Every Bill Led or Signed

898 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 401–600.

AB 682 Authority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review a decision of a justice to deny a motion to disqualify the justice. Coauthor 2011
AB 680 Creating a property tax exemption for a nonprofit youth baseball association. Coauthor 2011
AB 676 Contributions by state contractors and their officers and substantial owners to candidates for state office or their authorized committees. Lead author 2011
AB 675 Attempts to influence certain governmental entities by former state officers and employees and attempts to influence state procurement decisions. Lead author 2011
AB 673 Campaign contributions to the governor or certain committees by lobbyists, principals, and other persons who may be affected by proposed administrative rules. Coauthor 2011
AB 672 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 667 Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words Support Planned Parenthood and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 657 The right to a trial by jury for a juvenile for whom the petitioner has reserved the right to recommend placement in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program or in a juvenile correctional facility beyond the age of majority. Coauthor 2011
AB 641 Making the transitional jobs program permanent, increasing audit and compliance positions in the Department of Revenue, and making appropriations. Lead author 2011
AB 640 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Lead author 2011
AB 639 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Lead author 2011
AB 636 Prohibiting the expenditure of moneys from the national mortgage settlement without legislative approval. Coauthor 2011
AB 630 Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies. Coauthor 2011
AB 622 Requiring pulse oximetry in newborns. Coauthor 2011
AB 621 Attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, prohibiting the expending of certain moneys by members of the legislature, and reporting by certain persons providing or state public officials receiving certain things of value for scholarship purposes. Coauthor 2011
AB 619 Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Lead author 2011
AB 616 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 593 Crimes against animals. Coauthor 2011
AB 591 Political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Lead author 2011
AB 575 Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training. Coauthor 2011
AB 574 Authorizing the creation of a Fox Cities regional transit authority and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 573 Stewardship funding for grants to control invasive species. Coauthor 2011
AB 565 Spending by certain electric and natural gas public utilities on energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable resource programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 564 A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Lead author 2011
AB 540 Training in traumatic brain injury awareness for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, emergency medical technicians, and first responders and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 521 Homemade wine and fermented malt beverages. Coauthor 2011
AB 518 Designation of highways as scenic byways. Coauthor 2011
AB 515 Use of skateboards on roadways. Lead author 2011
AB 512 Authorizing medically related actions by physician assistants. Coauthor 2011
AB 505 Participating in a veterans court program. Coauthor 2011
AB 500 Adding kindergarten to definition of school for the purposes of the gun-free school zone law and the prohibition against weapons on school premises. Coauthor 2011
AB 487 Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
AB 475 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 471 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Coauthor 2011
AB 461 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Lead author 2011
AB 459 Awards of punitive damages. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
AB 455 The use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 452 Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 446 Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 445 The hours that a minor may work. Coauthor 2011
AB 444 Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. Coauthor 2011
AB 436 Prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview. Coauthor 2011
AB 433 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 412 Requiring the Department of Workforce Development to notify the local workforce development board when a claimant applies for unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 409 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Lead author 2011
AB 401 Felony mistreatment of an animal and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 399 Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 398 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 392 Eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state. Coauthor 2011
AB 379 Keeping certain name changes confidential. Coauthor 2011
AB 369 Grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 368 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
AB 365 Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 364 Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action. Coauthor 2011
AB 356 Limiting the corporate income tax deduction for compensation paid to an employee. Coauthor 2011
AB 355 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Coauthor 2011
AB 354 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 350 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Coauthor 2011
AB 349 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Coauthor 2011
AB 348 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 345 Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 344 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Coauthor 2011
AB 341 The eligibility for relocation tax benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 339 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance procedures by policy. Lead author 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 332 Inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed rule an assessment of the impact that the proposed rule will have on public health and the environment. Coauthor 2011
AB 32 Communications by members of the legislature. Coauthor 2011
AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 316 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 313 Unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system. Coauthor 2011
AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
AB 297 Prohibiting an insurer from taking various actions with respect to property insurance because of claims based on acts of nature. Coauthor 2011
AB 296 Treatment of contributions used to finance recall petition drives. Coauthor 2011
AB 281 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 278 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 and payments to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation related to extended-range electric vehicles; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 27 Requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Coauthor 2011
AB 269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
AB 264 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials, officials elect, and committees and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 259 Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities. Coauthor 2011
AB 250 Regulating text messages as telephone solicitations for purposes of the no call list. Coauthor 2011
AB 230 Deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 227 Requiring teachers and administrators employed by and owners of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and in the choice program for other eligible school districts to be subject to the background investigation requirements and employment restrictions imposed upon teachers in public schools. Coauthor 2011
AB 226 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Coauthor 2011
AB 221 Veteran preference points. Coauthor 2011
AB 218 The appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2011
AB 215 Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center. Coauthor 2011
AB 203 Pseudoephedrine purchases. Coauthor 2011
AB 20 Allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 198 Preparation of legislative and congressional districting plans by the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Government Accountability Board. Coauthor 2011
AB 192 Provision of police or fire protection services by a county sheriff or municipality. Coauthor 2011
AB 191 The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations. Lead author 2011
AB 185 Authorizing certain individuals to contribute to a college savings plan account. Lead author 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 17 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2011
AB 168 Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons and exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature. Coauthor 2011
AB 167 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
AB 150 Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders. Coauthor 2011
AB 131 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 12 The restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. Coauthor 2011
AB 119 Special distinguishing registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Coauthor 2011
AB 10 Requiring the Department of Commerce to organize trade and marketing forums for Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. 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 73 The life and public service of Harriet Shetler. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 65 Lead poisoning hazards, lead abatement, and requesting a study. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 64 The life and public service of Mary Anne McNulty. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 56 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 55 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 54 Commending Mary and Ted Kellner on the occasion of their receiving the Warren P. Knowles Humanitarian Award. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 47 The second anniversary of WisconsinEye's commencement of broadcast operations. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 4 Recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 35 Encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 28 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 24 Proclaiming May as American Stroke Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 20 Proclaiming the Week of the Young Child. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 19 Declaring April 2009 Donate Life Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 14 Declaring March 2009 American Red Cross Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 13 The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 11 Veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 94 The licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
SB 86 School conference and activities leave. Cosponsor 2009
SB 81 Authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village. Cosponsor 2009
SB 8 State procurement of contractual services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 72 Portability under group health benefit plans and independent review of insurance policy rescissions and preexisting condition exclusion denials under group and individual health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 701 The foreclosure and sale of residential property. Cosponsor 2009
SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. 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 690 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 689 The right to a trial by jury for a juvenile for whom the petitioner has reserved the right to recommend placement in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program or in a juvenile correctional facility beyond the age of majority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 679 Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 662 Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of medical review related to motor vehicle operator's licenses and allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 660 Qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. Cosponsor 2009
SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Cosponsor 2009
SB 656 Construction of a rural dental education outreach facility in Marshfield, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 655 Safety standards for movable soccer goals, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 653 Trial job program and transitional jobs demonstration project and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 652 Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Cosponsor 2009
SB 644 The duties of the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council. Cosponsor 2009
SB 643 Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 640 Various changes in election laws, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 638 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 633 A grant for providing assistance to individuals to obtain and maintain health care benefits and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 632 Control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 629 The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of mercury-added lamps and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 628 Physical examinations and discovery of patients' records in civil actions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 627 Special distinguishing registration plate decals for certain vehicles owned by certain members of special groups associated with the armed services. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 620 Groundwater management, water conservation, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 616 Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, energy and environmental design standards for state buildings, structures, and facilities, energy and environmental design standards for school district facilities and other local government buildings, leasing of state buildings, structures, and facilities, standards for the construction and use of graywater systems, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 613 Creating a Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 612 Prohibiting consideration of any conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview. Cosponsor 2009
SB 609 Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder. Cosponsor 2009
SB 603 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment. Cosponsor 2009
SB 594 Requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 593 Student achievement guarantee in education program contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 585 Prohibiting discrimination against an employee who declines to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer or with an agent, representative, or designee of the employer, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the opinion of the employer about religious or political matters. Cosponsor 2009
SB 584 Mutual assistance between tribal and county or municipal law enforcement agencies. Cosponsor 2009
SB 580 Animals taken into custody. Cosponsor 2009
SB 579 Designation of a corporation to receive funding for electronic health information exchange, creation of a corporation, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 556 The term of office of the commissioner of insurance. Cosponsor 2009
SB 555 Crimes against animals and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 538 Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 535 Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 534 Employer-assisted housing. Cosponsor 2009
SB 525 Prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 524 Subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications. 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 519 The issuance by the Department of Transportation of Eagle Scout decals to be affixed to motor vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 511 The southeastern regional transit authority, the creation of interim regional transit authorities in southeast Wisconsin, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 505 Motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 502 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Cosponsor 2009
SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 497 Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 483 Prohibiting health insurance policies and self-insured health plans from excluding coverage for injuries based on the use of alcohol or controlled substances. Cosponsor 2009
SB 478 Orders to commit state prison inmates to a mental health facility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 477 Treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city. Cosponsor 2009
SB 476 Certification of ironworkers, maximum and minimum numbers of certain individuals performing ironwork at construction sites, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 470 Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 468 The use of positive behavioral interventions and supports and aversive interventions in schools and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. 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 460 Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. Cosponsor 2009
SB 457 The placement of advertising signs in highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 451 Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund. Cosponsor 2009
SB 447 State contractual services and false claims submitted to state and local governments, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 444 Extending the time period to claim a refund for an individual who is affected by a period of financial disability. Cosponsor 2009
SB 425 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 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 414 School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils. Cosponsor 2009