Every Bill Led or Signed

1,570 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1,201–1,400.

SB 412 Obtaining a certified copy of a birth certificate. Lead author 2011
SB 407 Zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 40 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Coauthor 2011
SB 394 Establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan. 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 371 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Lead author 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 350 Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Lead author 2011
SB 323 Birth certificates that are requested for the purpose of voting. Coauthor 2011
SB 283 Unauthorized possession of a correctional employee's personal identifying information and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 282 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 279 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Coauthor 2011
SB 274 Regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
SB 272 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
SB 256 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
SB 245 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. 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 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 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 232 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance program procedures by policy and eliminating the requirement to request a waiver regarding Medical Assistance program eligibility. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Lead author 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 186 Fees for dental services. Coauthor 2011
SB 18 Requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Coauthor 2011
SB 143 The Wisconsin on indicator for unemployment insurance extended benefit 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 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 101 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AJR 95 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 84 A Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 83 Honoring Wisconsin's retiring teachers for their years of service and contributions to our state's educational system and its students. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 72 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 65 Commending Major General Marcia Anderson. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 40 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 37 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 23 Proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2011, Syttende Mai Weekend. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 2 The life and public service of Dismas P. Becker. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 10 Commending the Wisconsin Badger football team for an outstanding season and 2011 Rose Bowl bid. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 1 Honoring the life and achievements of Hank Raymonds. Cosponsor 2011
AB 97 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Cosponsor 2011
AB 724 Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Cosponsor 2011
AB 699 Prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of certain rules or policies relating to public access to the state capitol building. 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 696 External review process of health benefit plan decisions. Cosponsor 2011
AB 639 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Cosponsor 2011
AB 622 Requiring pulse oximetry in newborns. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 580 Registration of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 536 Increasing the allowable number of project plan amendments, and lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Middleton. Cosponsor 2011
AB 511 Zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
AB 496 The property tax exemption for certain housing facilities. Cosponsor 2011
AB 488 Establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan. Cosponsor 2011
AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 471 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Cosponsor 2011
AB 465 Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, and funding for supplemental snowmobile trail aids. Cosponsor 2011
AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
AB 449 Increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
AB 368 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Cosponsor 2011
AB 365 Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
AB 363 Regulating sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers to scrap plastic dealers and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
AB 355 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Cosponsor 2011
AB 354 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 349 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Cosponsor 2011
AB 348 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 339 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy. Cosponsor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 322 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Cosponsor 2011
AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
AB 315 Child care facilities for children of state employees in the city of Madison. Cosponsor 2011
AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
AB 230 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. Cosponsor 2011
AB 228 Exemptions from securities registration requirements. Cosponsor 2011
AB 22 The purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 20 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 191 The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Cosponsor 2011
AB 132 Motor vehicle dealers. Cosponsor 2011
SR 5 Memorializing Congress to enact the Employee Free Choice Act. Coauthor 2009
SJR 74 The retirement of Russ Whitesel, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. Coauthor 2009
SJR 73 The life and public service of Harriet Shetler. Coauthor 2009
SJR 72 The life and public service of Robert D. Goodman. Coauthor 2009
SJR 7 Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
SJR 6 Opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances in which a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate. Coauthor 2009
SJR 56 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
SJR 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
SJR 53 Honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. Coauthor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Lead author 2009
SJR 5 Commending the heroic efforts of US Airways pilot Jeff Skiles in the Hudson River crash of flight 1549. Lead author 2009
SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Lead author 2009
SJR 35 Encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. Coauthor 2009
SJR 3 Proclaiming Data Privacy Day. Lead author 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
SJR 24 Proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 21 Celebrating March 25, 2009, as the 188th anniversary of Greek independence. Coauthor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Coauthor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 17 Proclaiming March of every year as Irish-American Heritage Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 13 The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
SJR 12 Recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009
SB 94 The licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 9 A tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction. Lead author 2009
SB 86 School conference and activities leave. Coauthor 2009
SB 81 Authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village. Coauthor 2009
SB 74 Health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 2009
SB 73 The lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 71 Preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 67 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Lead author 2009
SB 66 Operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 655 Safety standards for movable soccer goals, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 648 The appointment of members of the governing body of a political subdivision to a transit authority board of directors. Lead author 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Coauthor 2009
SB 640 Various changes in election laws, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 634 The regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 633 A grant for providing assistance to individuals to obtain and maintain health care benefits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 605 Allowing required condominium disclosures to be made electronically. Lead author 2009
SB 600 Making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 6 Designating a portion of the Brunsweiler River as a wild river. Coauthor 2009
SB 580 Animals taken into custody. Coauthor 2009
SB 565 Parking on the streets adjacent to the state capitol park. Lead author 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 538 Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 513 Life settlements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 51 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Coauthor 2009
SB 507 Changing the fees collected by a register of deeds, the redaction of social security numbers from electronic documents, and changes to the land information program. Lead author 2009
SB 503 Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited. Coauthor 2009
SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 484 The BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan, Benchmark Plan benefits, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
SB 483 Prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances. Coauthor 2009
SB 48 Catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. Coauthor 2009
SB 476 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 471 Health care plans operated by cooperative associations. Lead author 2009
SB 466 Regulation by the office of the commissioner of insurance of self-insured health plans offered by a city, town, village, county, or school district, providing a penalty, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 465 The safe-ride grant program administered by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2009
SB 464 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions. Coauthor 2009
SB 46 Arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Coauthor 2009
SB 458 The local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 453 Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits. Lead author 2009
SB 441 Reporting and publishing factors used to set automobile insurance rates and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Lead author 2009
SB 428 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. Coauthor 2009
SB 415 Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. Coauthor 2009
SB 413 Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances. Lead author 2009
SB 412 Changing certain administrative procedures under the tax incremental financing program. Lead author 2009
SB 41 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Coauthor 2009
SB 409 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 406 Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, intoxicated snowmobiling, snowmobile speed limits, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, funding for alcohol education programs and state trails, providing penalties, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
SB 403 Authorizing the release of certain personal identifying information collected by the Department of Regulation and Licensing. Lead author 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Coauthor 2009
SB 400 Operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. Coauthor 2009
SB 40 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 4 The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Lead author 2009
SB 392 Registration of former military vehicles. Lead author 2009
SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Coauthor 2009
SB 383 Municipal court elections, judges, and procedure, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 368 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 362 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Coauthor 2009
SB 36 Motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations. Coauthor 2009
SB 354 Substitutions by pharmacists dispensing epilepsy drugs. Lead author 2009
SB 352 The jurisdictional amount and court fees in certain small claims actions. Lead author 2009
SB 351 Requirements before a sale or other transfer of a manufactured and mobile home community, providing an exemption from the real estate transfer fee, and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
SB 329 Municipal court fees. Coauthor 2009
SB 324 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Coauthor 2009
SB 323 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Coauthor 2009
SB 321 Operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. Coauthor 2009
SB 319 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Coauthor 2009
SB 3 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Coauthor 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
SB 270 Limiting the searchability of a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed. Lead author 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Coauthor 2009
SB 263 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 26 Allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009