Every Bill Led or Signed

136 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–136.

SR 8 Urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 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 61 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Coauthor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Coauthor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Coauthor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009
SB 96 Diversions under a community integration program of Medical Assistance-eligible persons from imminent entry into nursing homes. Coauthor 2009
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Coauthor 2009
SB 87 Increasing the maximum annual loan amount under the property tax deferral loan program of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. Coauthor 2009
SB 77 Changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 707 The small business health options program authority, health benefit plan exchange for small employers and certain individuals, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
SB 662 Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of medical review related to motor vehicle operator's licenses and allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits. Lead author 2009
SB 660 Qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. Lead author 2009
SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Lead author 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Coauthor 2009
SB 629 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of mercury-added lamps and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 620 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 582 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. Coauthor 2009
SB 557 Notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 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 537 The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. Lead author 2009
SB 534 Employer-assisted housing. Coauthor 2009
SB 530 Regulating consumer small loans, limiting the areas in which a payday lender may operate, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 468 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 464 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions. Coauthor 2009
SB 460 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Lead author 2009
SB 451 Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund. Lead author 2009
SB 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
SB 429 Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. Coauthor 2009
SB 414 School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils. 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 4 The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
SB 381 Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. Coauthor 2009
SB 380 The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 362 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Coauthor 2009
SB 324 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Coauthor 2009
SB 31 The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Coauthor 2009
SB 308 A requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work. Coauthor 2009
SB 30 Underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Lead author 2009
SB 3 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Lead author 2009
SB 288 Indian child welfare. Coauthor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
SB 271 Prohibiting the manufacture and sale at wholesale of certain baby bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. 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 259 The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. Coauthor 2009
SB 200 Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 20 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
SB 2 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Coauthor 2009
SB 198 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Lead author 2009
SB 19 Liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Coauthor 2009
SB 184 Licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
SB 181 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
SB 180 Granting prescriptive authority to psychologists and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
SB 127 Notification to the state and certain public agencies regarding a medical malpractice claim and limits on liability. Coauthor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
SB 108 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Lead author 2009
SB 107 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AJR 90 The life and public service of Rev. P. Harvey Stower. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 85 Recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 82 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 81 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 37 Proclaiming the Wisconsin Centennial of Flight. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 30 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Cosponsor 2009
AJR 109 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
AB 955 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Cosponsor 2009
AB 900 The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. Cosponsor 2009
AB 899 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Cosponsor 2009
AB 844 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 818 Notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 817 Employer-assisted housing. Cosponsor 2009
AB 770 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
AB 768 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate two additional enterprise zones. Cosponsor 2009
AB 744 Qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. Cosponsor 2009
AB 721 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. Cosponsor 2009
AB 703 Correcting errors in the assessment of counties and taxation districts by the Department of Revenue. Cosponsor 2009
AB 698 An addition to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program. Cosponsor 2009
AB 682 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 680 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions. Cosponsor 2009
AB 675 Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund. Cosponsor 2009
AB 659 HIV testing, disclosure of HIV test results, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
AB 653 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Cosponsor 2009
AB 644 Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees. Cosponsor 2009
AB 641 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. Cosponsor 2009
AB 63 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Cosponsor 2009
AB 616 School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils. Cosponsor 2009
AB 606 The regulation of video service providers and interim cable operators, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 58 The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Cosponsor 2009
AB 559 Notice of firearm prohibition when served with notice of an injunction hearing and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. Cosponsor 2009
AB 558 The possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 512 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Cosponsor 2009
AB 458 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Cosponsor 2009
AB 421 Indian child welfare. Cosponsor 2009
AB 405 Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 403 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
AB 40 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Cosponsor 2009
AB 395 Criteria for determining indigency for purposes of representation by the State Public Defender and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 392 Finance charges for licensed lenders. Cosponsor 2009
AB 387 The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. Cosponsor 2009
AB 381 Decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. Cosponsor 2009
AB 36 Liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Cosponsor 2009
AB 31 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 299 Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 278 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
AB 275 The Physical Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board. Cosponsor 2009
AB 272 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Cosponsor 2009
AB 267 Licenses and limited X-ray machine operator permits to engage in the practice of radiography, creating a radiography examining board, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 253 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 252 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AB 2 State procurement of contractual services. Cosponsor 2009
AB 195 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
AB 179 Notification to the state and certain public agencies regarding a medical malpractice claim and limits on liability. Cosponsor 2009
AB 159 The charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes. Cosponsor 2009
AB 152 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
AB 15 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Cosponsor 2009
AB 14 The regulation of traveling sales crews, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
AB 138 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
AB 119 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
AB 118 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Cosponsor 2009
AB 113 Changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AB 112 Health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Cosponsor 2009
AB 111 The lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Cosponsor 2009
AB 108 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
AB 106 Underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Cosponsor 2009
AB 103 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
AB 100 Preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009