Every Bill Led or Signed
1,655 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 801–1,000.
- AB 81 Contracting with residential contractors. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 802 The penalty for failing to stop for a school bus displaying flashing red warning lights and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 80 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 792 Requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 788 Creditable military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 783 Creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 78 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 779 State 911 telecommunications services, police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communications services, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 778 Prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 776 Child abuse investigations when a court suspects a person of permitting, allowing, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and consent decrees or deferred prosecution agreements for such a child. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 773 Requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 772 Categorical aids for special education and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 770 Emergency heating assistance loan guarantees. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 766 Collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 764 Notifications to law enforcement officers and dissemination to the public when registered out-of-state sex offenders enter a community. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 760 A grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 759 Accessing and obtaining patient health records by public defenders. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 757 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain expenses for household and dependent care services. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 755 Employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 752 Requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 746 Limits on liability for persons offering agricultural tourism activities. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 739 Overtaking and passing vehicles. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 733 An addition to the 2013-15 Authorized State Building Program. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 732 Payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 723 Authorizing the village of Biron to allocate positive tax increments from Tax Incremental District Number 2 in the village to Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the village. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 710 Alerts for missing adults at risk and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 708 The disclosure of juvenile court records to, and admission to juvenile court hearings of, an entity engaged in the bona fide research, monitoring, or evaluation of activities conducted under a federal court improvement grant. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 705 Portable electronics insurance. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 699 Classifying county jailers, detention officers, and correctional officers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 675 Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and referral of infants who have that condition for services and treatment. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 674 Placement of a child in a shelter care facility under a voluntary agreement. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 660 The sale of limited lines travel insurance. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 66 The vehicle registration exemption for amphibious motor vehicles. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 659 Acreage requirements for areas in which farm-raised deer that may be hunted are kept. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 651 Assisting counties to request to expand Medical Assistance eligibility. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 650 Counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 642 The sale, of high-concentration alcohol beverages and providing penalties. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 639 The use of a cellular or other wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle in a construction zone and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 633 Eligibility of persons with disabilities to receive annual fishing licenses at reduced fees. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 63 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 628 Unauthorized possession of a correctional employee's or a health services employee's personal identifying information and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 620 Human trafficking, human trafficking victims, property forfeitures, rights of victims, admitting evidence of past actions, definitions of certain offenses, and providing penalties. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 62 The definition of intoxicant. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 614 Railroad track clearance and railroad walkways and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 605 Cooperation of Wisconsin licensed real estate brokers with out-of-state real estate brokers, salespersons, and time-share salespersons, powers of out-of-state brokers, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 604 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment on the basis of military service to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 601 Creating an exception to the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 60 Selection of student information system software vendors by the Department of Public Instruction. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 597 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. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 594 Renewable energy portfolio standards. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 592 Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for a public record, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 591 Regulating certain rafting outfitters. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 590 Board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 589 Issuance by a first class city of a license for a retail food establishment and a permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 581 Advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 580 Authorizing the transfer of certain tax credits earned in connection with economic development in this state. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 58 Bank service corporations and credit union service organizations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 578 Administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 577 Traffic control at nonfunctioning or malfunctioning traffic control signals. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 573 Requiring school board members to complete an orientation and training program. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 57 Payments for losses of public deposits in failed or failing financial institutions. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 554 Creating a statewide program to review child deaths and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 553 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. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 552 The definition and practice of dentistry for professional licensing purposes. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 551 Smoking in private residences that are used as child care centers. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 543 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 538 Modifying the jobs credit to provide an increased credit to small businesses. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 537 Creation of a neighborhood improvement district. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 532 Changing the names, Wisconsin higher education grants, and tuition grants, to Wisconsin grants. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 530 Reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of coroners, medical examiners, and medicolegal investigation staff members; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing penalties. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 53 Medical Assistance for certain adults who are not currently eligible for traditional Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 526 Reasonable accommodation of any condition of an employee that is related to pregnancy or childbirth and of an employee's inability to adequately undertake the job-related responsibilities of a particular job because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 52 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 518 Awards for the victims of crimes and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 517 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 515 Rule-making procedures and repealing various rules promulgated by the Department of Workforce Development. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 510 The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's officers, committees, and reporting obligations. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 51 Employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 502 The use of an epinephrine auto-injector on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 501 The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 500 Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 50 Payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 498 Student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 495 The definition of human trafficking. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 49 Increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 477 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 473 Transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 472 Transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 47 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 469 Vehicle admission receipts issued to certain members of the U.S. armed forces and to certain members of the national guard. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 468 Admission of Family Care enrollees to mental health institutes and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 466 State procurement and construction contracts with disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 460 Grants to mental health mobile crisis units and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 46 Regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 459 Individual placement and support program for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 457 Providing grants to counties that offer treatment and diversion programs to people with mental illnesses and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 452 Child psychiatry consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 450 Grants for crisis intervention team training and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 45 Preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 448 Programs for the disposal of drugs, including controlled substances, and certain medical or drug-related items, and the regulation of prescription drugs. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 446 Training and agreements for administering the drug naloxone, requiring emergency medical technicians to carry naloxone, and immunity for certain individuals who administer naloxone. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 442 An alert system for missing adults at risk and reports to law enforcement regarding missing persons. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 441 Information on a person who is required to register as a sex offender and notification of law enforcement when certain sex offenders change residential addresses. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 44 Creating an off-road vehicle council. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 434 School bullying, unlawful use of computer systems, and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 430 Disclosing ownership of a dam to prospective buyers of certain real property and updating disclosure reports for certain real property. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 424 The sale, collection, and recycling of mercury-added thermostats, the disposal of mercury-added products, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 414 Purchase of military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 411 Limitation of a property owner's liability when lands are used for noncommercial aviation. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 407 Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, and funding for supplemental snowmobile trail aids. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 406 Controlled substances, and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 405 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 403 A tuition reimbursement program for apprentices and employers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 402 Local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 401 A Transitional Jobs program. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 399 Career and technical education incentive grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 392 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 391 The display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 387 The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 381 The definitions of an all-terrain vehicle and a utility terrain vehicle, restrictions on operating an all-terrain vehicle or a utility terrain vehicle on a roadway, and seating requirements for utility terrain vehicles. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 38 A manufacturer marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 377 Accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 374 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 373 Electronic delivery by property and casualty insurers of notices and documents. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 37 Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to organize trade and marketing forums for Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 354 Political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 351 Funding and position authority for vocational rehabilitation services and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 338 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and having the Department of Administration administer the credits and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 293 Requiring an official at a youth athletic activity to complete an online training program on concussions. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 284 The length limit for certain vehicle combinations operated on the highway without a permit. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 281 Warning lights on school buses. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 280 Warning lights on police vehicles. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 271 Corporate powers of Marine Corps League corporations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 270 Additional providers in the volunteer health care provider program and proof of financial responsibility and malpractice insurance requirements for certain advanced practice nurses serving as volunteer health care providers. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 269 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 265 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 260 Enrollment requirements for recipients of talent incentive grants. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 259 Operation of farm tractors on highways. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 254 Free admission to state parks and state trails for veterans. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 250 Creating an enhanced penalty for harassing, intimidating, or recklessly endangering a law enforcement officer, a fire fighter, an emergency medical technician, a first responder, or an ambulance driver, and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 249 Instructional programs for nurse aides and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 248 Restricting the release of credit information about certain protected individuals and providing a penalty. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 241 Requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 236 Audits of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by the Legislative Audit Bureau. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 233 Repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 230 Animals believed to have been involved in fighting or being held as evidence. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 226 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 220 Annual financial audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 209 The prohibition against adults knowingly permitting or failing to take action to prevent the illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by underage persons. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 208 Special registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 204 Granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 201 Giving certain veterans priority in registering for courses at the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 194 The authority to hunt certain animals with a crossbow, establishing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, and information required to be included on certain hunting license applications and certain hunting tags. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 190 Travel, association, and residency conditions of release before trial for individuals charged with felony sexual assault of a child. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 187 Admissibility of evidence of other acts of domestic abuse at a proceeding alleging an act of domestic abuse. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 182 The sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 179 Private interests in Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation contracts. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 178 Operation of certain existing sport shooting ranges. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 176 Temporary restraining orders and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals at risk, and harassment, confidential name change petitions, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 171 Jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 166 Creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 163 Creating a vehicle registration exemption for motor vehicles held by garagekeepers that are operated for purposes of repair, service, or testing. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 155 A sea lamprey control program. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 154 Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 147 Increasing the amount of the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 14 Workforce training, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 136 Ratification of the state and province emergency management assistance compact. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 135 Authorization for an additional deputy adjutant general in the department of military affairs. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 134 Financial aid for service members and their immediate families and making an appropriation. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 12 Alcohol sale, possession, and consumption at Peninsula State Park. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 115 Remittance transfers under the Uniform Commercial Code Article 4A, relating to funds transfers. Cosponsor 2013
- AB 114 Creating a veterans-themed lottery game, changing the primary source of funding for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making appropriations. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 113 A school district revenue limit adjustment for school safety. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 111 Requiring congenital heart defect screening in newborns and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- AB 103 Designating and marking STH 128 as the 128th Infantry Memorial Highway. (FE) Cosponsor 2013
- SB 5 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 4 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 20 Changes to agricultural production loan guarantees administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 2 Small business loan guarantees by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 17 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 16 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- SB 15 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011s-sep
- AB 4 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Cosponsor 2011s-sep
- AB 17 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. Cosponsor 2011s-sep
- AB 16 Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants. Cosponsor 2011s-sep
- AB 15 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011s-sep
- SR 21 Public notice for meetings of senate committees. Coauthor 2011
- SR 20 Recognizing the centennial of the establishment of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Coauthor 2011
- SR 19 Public access to the state capitol building. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 71 Proclaiming May 2012 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 7 Commending the Wisconsin Badger football team for an outstanding season and 2011 Rose Bowl bid. 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 65 Commending Madison Area Technical College on its 100th anniversary. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 55 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Lead author 2011
- SJR 52 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Western Technical College on the occasion of its centennial. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 47 Proclaiming October 2011 as Farm to School Month. Lead author 2011
- SJR 44 Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees. Coauthor 2011
- SJR 43 Congratulating the 147th Aviation Regiment. 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