Every Bill Led or Signed

374 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 201–374.

AB 216 Maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. Lead author 2011
AB 214 Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 212 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Lead author 2011
AB 209 Mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. Lead author 2011
AB 207 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 175 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 172 Increasing the reduction in Wisconsin Works benefits based on a positive drug test, paying the amount of the reduction to dependent children in the group, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 156 Venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents. Coauthor 2011
AB 155 Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords. Coauthor 2011
AB 154 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Coauthor 2011
AB 146 Use of renewable resource credits to comply with renewable portfolio standards. Coauthor 2011
AB 126 Carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 114 Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. Coauthor 2011
AB 112 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 110 Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 106 Increasing the jurisdictional amount in and the filing fee for small claims actions. Coauthor 2011
AB 102 Crimes against children committed by certain persons and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
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 62 The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration). 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 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 91 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. 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 680 Requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. Cosponsor 2009
SB 607 Terminating a tenancy on the basis that certain crimes or other activities are being committed on or near the premises. Cosponsor 2009
SB 602 Causing a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 592 A biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. Cosponsor 2009
SB 577 Limiting eligibility for public assistance programs to U.S. citizens and qualifying aliens, requiring documentary proof of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 56 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 54 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 533 An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 522 Various changes to the worker's compensation law. 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 52 An education tax credit for businesses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 505 Motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 501 Disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home; and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the child. 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 458 The local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 456 Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. 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 430 Collective bargaining over health care coverage for municipal employees, allowing municipal employers to change health care coverage plan providers, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 377 Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 376 Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 353 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 340 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 34 Eligibility for an occupational license. Cosponsor 2009
SB 334 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. 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 330 Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 33 Purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 319 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Cosponsor 2009
SB 307 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 290 Changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 28 Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 249 Popular election of technical college district boards, providing an exemption from and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 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 199 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, and the fee for an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 185 Regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 178 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 175 The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. Cosponsor 2009
SB 173 The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 164 Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 156 Eliminating the penalty for participating in an office sports pool. Cosponsor 2009
SB 15 Payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. Cosponsor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 134 Motor vehicle operating privileges, seizures by courts or law enforcement officers of operator's licenses, and reinstatement of canceled identification cards. Cosponsor 2009
SB 129 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2009
SB 110 Regulation of certain dog breeders, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, 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. Coauthor 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
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 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). Coauthor 2009
AJR 3 Creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. Coauthor 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 138 The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (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 12 Renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree. Coauthor 2009
AJR 115 Expressing the sense of the legislature that Congress should return State of Wisconsin Nuclear Waste Fund contributions. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 969 Income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs. Coauthor 2009
AB 965 An income and franchise tax credit for the sales tax paid on certain products. Coauthor 2009
AB 960 Requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. 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 931 Rule making that increases costs or regulatory burdens. Coauthor 2009
AB 919 Creating a qualified economic offer for school district professional employees in the arbitration process and school board selection of the group health benefits provider for school district employees. Coauthor 2009
AB 911 Designating and marking a portion of STH 241 in the city of Milwaukee as Historic U.S. Highway 41. 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 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 889 Causing a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
AB 879 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 874 Increasing the reduction in Wisconsin Works benefits based on a positive drug test, paying the amount of the reduction to dependent children in the group, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 865 The limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Coauthor 2009
AB 845 A biometric fingerprint identification system for enrollment and monitoring child care attendance under Wisconsin Shares. Lead author 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 80 An education tax credit for businesses. Coauthor 2009
AB 799 Changes to the membership of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board, notification to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board of bills with an economic impact on small businesses, and the role of the Office of the Small Business Advocate in the Department of Commerce. Coauthor 2009
AB 785 An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 775 Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 77 Increasing the amount of the early stage seed and angel investment credits. 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 722 Disclosure of the identity of a foster parent or treatment foster parent of a child; the rights of a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of a child on removal of the child from the person's home; and placement of a child for adoption with a foster parent, treatment foster parent, or other physical custodian of the child. 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 71 Contacting, harming, or threatening to harm a juror and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 706 Various changes to the worker's compensation law. 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 666 Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 661 County and municipal expenditures for emergency services. Coauthor 2009
AB 656 The local regulation of ticket selling and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 654 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Coauthor 2009
AB 651 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Coauthor 2009
AB 631 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
AB 630 Enforcement of the citizenship qualification for voting in elections in this state. Coauthor 2009
AB 608 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Coauthor 2009
AB 600 Authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 599 A speed limit for the operation of snowmobiles during the hours of darkness. Coauthor 2009
AB 540 Allowing out-of-state insurers to offer health care plans that are exempt from certain laws to employers and individuals in this state. Coauthor 2009
AB 539 Disclosure of information by health care providers, insurers, and governmental self-insured plans; requiring acceptance by a health care provider of a payment amount in certain circumstances; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 525 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2009
AB 523 The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas. Coauthor 2009
AB 517 Highway maps published by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2009
AB 516 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Coauthor 2009
AB 503 Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 5 Payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state. Coauthor 2009
AB 49 Special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned by veterans. 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 478 Ending combined reporting. Coauthor 2009
AB 477 The effective date of the jobs tax credit. Coauthor 2009
AB 476 Requiring the Department of Commerce to study and report on methods to retain businesses at risk of relocating or expanding outside the state and to encourage business relocations and expansions in the state and to create an emergency response team. Coauthor 2009
AB 474 Carrying concealed weapons by law enforcement officers and by retired law enforcement officers. Coauthor 2009
AB 473 Fees from retired law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 465 Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 453 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Coauthor 2009
AB 450 Final offer limits under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Coauthor 2009
AB 449 A sales tax exemption for fuel used for commercial fishing. Coauthor 2009
AB 441 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Coauthor 2009
AB 438 Changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 401 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 38 Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. Coauthor 2009
AB 346 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. Coauthor 2009
AB 341 Driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 339 A sales and use tax exemption for building materials used to construct or remodel single-family residences. Coauthor 2009
AB 337 Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
AB 268 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Coauthor 2009
AB 263 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 256 Regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority. 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 242 The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs. Coauthor 2009
AB 237 Prohibiting the Department of Commerce from promulgating rules requiring registration of certain persons engaged in the construction business. Coauthor 2009
AB 235 The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. Coauthor 2009
AB 225 Mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sex offenses. Lead author 2009
AB 218 Penalty surcharges, court fees, drivers' records, and drug and alcohol assessment for persons who commit certain offenses relating to driving while intoxicated. Coauthor 2009
AB 215 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
AB 193 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 2009
AB 177 Operating a motor vehicle while suspended, revoked, or disqualified. 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 141 Requiring distribution of autism-related information, requiring a referral when certain diagnoses are made, providing funding for the Medical Assistance autism benefit, licensure of autism paraprofessionals, creating an autism paraprofessional board, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 120 Providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants. Coauthor 2009