Every Bill Led or Signed

107 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 1–107.

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 7 Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 65 Lead poisoning hazards, lead abatement, and requesting a study. Cosponsor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 90 The registration of antique snowmobiles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 77 Changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 692 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 599 Grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 598 The procedure for school district consolidations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 596 Transportation aid to school districts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 595 Transportation of private school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 593 Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 582 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. Cosponsor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 553 Assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 550 A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 542 Encouraging the purchase of food produced in this state, creating goals and a preference in state procurement for food produced in this state, and creating a council. Cosponsor 2009
SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 527 The agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 515 Authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains. Cosponsor 2009
SB 51 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Cosponsor 2009
SB 461 An income and franchise tax credit for a qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 419 Requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for products sold as honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Cosponsor 2009
SB 40 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. 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 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
SB 261 Deployment of high-speed Internet services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 223 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 20 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 2 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Cosponsor 2009
SB 180 Granting prescriptive authority to psychologists and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 113 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
SB 111 Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies. Cosponsor 2009
SB 1 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AR 11 Recognizing and proclaiming Hispanic Heritage Month, a month-long celebration of the culture and traditions of United States residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Coauthor 2009
AJR 72 The life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. Coauthor 2009
AJR 71 The H1N1 virus and its impact on Wisconsin. Lead author 2009
AJR 60 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 57 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 28 Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. Coauthor 2009
AJR 24 Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 948 An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 901 A sales and use tax exemption for textbooks. Coauthor 2009
AB 859 Semiannual meetings of small winery cooperative wholesalers. Lead author 2009
AB 853 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 830 The collection of an administrative fee by the county sheriff. Lead author 2009
AB 809 Transportation of private school pupils. Coauthor 2009
AB 808 Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts. Coauthor 2009
AB 807 Transportation aid to school districts. Coauthor 2009
AB 806 The procedure for school district consolidations. Coauthor 2009
AB 805 Grants to school districts for efficiency and consolidation feasibility studies, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 782 Encouraging the purchase of food produced in this state, creating goals and a preference in state procurement for food produced in this state, and creating a council. Lead author 2009
AB 781 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college. Coauthor 2009
AB 78 Judicial discretion in certain John Doe proceedings and the provision of attorney representation of state employees at John Doe proceedings. Coauthor 2009
AB 771 A grant to Wisconsin Workforce Development Association from the Department of Commerce and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 770 Assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 768 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate two additional enterprise zones. Lead author 2009
AB 767 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 757 A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 756 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Coauthor 2009
AB 748 Suspension of the requirement that certain milk contractors pay an assessment into the agricultural producer security fund. Coauthor 2009
AB 746 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 740 Growing and processing industrial hemp, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 73 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Coauthor 2009
AB 721 Public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. Coauthor 2009
AB 717 The agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 700 Authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains. Coauthor 2009
AB 65 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 642 An income and franchise tax credit for a qualified equity investment in a qualified community development entity, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 606 The regulation of video service providers and interim cable operators, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 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 591 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Coauthor 2009
AB 575 Requiring the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to establish standards for products sold as honey, prohibiting the labeling as Wisconsin certified honey of a product that has not been determined to meet the standards, prohibiting the labeling as honey of a product that does not meet the standards, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 574 Lightweight utility vehicles and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 551 Furlough of executive branch state employees during the 2009-11 fiscal biennium and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 548 Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles. Coauthor 2009
AB 532 Directing the Department of Commerce to award grants to community development corporations to establish capital access programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 529 Violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 470 Membership of the Natural Resources Board. 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 430 Making October 10, William D. Hoard Day, a legal holiday. Coauthor 2009
AB 41 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 403 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Coauthor 2009
AB 40 The filing of a wage claim or the bringing of a wage claim action by a collective bargaining representative on behalf of an employee and the priority of a wage claim lien over a prior lien of a commercial lending institution and over the rights of a purchaser of any property of the employer. Lead author 2009
AB 392 Finance charges for licensed lenders. Coauthor 2009
AB 391 Deployment of high-speed Internet services. Coauthor 2009
AB 37 Allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 313 Licensure fee for an emergency medical technician. Lead author 2009
AB 31 Authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 276 Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Coauthor 2009
AB 215 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Coauthor 2009
AB 206 Creating a committee to study the uses of industrial hemp. Lead author 2009
AB 195 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Coauthor 2009
AB 140 Adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators and creating an individual income tax deduction for educators who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies. Coauthor 2009
AB 138 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 113 Changes to economic development tax benefit programs, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
AB 103 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Coauthor 2009
AB 101 The registration of antique snowmobiles. Coauthor 2009