← Melissa Ratcliff

Every Bill Led or Signed

2,024 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–200.

• SR 7 Convening additional senate floor periods to address affordability for Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SR 2 Proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 98 Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration). Coauthor 2025
• SJR 97 Recognizing September 25, 2025, as First Amendment Day for all people of Wisconsin. Lead author 2025
• SJR 96 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 95 Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 93 Proclaiming November 2025 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 92 Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 91 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 90 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 85 Recognizing August as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 84 Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic veterans. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 83 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 82 Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 81 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 8 Proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 78 Honoring the dedication and service of Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 77 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Thomas A. Hauke. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 76 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 75 Recognizing June 2025 as Black Music Month in the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 74 Recognizing June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 73 Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 72 Proclaiming June 2025 as Immigrant Heritage Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 70 Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 7 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 69 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Terrence A. “Terry” Willkom. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 68 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). Coauthor 2025
• SJR 67 Honoring Anna Mae Robertson for her extraordinary achievements and service to our nation. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 65 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 63 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 62 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 61 Designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 60 Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 59 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 57 Designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 56 Proclaiming April 20 to 26 as 2025 National Infertility Awareness Week in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 54 Designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 53 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 51 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 50 Congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 49 Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 47 Observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 46 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 45 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 44 Congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 43 Congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 42 Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake. Lead author 2025
• SJR 41 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 40 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 39 Declaring May 2025 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 38 An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 37 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). Coauthor 2025
• SJR 36 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 35 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend. Lead author 2025
• SJR 34 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 32 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 31 Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility. Lead author 2025
• SJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 29 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 28 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 27 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 25 Commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 24 Proclaiming April 26, 2025, as Shared Parenting Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 23 Proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 22 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 21 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 20 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 19 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 17 Honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 15 Condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 149 Proclaiming April 2026 as family strengthening month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 147 Establishing an annual Education Foundation Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 142 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 141 Honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 140 Congratulating the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team on winning the Olympic gold medal. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 139 Slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration). Coauthor 2025
• SJR 138 Honoring the life of Anne Arnesen. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 136 Recognizing February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 135 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 134 Proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 133 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 132 Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 131 The right to privacy (first consideration). Lead author 2025
• SJR 130 Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 129 Recognizing the holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 128 Paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 127 Celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 125 The life and public service of George Meyer. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 123 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 122 Proclaiming February 4, 2026, as Transit Equity Day. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 12 Designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 119 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team for winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 118 Congratulating the Grafton Black Hawks football team for winning the 2025 Wisconsin State Football Championship. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 117 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Rudolph L. “Rudy” Silbaugh. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 115 Proclaiming November 20 in 2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. Lead author 2025
• SJR 111 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 110 Calling for the immediate resolution to the trade war with China. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 109 Recognizing October 26 in 2025 and 2026, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 108 Recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 104 Recognizing September 23, 2025, and September 23, 2026, as Celebrate Bisexuality Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 103 Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 102 Honoring the 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration to the United States. Lead author 2025
• SJR 101 Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 100 Proclaiming the last full week of September as Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. Coauthor 2025
• SJR 10 Proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month. Coauthor 2025
• SB 992 References to like-kin under the Wisconsin Shares program. Coauthor 2025
• SB 991 Funding for tribal child care training and technical assistance and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 99 Spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 987 The drug repository program. Coauthor 2025
• SB 98 Conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations. Coauthor 2025
• SB 965 Collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Coauthor 2025
• SB 96 Exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 958 Creating the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 956 Position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcement. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 955 Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 954 Requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 953 Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 949 Going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2025
• SB 948 Storage of a firearm in a house in which a resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2025
• SB 947 A requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing a penalty. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 946 Containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2025
• SB 945 Storage of firearms in retail facility when unattended. Coauthor 2025
• SB 942 Changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 934 Notice of change in polling place location. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 931 Student identification used for voting. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 929 Subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 925 Automatic voter registration. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 924 Grants for the purchase of election supplies and equipment and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 923 Residency requirement for purposes of voting. Coauthor 2025
• SB 922 Automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual requirements, withholding of voluntarily provided elector information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 902 Creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion. Coauthor 2025
• SB 901 Cost-sharing cap on insulin. Coauthor 2025
• SB 878 Grants for regional biodigesters, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 871 Creating a grant program for farmers who implement certain sustainable practices, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 869 Increasing the Focus on Energy rate and including residential energy storage in Focus on Energy. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 863 An energy efficiency grant program for school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 860 The practice of audiology, licensure of audiologists, the composition of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, and repealing an administrative rule related to the practical examination of audiologists. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 855 Funding for certain research positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 854 County conservation staff for climate change resiliency purposes and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 852 The reimbursement rate for special education costs and school age parents programs and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 850 Authorized activities under a no-sale event venue permit issued by the Division of Alcohol Beverages in the Department of Revenue. Coauthor 2025
• SB 848 Constructing laterals and service pipes without a landowner’s permission in the City of Milwaukee. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 844 Forensic examinations done on a crime victim to gather evidence, modifying administrative rules relating to reimbursement for forensic examinations, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 842 Violence prevention grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 841 Farmland preservation implementation grants, maximum acres of agricultural enterprise areas, indexing the farmland preservation tax credit for inflation, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 840 The agricultural conservation easement purchase program and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 837 Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 833 Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 829 Funding for Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grants, the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotion, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 828 Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 827 Creating a stretch energy code. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 826 Vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 823 Spending cap for the Wisconsin agricultural exports program and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 822 Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees. Coauthor 2025
• SB 820 The state superintendent’s power to issue a subpoena in a license revocation investigation. Coauthor 2025
• SB 817 Healthy food incentive program funding, payment processing equipment and services for farmers’ markets and farmers, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 811 Increasing the number of authorized positions for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for regional farmer support and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 809 The opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2025
• SB 808 Creating a blue envelope program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 807 Grants to WisconsinEye for the establishment of an endowment fund, creating the Office of the Public Affairs Network to administer a public affairs network in Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 806 Main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 804 Investigation of any pregnancy outcome and civil and criminal liability exemptions relating to pregnancy outcome. Coauthor 2025
• SB 801 Early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 790 Actions in small claims for third-party complaints, personal injury claims, and actions based in tort. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 779 Prohibiting food and beverages from being served in foam polystyrene packaging and providing a penalty. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 777 Local regulation of certain containers. Coauthor 2025
• SB 776 Repealing the dry cleaner environmental response program, creating the revitalize Wisconsin program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 775 Sandhill crane damage abatement assistance for corn producers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 774 Wolf monitoring and nonlethal abatement and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 773 Funding for the University of Wisconsin System freshwater collaborative and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 772 Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 771 Creating a multifamily housing innovation council and allowing a multifamily dwelling up to six stories to be served by a single stairway. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 770 Farm to fork grants, farm to school grants, matching funds for the federal farm to school program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 769 Bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 765 Prohibiting step therapy protocols for certain cancer drugs. Coauthor 2025
• SB 764 Cost-sharing cap on epinephrine delivery systems under health insurance policies and plans. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 762 Grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 761 Eliminating and modifying certain provisions enacted under 2023 Act 12 regarding the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 757 Coverage of tests for sexually transmitted diseases by health insurance policies and plans. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 756 Coverage of sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling under health insurance policies and plans. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 755 The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison or jail. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 753 Funding for the department of financial institutions from the college savings program trust fund and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 752 Creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 749 Substance abuse counselor-in-training, clinical supervisor-in-training, and prevention specialist-in-training certifications. Coauthor 2025
• SB 748 Sales tax exemption certificates for the sale of precious metal bullion. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 747 Grants to match county investments in the health care, public health, and care provider workforce and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 746 Local health officer authority to mandate business closure to control communicable disease. Coauthor 2025
• SB 745 Eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 741 Food waste reduction grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 740 Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE) Coauthor 2025
• SB 74 Ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE) Coauthor 2025