB 126 The due date for payment of yield taxes on merchantable timber cut on damaged managed forest land and the assessment of payments per acre for damaged managed forest land. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 119 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Lead author 2011
SB 108 The sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. Coauthor 2011
SB 103 Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider. Coauthor 2011
SB 101 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AJR 98 Stating the legislature's support for farm work. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 96 Honoring the Wisconsin Wetlands Association and congratulating them on being awarded the 2012 Wetland Conservation Award. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 91 Commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning a fourth national championship. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 84 A Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 78 Establishing a competitive election criteria for redistricting the legislature (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 76 Commending the Department of Natural Resources-Division of Forestry and their emergency response personnel. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 63 Recall of elective officers and a code of ethics for government officials (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 62 Public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 57 The life and public service of Richard Lyman Cates. Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 45 Commending State Auditor Janice Mueller on the occasion of her retirement. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 35 Recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 19 The life and public service of Carl Otte. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 130 Proclaiming March 2012 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 127 The life and public service of Harry F. Franke. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 126 Commending Cambridge native Matt Kenseth on his second win of the Daytona 500. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 12 Declaring April 2011 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 114 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (second consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 11 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 2011
AJR 102 The life and public service of Jean Lucey. Cosponsor 2011
AB 97 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Cosponsor 2011
AB 93 Prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 90 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 742 Creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 710 Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day. Cosponsor 2011
AB 701 Reporting requirements regarding economic development programs of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 70 Changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, the role of the Office of Regulatory Assistance in the Department of Commerce, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 69 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2011
AB 687 An objective standard for the disqualification of a judge or justice. Cosponsor 2011
AB 685 Judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 672 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
AB 666 Sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations. Cosponsor 2011
AB 655 The regulation of aquaculture. Cosponsor 2011
AB 639 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Cosponsor 2011
AB 635 Appeals from tax determinations. Cosponsor 2011
AB 634 The prohibition on telephone solicitations to residential customers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 630 Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies. Cosponsor 2011
AB 626 Gasoline vapor recovery requirements and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 602 Designation, modification, and termination of agricultural enterprise areas. Cosponsor 2011
AB 60 Individuals and officers who may be covered by a county blanket bond. Cosponsor 2011