Every Bill Led or Signed

108 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–108.

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 53 Honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 37 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 30 Memorializing Congress to not enact the Employee Free Choice Act. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 18 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 16 Limiting the provisions that may be considered by the committee of conference. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 10 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SB 80 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 697 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 696 Applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 611 Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 610 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 592 A biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. Cosponsor 2009
SB 54 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 537 The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. Cosponsor 2009
SB 53 Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 521 A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 505 Motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 500 Requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 499 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided. Cosponsor 2009
SB 477 Treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. Cosponsor 2009
SB 45 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 442 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 385 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 333 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 297 The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 294 Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 277 Costs eligible for reimbursement under the Local Roads Improvement Program administered by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 258 Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 23 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees. Cosponsor 2009
SB 225 The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. Cosponsor 2009
SB 220 Eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. 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 198 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 181 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
AR 25 Requiring the Committee on Rules to offer a resolution calling for a special order of business on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14. Lead author 2009
AR 21 Authorizing the attorney general to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or any part thereof, and the federal Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or any part thereof. Coauthor 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
AJR 97 Amending the call of the extraordinary session convened on December 16, 2009. Lead author 2009
AJR 96 Appointment of supreme court justices and elections to consider retention of justices (first consideration). Lead author 2009
AJR 92 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War. Coauthor 2009
AJR 60 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 58 Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 57 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 36 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Lead author 2009
AJR 3 Creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. Lead author 2009
AJR 16 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 125 Requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 100 Congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. Coauthor 2009
AB 947 Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 91 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 900 The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events. Coauthor 2009
AB 897 Motor vehicle insurance and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2009
AB 89 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Coauthor 2009
AB 888 Employment eligibility verification requirements for state and local government employees and state procurement and construction contracts. Lead author 2009
AB 879 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 85 Temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. Lead author 2009
AB 845 A biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. Coauthor 2009
AB 829 Applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law. Coauthor 2009
AB 789 Insurance coverage of the services of behavior analysts for autism treatment. Coauthor 2009
AB 753 Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 752 Members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 74 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. Coauthor 2009
AB 719 Motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 712 A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 695 Requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 694 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided. Coauthor 2009
AB 661 County and municipal expenditures for emergency services. Lead author 2009
AB 654 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Coauthor 2009
AB 631 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
AB 608 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
AB 599 A speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness. Coauthor 2009
AB 542 Treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. Coauthor 2009
AB 525 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2009
AB 479 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 466 Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. Coauthor 2009
AB 464 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
AB 450 Final offer limits under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Lead author 2009
AB 441 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Lead author 2009
AB 44 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Coauthor 2009
AB 42 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials, officials elect, and committees and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
AB 401 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 399 Costs eligible for reimbursement under the Local Roads Improvement Program administered by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2009
AB 393 Using the results of standardized examinations to evaluate teachers. Coauthor 2009
AB 346 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. Coauthor 2009
AB 337 Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Lead author 2009
AB 32 Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. Lead author 2009
AB 312 Authorizing cities and towns, and expanding the authority of villages, to create combined protective services departments. Coauthor 2009
AB 306 Eliminating the enrollment limit on virtual charter schools. Coauthor 2009
AB 295 The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. Coauthor 2009
AB 288 Education and work experience requirements for registration as a professional engineer and examinations for professional engineering credentials. Coauthor 2009
AB 272 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Coauthor 2009
AB 253 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 252 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances 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 230 Electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards. Coauthor 2009
AB 200 The number of school days required each school term. Coauthor 2009
AB 183 The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. Coauthor 2009
AB 182 Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment. Coauthor 2009
AB 167 The inapplicability of the prevailing wage law to projects in which the construction is contracted for by a private owner or developer and the completed projected is acquired by a local governmental unit or state agency. Lead author 2009
AB 154 Prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 149 The interest rate on delinquent property taxes. Lead author 2009
AB 130 Costs of administering tests for intoxication. Coauthor 2009