Every Bill Led or Signed

167 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–167.

SJR 82 Commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 65 Lead poisoning hazards, lead abatement, and requesting a study. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 46 Proclaiming Juror Appreciation Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 12 Recognizing and supporting national Minority Cancer Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 701 The foreclosure and sale of residential property. Cosponsor 2009
SB 690 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 686 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 67 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Cosponsor 2009
SB 638 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 620 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 553 Assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 525 Prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 523 Unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights. Cosponsor 2009
SB 518 Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 476 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 447 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 443 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 432 The use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 431 The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 41 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Cosponsor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Cosponsor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 378 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Cosponsor 2009
SB 362 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Cosponsor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 323 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Cosponsor 2009
SB 30 Underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Cosponsor 2009
SB 3 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Cosponsor 2009
SB 291 Authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
SB 275 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Cosponsor 2009
SB 261 Deployment of high-speed Internet services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 259 The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. Cosponsor 2009
SB 235 Limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. Cosponsor 2009
SB 231 Information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. Cosponsor 2009
SB 223 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 221 Campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment, candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, staffing of the Government Accountability Board; providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 208 Regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 200 Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 163 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
SB 111 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 108 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
AR 16 Urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. Coauthor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AR 11 Recognizing and proclaiming Hispanic Heritage Month, a month-long celebration of the culture and traditions of United States residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Coauthor 2009
AJR 98 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
AJR 9 Proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. Coauthor 2009
AJR 85 Recognizing the work of Wisconsin's coroners and medical examiners. Lead author 2009
AJR 82 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 80 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on the occasion of its centennial. Coauthor 2009
AJR 72 The life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. Coauthor 2009
AJR 43 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
AJR 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. Lead author 2009
AJR 27 Proclaiming June 6, 2009, as Proper Drug Disposal Day. Coauthor 2009
AJR 136 Commemorating the 40th Earth Day celebration. Coauthor 2009
AJR 103 Recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 95 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Coauthor 2009
AB 916 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
AB 910 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 909 An income and franchise tax credit for new small businesses that hire interns. Lead author 2009
AB 908 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans. Lead author 2009
AB 901 A sales and use tax exemption for textbooks. Coauthor 2009
AB 882 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Coauthor 2009
AB 853 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 844 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 792 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 789 Insurance coverage of the services of behavior analysts for autism treatment. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 768 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate two additional enterprise zones. Coauthor 2009
AB 756 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Coauthor 2009
AB 752 Members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 749 An income and franchise tax credit for equipment used to harvest or process woody biomass. Coauthor 2009
AB 746 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 745 Prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 729 Residential mortgage loan foreclosures. Coauthor 2009
AB 725 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Coauthor 2009
AB 724 Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2009
AB 703 Correcting errors in the assessment of counties and taxation districts by the Department of Revenue. Lead author 2009
AB 698 An addition to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program. Lead author 2009
AB 67 Alcohol beverages operators' licenses, managers' licenses, and retail licenses, and persons responsible for the operation of certain retail licensed premises. Coauthor 2009
AB 664 Requiring certain chain restaurants to post or provide nutritional information, providing immunity for restaurants that provide inaccurate nutritional information, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 660 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 657 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 648 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
AB 636 The use of metal detectors on certain land and in lakes and the removal of items found on that land or in those lakes. Lead author 2009
AB 63 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
AB 624 The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
AB 62 The prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents. Coauthor 2009
AB 606 The regulation of video service providers and interim cable operators, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 591 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Coauthor 2009
AB 577 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Coauthor 2009
AB 555 Correcting the 2009 equalized valuation of property in the city of Milton. Lead author 2009
AB 551 Furlough of executive branch state employees during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 537 Grants for improving academic achievement. Coauthor 2009
AB 536 Authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data. Coauthor 2009
AB 534 Authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 533 Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Coauthor 2009
AB 532 Directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 529 Violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 513 The amounts appropriated for tuition grants and for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin system students, technical college students, and tribal college students; grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; grants to businesses to make capital expenditures; increasing the total amount of angel investment credits; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 512 Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems. Coauthor 2009
AB 509 Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum. Coauthor 2009
AB 501 Attachment of territory to public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and changing boundaries of proposed public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. Lead author 2009
AB 496 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 488 Requiring newborn hearing screening. Coauthor 2009
AB 430 Making October 10, William D. Hoard Day, a legal holiday. Coauthor 2009
AB 426 Authorizing the designation of a tax incremental district as distressed and expanding the use of donor tax incremental districts. Coauthor 2009
AB 415 Designating and marking a portion of USH 12 in the city of Whitewater as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway. Lead author 2009
AB 407 Mortgage loan defaults and notification of alternative dispute resolution options. Coauthor 2009
AB 403 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
AB 401 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 394 The color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians. Coauthor 2009
AB 392 Finance charges for licensed lenders. Coauthor 2009
AB 391 Deployment of high-speed Internet services. Coauthor 2009
AB 388 Campaign financing, designations for the Wisconsin election campaign fund by individuals filing state income tax returns, creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for contributions to the Public Integrity Endowment, candidate time on public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, staffing of the Government Accountability Board; providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 387 The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution. Coauthor 2009
AB 381 Decreasing the discount on amounts paid for tax stamps on cigarettes. Coauthor 2009
AB 367 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Lead author 2009
AB 365 Admitting prior testimony of a felony victim at a probation, parole, or extended supervision revocation hearing. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 358 Indoor environmental quality in public and private schools. Coauthor 2009
AB 333 Limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. Coauthor 2009
AB 323 Information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 3 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 283 Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 276 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2009
AB 265 The regulation of income tax refund anticipation loans and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 261 Soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 250 Regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 246 The use of automatic dialing announcing devices and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 236 Requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits. Coauthor 2009
AB 217 Requiring health insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 215 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
AB 185 Prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance. Coauthor 2009
AB 16 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Coauthor 2009
AB 159 The charge-back of refunded or rescinded taxes and of personal property taxes and sharing certain collected taxes. Lead author 2009
AB 152 Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 151 Drunk driving penalties, consumption reports, and intoxicated driver deterrence. Coauthor 2009
AB 15 Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Lead author 2009
AB 140 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. Lead author 2009
AB 138 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 119 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 106 Underage persons possessing, consuming, or being provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse. Lead author 2009
AB 1 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. Coauthor 2009