Every Bill Led or Signed

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

AB 21 Creation of the Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board and Wisconsin next generation reserve fund, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice, services, and facilities to state agencies and others, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011s-sep
SJR 73 Commending Timothy Michael Dolan on his elevation to the cardinalate. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 71 Proclaiming May 2012 as Motorcycle Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 67 Recognizing that it is the right, duty, and privilege of the legislature to control the expenditure of moneys appropriated by law. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 52 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Western Technical College on the occasion of its centennial. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 47 Proclaiming October 2011 as Farm to School Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 46 Proclaiming the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 45 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Cosponsor 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). Cosponsor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 99 Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders. Cosponsor 2011
SB 78 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 554 Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day. Cosponsor 2011
SB 511 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 508 Creation of the Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board and Wisconsin next generation reserve fund, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice, services, and facilities to state agencies and others, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 506 Management and performance evaluation audits of large programs and large agencies by the Legislative Audit Bureau. Cosponsor 2011
SB 495 The return of federal funds to the federal government. Cosponsor 2011
SB 494 Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 481 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Cosponsor 2011
SB 48 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 479 Establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan. Cosponsor 2011
SB 468 Prohibiting the expenditure of moneys from the national mortgage settlement without legislative approval. Cosponsor 2011
SB 46 The cost threshold for applicability of the prevailing wage law to a highway, road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project contracted by a town. Cosponsor 2011
SB 459 Economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Cosponsor 2011
SB 441 Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 436 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 429 Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 428 Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 425 Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge. Cosponsor 2011
SB 424 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development, when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits, to notify the local workforce development board, and the job center, serving the area where the claimant resides. Cosponsor 2011
SB 418 Authorizing the creation of regional transit authorities and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 414 The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices. Cosponsor 2011
SB 404 Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution. Cosponsor 2011
SB 39 Grants to regional economic development entities by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 387 Requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. Cosponsor 2011
SB 380 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Cosponsor 2011
SB 376 Creation and coverage of certain positions of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under the code of ethics for state public officials and employees. Cosponsor 2011
SB 375 Delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services. Cosponsor 2011
SB 364 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account. Cosponsor 2011
SB 356 The authority of credit unions to make donations and grants. Cosponsor 2011
SB 351 Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 347 Creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
SB 337 The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision. Cosponsor 2011
SB 323 Birth certificates that are requested for the purpose of voting. Cosponsor 2011
SB 319 Elimination of the requirement that the governor approve a proposed rule that was considered at the joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the Department of Natural Resources and county meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and limitation of the scope of the requirement that an economic impact analysis be prepared for such a proposed rule. Cosponsor 2011
SB 316 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 305 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Cosponsor 2011
SB 303 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. Cosponsor 2011
SB 301 The definition of rough fish and taking rough fish with a crossbow. Cosponsor 2011
SB 293 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 279 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 256 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 249 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 238 Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make revenue obligation trust fund loans to certain municipalities, authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to make certain investments, application requirements for certain state trust fund loans, persons authorized to execute certificates of indebtedness, and collection procedures for outstanding state trust fund loans. Cosponsor 2011
SB 235 Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle. Cosponsor 2011
SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 212 Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Cosponsor 2011
SB 209 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 204 Allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector. Cosponsor 2011
SB 196 Excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district. Cosponsor 2011
SB 178 Differential tuition at certain institutions and colleges of the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 2011
SB 162 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 136 A disclosure report for sellers of vacant land. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 119 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2011
SB 105 Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. Cosponsor 2011
AR 8 Assistant district attorneys. Coauthor 2011
AR 6 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. Coauthor 2011
AR 3 Honoring the victims of the Arizona shootings. Coauthor 2011
AR 17 Protecting First Amendment rights. Coauthor 2011
AR 15 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AR 14 Public notice for meetings of assembly committees. Coauthor 2011
AJR 96 Honoring the Wisconsin Wetlands Association and congratulating them on being awarded the 2012 Wetland Conservation Award. Coauthor 2011
AJR 92 The life and public service of Nathan A. Fishbach. Coauthor 2011
AJR 88 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Western Technical College on the occasion of its centennial. Coauthor 2011
AJR 84 A Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights. Coauthor 2011
AJR 72 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 71 Commending Michael R. Lovell as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AJR 70 Recognizing October 6 as German-American Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 65 Commending Major General Marcia Anderson. Coauthor 2011
AJR 62 Public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Coauthor 2011
AJR 53 Declaring September 15, 2011, Carbon Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 52 Requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Coauthor 2011
AJR 45 Commending State Auditor Janice Mueller on the occasion of her retirement. Coauthor 2011
AJR 43 The life and public service of Sheriff Raymond Klink. Coauthor 2011
AJR 40 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 37 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 2 The life and public service of Dismas P. Becker. Coauthor 2011
AJR 130 Proclaiming March 2012 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 126 Commending Cambridge native Matt Kenseth on his second win of the Daytona 500. Coauthor 2011
AJR 125 Commending Milwaukee Area Technical College on the occasion of its 100th year of service. Coauthor 2011
AJR 121 Amending the U.S. Constitution via congressional action or constitutional convention to establish that corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights of natural persons and that money is not speech. Coauthor 2011
AJR 102 The life and public service of Jean Lucey. Coauthor 2011
AJR 100 Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration). Coauthor 2011
AJR 1 Honoring the life and achievements of Hank Raymonds. Coauthor 2011
AB 91 The cost threshold for applicability of the prevailing wage law to a highway, road, street, bridge, sanitary sewer, or water main project contracted by a town. Coauthor 2011
AB 9 Marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 89 Application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses. Coauthor 2011
AB 81 Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 75 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 742 Creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 738 Mobile examining stations operated by the Department of Transportation for processing operator's license and identification card applications and use of an affidavit by certain electors as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 737 Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, energy and environmental design standards for state buildings, structures, and facilities, energy and environmental design standards for school district facilities and other local government buildings, leasing of state buildings, structures, and facilities, standards for the construction and use of graywater systems, and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 2011
AB 736 School conference and activities leave. Coauthor 2011
AB 733 Creation of the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority and creation of the business seed fund, to be administered by the Wisconsin Seed Fund Authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 720 Reporting deaths, death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners, disposition of bodies, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 715 Revenue limit adjustment for school nursing services. Coauthor 2011
AB 710 Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day. Lead author 2011
AB 705 Use of hand-held mobile telephones while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 701 Reporting requirements regarding economic development programs of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 700 Posting of gubernatorial appointment vacancies on the Internet Web site of the Office of the Governor. Coauthor 2011
AB 699 Prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of certain rules or policies relating to public access to the state capitol building. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 672 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 652 Creation of the Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board and Wisconsin next generation reserve fund, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice, services, and facilities to state agencies and others, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 651 Clean technology grants and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 648 Establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan. Coauthor 2011
AB 647 The office of the business ombudsman established and operated by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 646 Prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 641 Making the transitional jobs program permanent, increasing audit and compliance positions in the Department of Revenue, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 639 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Coauthor 2011
AB 636 Prohibiting the expenditure of moneys from the national mortgage settlement without legislative approval. Coauthor 2011
AB 632 Participation of the next of kin of a parental homicide victim in proceedings under the Children's Code. Coauthor 2011
AB 619 Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 616 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 607 Economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 589 Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 58 State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 576 Selection of student information system vendors by the Department of Public Instruction. Lead author 2011
AB 575 Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training. Lead author 2011
AB 573 Stewardship funding for grants to control invasive species. Lead author 2011
AB 566 The school day milk program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 565 Spending by certain electric and natural gas public utilities on energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable resource programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 549 Adopting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, relating to secured transactions, recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Coauthor 2011
AB 548 The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices. Coauthor 2011
AB 541 Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 527 Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 526 Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge. Coauthor 2011
AB 524 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with Wisconsin Trout Unlimited and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 482 Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System by certain law enforcement officers. Coauthor 2011
AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 474 Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program. Coauthor 2011
AB 473 Delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services. Coauthor 2011
AB 47 Creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received from the well contamination and abandonment compensation program. Coauthor 2011
AB 468 The authority of credit unions to make donations and grants. Coauthor 2011
AB 467 Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution. Coauthor 2011
AB 466 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account. Coauthor 2011
AB 460 Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
AB 454 The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision. Coauthor 2011
AB 443 Excluding sports officials from coverage under the worker's compensation law. Coauthor 2011
AB 439 Intoxicated operation of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorboats, and motor vehicles, snowmobile safety instruction for persons under 16 years of age, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 433 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 431 Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. Coauthor 2011
AB 412 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to notify the local workforce development board when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 409 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Coauthor 2011
AB 399 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 398 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 396 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. Coauthor 2011
AB 377 The definition of rough fish and taking rough fish with a crossbow. Coauthor 2011
AB 374 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. Coauthor 2011
AB 354 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 349 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 344 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Coauthor 2011
AB 341 The eligibility for relocation tax benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 327 Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle. Coauthor 2011
AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 316 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 313 Unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system. Coauthor 2011
AB 302 Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 300 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Coauthor 2011
AB 279 Excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district. Coauthor 2011
AB 277 Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care. Coauthor 2011
AB 276 Allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector. Coauthor 2011
AB 269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 25 Increasing the credit amount and allowing the transfer of the angel investment tax credit. Coauthor 2011
AB 241 Differential tuition at certain institutions and colleges of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2011
AB 232 Rights of crime victims and witnesses. Coauthor 2011
AB 230 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 226 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 224 Authorizing school boards and libraries to transfer a gift or grant to certain charitable organizations. Coauthor 2011
AB 22 The purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System. Coauthor 2011
AB 218 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2011
AB 217 Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 211 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2011