Every Bill Led or Signed

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

SB 22 The duty of care owed to trespassers. Coauthor 2011s-sep
AB 22 The duty of care owed to trespassers. Cosponsor 2011s-sep
SR 18 State sovereignty. Coauthor 2011
SJR 70 The life and public service of Harry Franke. Coauthor 2011
SJR 57 Stating the legislature's support for farm work. Coauthor 2011
SJR 55 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Coauthor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Coauthor 2011
SJR 46 Proclaiming the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
SJR 43 Congratulating the 147th Aviation Regiment. Coauthor 2011
SJR 36 Election of chief justice. Coauthor 2011
SJR 35 Declaring June 1 to 7, 2011, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week. Coauthor 2011
SJR 21 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 2011
SJR 19 Declaring April 2011 as esophageal cancer awareness month. Coauthor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Coauthor 2011
SB 94 Creation of the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, creation of the badger jobs fund and the jobs now fund certification program, both of which are to be administered by the Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 93 Going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons. Lead author 2011
SB 92 Prohibiting coverage of abortions through health plans sold through exchanges. Coauthor 2011
SB 90 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. Lead author 2011
SB 86 Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon. Coauthor 2011
SB 85 Theft of certain services and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 82 Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney. Coauthor 2011
SB 81 Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard. Coauthor 2011
SB 79 The privilege of self-defense. Coauthor 2011
SB 76 Costs of administering tests for intoxication. Coauthor 2011
SB 75 Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms. Coauthor 2011
SB 7 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2011
SB 69 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend private elementary and secondary schools. Coauthor 2011
SB 65 The effect of an order denying, limiting, discontinuing, or prohibiting parental visitation with a child who is adjudged to be in need of protection or services, who is the subject of a termination of parental rights petition, or who is in sustaining care following a termination of parental rights on visitation between the child and a sibling and requiring a child's permanency plan to include a statement as to whether visitation between the child and a sibling is in the best interests of the child and sibling when parental visitation is denied, limited, discontinued, or prohibited. Coauthor 2011
SB 64 Disclosure of adoption records for purposes of determining the availability of a placement for a child with an adoptive parent or proposed adoptive parent of a sibling of the child. Coauthor 2011
SB 63 A requirement that termination of parental rights petitions be filed with respect to children under eight years of age, and certain children eight years of age or over, who have been placed outside the home for six months. Coauthor 2011
SB 61 Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material. Lead author 2011
SB 6 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 2011
SB 57 Corrections and sentencing. Coauthor 2011
SB 563 Requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to implement federal health reform and reports on implementation of federal health reform. Coauthor 2011
SB 549 Fees for dental services. Coauthor 2011
SB 534 Ordering support for an adult disabled child. Lead author 2011
SB 523 Trafficking food stamp program benefits. Coauthor 2011
SB 514 Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. Lead author 2011
SB 488 Regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. Lead author 2011
SB 487 The provision of information regarding health care benefits provided to certain assistance program recipients. Lead author 2011
SB 486 Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 48 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
SB 474 Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty. Lead author 2011
SB 465 The definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs. Lead author 2011
SB 464 Prohibiting fingerprinting in connection with professional credentials issued by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or an examining board or affiliated credentialing board, except as provided in the statutes, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2011
SB 44 Closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 410 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure. Lead author 2011
SB 41 Agreements relating to motor carrier liability. Coauthor 2011
SB 404 Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution. Lead author 2011
SB 403 Special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned or leased by veterans with disabilities and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 4 Authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in rural areas. Lead author 2011
SB 388 Duties of ski area operators and participants in snow sports, liability of ski area operators, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 382 Providing immunity from liability to a school board or the governing body of a charter school that provides public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities. Lead author 2011
SB 377 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2011
SB 375 Delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services. Coauthor 2011
SB 37 Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet. Lead author 2011
SB 367 Signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 358 Alcohol beverages violations by underage persons on licensed premises. Lead author 2011
SB 354 Registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
SB 352 Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 341 Open doors on authorized emergency vehicles. Coauthor 2011
SB 34 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Coauthor 2011
SB 339 Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system. Lead author 2011
SB 338 Waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans. Lead author 2011
SB 331 The Well-Woman Program. Coauthor 2011
SB 322 Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Lead author 2011
SB 314 Collection of money owed for failure to pay for gasoline or diesel fuel and obtaining information with personal identifiers from the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
SB 313 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. Coauthor 2011
SB 306 Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion, information on domestic abuse services, giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug, repealing criminal sanctions against women who perform or obtain certain abortion procedures, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 302 Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. Coauthor 2011
SB 3 Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
SB 297 Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. Lead author 2011
SB 280 Complementary and alternative health services and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 28 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2011
SB 275 Membership of technical college district boards. Coauthor 2011
SB 262 A permit exemption for the placement of a pier containing a floating toilet facility in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Coauthor 2011
SB 261 Operating certain three-vehicle combinations on highways. Coauthor 2011
SB 253 The liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted. Lead author 2011
SB 24 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements. Coauthor 2011
SB 237 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Coauthor 2011
SB 230 An exemption from the prevailing wage law for a public works project that is not less than 85 percent privately funded in which the completed facility is dedicated to the state or a local governmental unit for conservation, recreational, or educational purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 228 Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat. Coauthor 2011
SB 226 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements. Lead author 2011
SB 225 Comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
SB 223 Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products. Coauthor 2011
SB 222 Permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade. Coauthor 2011
SB 22 Creating a Charter School Authorizing Board, providing additional charter school authorizers, eliminating the limit on the number of pupils who may attend virtual charter schools, modifying teacher licensure requirements, eliminating the limit on the reduction in general school aid used to fund independent charter schools, covering certain charter school employees under the Group Insurance Board health coverage plan for local government employees, allowing a charter school to elect to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
SB 215 Trailer or semitrailer registration. Lead author 2011
SB 212 Regulation of nursing homes, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Coauthor 2011
SB 207 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law. Coauthor 2011
SB 205 The manufacture of wine and fermented malt beverages not offered for sale. Coauthor 2011
SB 204 Allowing certain pupils to possess and use an epinephrine auto-injector. Lead author 2011
SB 202 Elimination of compensatory and punitive damages for acts of employment discrimination or unfair honesty or genetic testing. Coauthor 2011
SB 199 Adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems. Lead author 2011
SB 194 Operating certain three-vehicle combinations on the highways. Coauthor 2011
SB 190 The maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit. Coauthor 2011
SB 19 Disinfection of municipal water supplies. Coauthor 2011
SB 189 The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways. Coauthor 2011
SB 186 Fees for dental services. Coauthor 2011
SB 182 Excluding permits and licenses from the definition of real property for property tax purposes. Coauthor 2011
SB 181 Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles transporting overheight loads of hay or straw. Coauthor 2011
SB 178 Differential tuition at certain institutions and colleges of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2011
SB 175 Restricting eligibility for the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
SB 172 Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 160 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Coauthor 2011
SB 159 Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 158 Eligibility for an occupational license. Coauthor 2011
SB 152 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 133 Procedures for applications and hearings relating to permits and contracts for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters. Coauthor 2011
SB 131 Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
SB 130 The authority of a county to enact ordinances governing certain land divisions. Coauthor 2011
SB 13 Collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. Coauthor 2011
SB 125 Liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway. Coauthor 2011
SB 124 Delaying the date by which school districts must comply with certain orders related to terminating the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name. Coauthor 2011
SB 123 An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income. Coauthor 2011
SB 117 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
SB 114 Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. Coauthor 2011
SB 108 The sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. Coauthor 2011
SB 107 Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords. Coauthor 2011
SB 104 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
SB 103 Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider. Lead author 2011
SB 102 Authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve temporary electric rates to promote economic development. Coauthor 2011
SB 10 Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains. Coauthor 2011
AJR 98 Stating the legislature's support for farm work. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 95 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 82 Renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas season as the State of Wisconsin Christmas Tree. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 49 Election of chief justice (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 46 Funding in bills placing requirements on local governmental units (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
AJR 43 The life and public service of Sheriff Raymond Klink. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 42 State sovereignty. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 40 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 37 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 36 Commending the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 28 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 2011
AJR 130 Proclaiming March 2012 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 126 Commending Cambridge native Matt Kenseth on his second win of the Daytona 500. Cosponsor 2011
AJR 109 Commending the University of Wisconsin Badgers football team on an outstanding 2011 season. Cosponsor 2011
AB 99 Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from establishing certain restrictions on hunting antlered deer and regulating the establishment of fall open seasons for hunting deer with firearms. Cosponsor 2011
AB 88 Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material. Cosponsor 2011
AB 86 Corrections and sentencing. Cosponsor 2011
AB 75 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics Wisconsin, Inc., and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 719 Requiring a referendum before construction of highway roundabouts. Cosponsor 2011
AB 7 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 69 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2011
AB 688 Trafficking food stamp program benefits. Cosponsor 2011
AB 671 Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. Cosponsor 2011
AB 653 Elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. Cosponsor 2011
AB 615 Prohibiting fingerprinting in connection with professional credentials issued by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or an examining board or affiliated credentialing board, except as provided in the statutes, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
AB 60 Individuals and officers who may be covered by a county blanket bond. Cosponsor 2011
AB 6 Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains. Cosponsor 2011
AB 595 A permit exemption for the placement of a pier containing a floating toilet facility in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Cosponsor 2011
AB 553 Matching financial records for Medical Assistance eligibility and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
AB 551 Professional teaching permits issued by the Department of Public Instruction, the qualifications necessary to teach in a private school participating in a parental choice program, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 550 Payment of employee required contributions under the Wisconsin Retirement System for participating employees activated to serve on military duty in the U.S. armed forces. Cosponsor 2011
AB 545 Signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
AB 542 The definition of municipality for purposes of tax refund setoffs. Cosponsor 2011
AB 531 Requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to implement federal health reform. Cosponsor 2011
AB 530 Reports on implementation of federal health reform. Cosponsor 2011
AB 53 Authorizing the creation of additional enterprise zones. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
AB 51 Creating a Charter School Authorizing Board, providing additional charter school authorizers, eliminating the limit on the number of pupils who may attend virtual charter schools, modifying teacher licensure requirements, eliminating the limit on the reduction in general school aid used to fund independent charter schools, covering certain charter school employees under the Group Insurance Board health coverage plan for local government employees, allowing a charter school to elect to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 501 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure. Cosponsor 2011
AB 50 Agreements relating to motor carrier liability. Cosponsor 2011
AB 497 Providing immunity from liability to a school board or the governing body of a charter school that provides public access to school grounds for certain recreational activities. Cosponsor 2011
AB 495 Duties of ski area operators and participants in snow sports, liability of ski area operators, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
AB 484 Buyer identification cards and the definition of junk vehicles. Cosponsor 2011
AB 48 Information about land acquired with stewardship funding. Cosponsor 2011
AB 473 Delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services. Cosponsor 2011
AB 471 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Cosponsor 2011
AB 467 Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution. Cosponsor 2011
AB 464 Alcohol beverages violations by underage persons on licensed premises. Cosponsor 2011
AB 450 Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 45 Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet. Cosponsor 2011
AB 44 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Cosponsor 2011
AB 429 Waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans. Cosponsor 2011
AB 428 Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system. Cosponsor 2011
AB 416 Collection of money owed for failure to pay for gasoline or diesel fuel and obtaining information with personal identifiers from the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 408 Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. Cosponsor 2011
AB 4 Automobile insurance coverage limits, permissible policy provisions, and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2011
AB 396 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. Cosponsor 2011
AB 39 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 2011
AB 388 Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products. Cosponsor 2011
AB 386 The Well-Woman Program. Cosponsor 2011
AB 372 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words In God We Trust and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
AB 371 Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion, information on domestic abuse services, giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug, repealing criminal sanctions against women who perform or obtain certain abortion procedures, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
AB 353 Membership of technical college district boards. Cosponsor 2011
AB 346 The licensing requirement for animal control facilities. Cosponsor 2011
AB 34 Eliminating the fee for having land rezoned out a farmland preservation zoning district and eliminating the program for purchasing agricultural conservation easements. Cosponsor 2011
AB 337 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Cosponsor 2011
AB 333 The liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted. Cosponsor 2011
AB 326 Creation of a Joint Committee on State Mandates and required funding of state mandates. Cosponsor 2011
AB 323 Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat. Cosponsor 2011
AB 311 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements. Cosponsor 2011
AB 306 Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products. Cosponsor 2011
AB 305 Permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade. Cosponsor 2011
AB 304 Trailer or semitrailer registration. Cosponsor 2011
AB 303 Comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011