Every Bill Led or Signed

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

SJR 74 The retirement of Russ Whitesel, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 62 The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 56 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 36 Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). 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 18 Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SJR 10 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Cosponsor 2009
SB 97 Authorizing temporary permits to practice dentistry or dental hygiene without compensation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 96 Diversions under a community integration program of Medical Assistance-eligible persons from imminent entry into nursing homes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 91 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 90 The registration of antique snowmobiles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 88 Purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. Cosponsor 2009
SB 84 Ineligibility for state financial assistance of a postsecondary student who has been convicted of possessing, with intent to manufacture, distribute, or deliver, or of manufacturing, distributing, or delivering, a controlled substance or controlled substance analog based on conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the postsecondary student was receiving any state financial assistance and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 82 Access to employment records of candidates for law enforcement positions. Cosponsor 2009
SB 80 The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 79 Public disclosure of certain information when abuse or neglect results in a child dying or being placed in serious or critical condition. Cosponsor 2009
SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Cosponsor 2009
SB 697 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 696 Applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 69 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 680 Requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. Cosponsor 2009
SB 68 Reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law. Cosponsor 2009
SB 679 Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 65 Expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. Cosponsor 2009
SB 64 Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 622 The number of raffles permitted in a year. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 611 Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 61 Special distinguishing registration plates expressing enthusiasm for hunting and fishing for sport and recreation. 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 59 Seizure of a computer used to commit a crime and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 587 Commercial real estate liens and recording a correction instrument and a lis pendens. Cosponsor 2009
SB 58 Permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 576 The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Cosponsor 2009
SB 57 Composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 56 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 554 Qualifications of the secretary of natural resources and qualifications of members of the Natural Resources Board. Cosponsor 2009
SB 547 Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases. Cosponsor 2009
SB 544 Equalizing physical placement to the highest degree, requiring the court to state the reasons for ordering sole legal custody or not equalizing physical placement, and standards for modifying legal custody or physical placement. Cosponsor 2009
SB 54 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Cosponsor 2009
SB 539 Tax incentives for job creation. 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 509 Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds. Cosponsor 2009
SB 500 Requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 499 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing a drug-related felony or who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a drug-related felony from showing that he or she has been rehabilitated for purposes of being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, of being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or of being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided. Cosponsor 2009
SB 497 Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 495 Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 481 Wild turkey hunting approvals; the regulation of the hunting of wild turkey; and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 48 Catch and release bass and muskellunge fishing. Cosponsor 2009
SB 474 Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building. Cosponsor 2009
SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 45 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 442 Requiring local units of government to use the qualifications-based selection process for certain public works consulting contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 44 Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 439 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 438 The operation of minitrucks on highways and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 434 The sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream. Cosponsor 2009
SB 433 Child in need of protection or services jurisdiction over a child based on another child from the child's home being placed outside the home under a juvenile court order and involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds of three or more prior voluntary or involuntary terminations of parental rights. Cosponsor 2009
SB 430 Collective bargaining over health care coverage for municipal employees, allowing municipal employers to change health care coverage plan providers, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 428 Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. Cosponsor 2009
SB 422 Designation of an official state automotive museum. Cosponsor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 42 A report on food safety programs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 416 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 411 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. Cosponsor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 400 Operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow. Cosponsor 2009
SB 397 General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 396 Fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors. Cosponsor 2009
SB 395 Psychological evaluations for law enforcement officers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 392 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 39 Cash value of life insurance regarding eligibility for the veterans assistance program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 386 Automobile insurance coverage limits and proof of financial responsibility. Cosponsor 2009
SB 385 Factors considered in binding interest arbitration under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 382 Use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by climatic conditions and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 374 Creating a commercial driver license exception for law enforcement officers operating commercial motor vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 360 Sale of a parcel of land located in Marinette County to the Wied Trust. Cosponsor 2009
SB 357 Awarding grants to school districts for pupil academic achievement, allowing the results of pupil examinations to be used to evaluate teacher performance, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 356 Acreage requirements for areas in which farm-raised deer that may be hunted are kept. Cosponsor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 353 Federalizing the treatment of capital losses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 350 An optional identification requirement for voting in elections. Cosponsor 2009
SB 343 The rail passenger service assistance and promotion program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 340 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 335 Using county jail funds for costs related to providing educational and medical services to county jail inmates. Cosponsor 2009
SB 333 Prohibiting a person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing certain serious crimes, who is the subject of a pending criminal charge or delinquency petition for committing a serious crime, or who has had entered against him or her a domestic abuse, child abuse, individual-at-risk abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction in the preceding 15 years from being licensed, certified, or contracted with to provide child care, from being employed or contracted as a caregiver of a child care provider, or from being permitted to reside at a premises where child care is provided; requiring suspected fraudulent activity on the part of a participant in the Wisconsin Works Program, including a person receiving a child care subsidy under that program, to be reported to the district attorney; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 33 Purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 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 304 The veterans tuition reimbursement program. Cosponsor 2009
SB 303 Requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication. Cosponsor 2009
SB 301 The application of shoreland zoning ordinances to certain unincorporated areas. Cosponsor 2009
SB 295 Permitting a minor to present musical entertainment or perform in a theatrical performance in a roadhouse, cabaret, dance hall, night club, tavern, or similar place. Cosponsor 2009
SB 292 The exemption of State Historical Society books from state printing requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 28 Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 26 Allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 254 Privileges under a Class A or Class B bear hunting license, and bear carcass tag and back tag requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 252 The duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident. Cosponsor 2009
SB 248 Penalty enhancers for committing domestic abuse in the presence of a child and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 247 Information about land purchased with stewardship funding and approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain activities and projects that receive stewardship funding. Cosponsor 2009
SB 243 Hunting of deer during the open bow hunting season. Cosponsor 2009
SB 242 Creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 241 Modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle. Cosponsor 2009
SB 24 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for Wisconsin food banks that are members of Feeding America and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 23 Acceptance of certain political contributions by certain elective state officials and committees. Cosponsor 2009
SB 225 The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments. Cosponsor 2009
SB 218 Penalties and private actions for violations of restrictions on telephone solicitations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 215 A personal property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 214 A real property tax exemption for snowmobile clubs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 198 Donating drugs and dispensing donated drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 197 Damages for frivolous claims. Cosponsor 2009
SB 194 Professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 193 Raffle licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 187 An income and franchise tax credit for wages paid to an employee who is deployed or called to active duty with the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. Cosponsor 2009
SB 180 Granting prescriptive authority to psychologists and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 178 Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 177 Reorganizing the Milwaukee Public School System into eight school districts and creating a Milwaukee Public Schools Redistricting and Implementation Commission. Cosponsor 2009
SB 176 A sales tax and use tax exemption for nonprescription drugs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 175 The issuance of licenses to teach mathematics or science. Cosponsor 2009
SB 173 The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs. Cosponsor 2009
SB 172 Limiting a city's and village's use of direct annexation and authorizing limited town challenges to an annexation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 17 Special distinguishing registration plates for certain vehicles owned by members of the national guard and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 167 The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 166 Creating an individual income tax deduction for any amount of interest paid on certain loans that are used for educational expenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 165 Changing the type of income that may be used to calculate the married persons tax credit. Cosponsor 2009
SB 164 Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants. Cosponsor 2009
SB 158 Vehicle stops at railroad crossings. Cosponsor 2009
SB 145 Determining the value of billboards for personal property tax purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 140 Posttermination of parental rights contact between a child and a birth relative of the child and disclosure of the report of an investigation of the home of a proposed adoptive parent on the request of the proposed adoptive parent. Cosponsor 2009
SB 129 The privilege of self-defense. Cosponsor 2009
SB 120 Pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Cosponsor 2009
SB 117 Extraterritorial plat approval on basis of land's use. Cosponsor 2009
SB 114 The use of pesticides by veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Cosponsor 2009
SB 112 The possession of green skins of fur-bearing animals, the tagging of traps, and the sale, purchase, bartering, and trade of wild animals and their carcasses. 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 10 The income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. Cosponsor 2009
AR 25 Requiring the Committee on Rules to offer a resolution calling for a special order of business on 2009 Assembly Resolution 14. Coauthor 2009
AR 21 Authorizing the attorney general to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or any part thereof, and the federal Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, or any part thereof. Coauthor 2009
AR 15 Requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in certain cases before the United States Supreme Court. Coauthor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 93 Recognizing November as National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 92 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the symbolic end of the Cold War. Coauthor 2009
AJR 90 The life and public service of Rev. P. Harvey Stower. Coauthor 2009
AJR 9 Proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2009, Syttende Mai Weekend. Coauthor 2009
AJR 88 The life and public service of Jay W. Johnson. Coauthor 2009
AJR 83 The life and public service of Tommy T. Tradewell. Coauthor 2009
AJR 82 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 80 Commemorating the achievements and contributions of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on the occasion of its centennial. Coauthor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 60 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 57 The public service of Anthony D. Hardie. Coauthor 2009
AJR 56 The 100 year anniversary of Peninsula State Park. Coauthor 2009
AJR 55 Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 51 State sovereignty. Coauthor 2009
AJR 43 Proclaiming April 22, 2009, as Undergraduate Research Day and commending University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, and staff. Coauthor 2009
AJR 42 Recognizing April 8 as Wellness Day in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
AJR 41 Declaring June as Scoliosis Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 3 Creating the Joint Committee on Economic Stimulus Accountability. Coauthor 2009
AJR 18 The life and public service of Rebecca Young. Coauthor 2009
AJR 16 The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 138 The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 134 Proclaiming May 6, 2010, as Wisconsin Day of Prayer. Coauthor 2009
AJR 125 Requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
AJR 12 Renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree. Coauthor 2009
AJR 118 Proclaiming May 14, 15, and 16, 2010, Syttende Mai Weekend. Coauthor 2009
AJR 103 Recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 102 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
AJR 100 Congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on its 100th anniversary. Coauthor 2009
AB 99 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 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 969 Income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs. Coauthor 2009
AB 960 Requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature. Coauthor 2009
AB 953 The number of raffles permitted in a year. Coauthor 2009
AB 947 Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 936 Depreciation and expense deductions for property used in farming. Coauthor 2009
AB 935 Information on a person who is required to register as a sex offender. Coauthor 2009
AB 934 Sex offender registry requirements following certain plea agreements. Coauthor 2009
AB 933 Notification of law enforcement when certain sex offenders change residential addresses. Coauthor 2009
AB 932 Information on a person who is required to register as a sex offender. Coauthor 2009
AB 931 Rule making that increases costs or regulatory burdens. Coauthor 2009
AB 93 Prohibiting certain automated telephone solicitations. Coauthor 2009
AB 927 The advice and consent of the senate for appointments. Coauthor 2009
AB 91 An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 897 Motor vehicle insurance and proof of financial responsibility. Coauthor 2009
AB 89 Prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. Lead author 2009
AB 881 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain residents of this state who graduate from a college or university. Coauthor 2009
AB 88 Allowing electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives to include energy derived from garbage and certain waste in satisfying renewable portfolio standards. Coauthor 2009
AB 879 Sentencing, revocation of parole or extended supervision, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 874 Increasing the reduction in Wisconsin Works benefits based on a positive drug test, paying the amount of the reduction to dependent children in the group, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 873 Liens by commercial real estate brokers. Coauthor 2009
AB 870 The requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Coauthor 2009
AB 87 Disposal of ash resulting from the burning of a structure. Coauthor 2009
AB 869 Operation of all-terrain vehicles by persons who are under 12 years of age. Coauthor 2009
AB 867 A tax credit for hospitality business advertising. Coauthor 2009
AB 866 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 865 The limit on the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Coauthor 2009
AB 863 Eliminating the requirement to pay a conversion fee for having land rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Coauthor 2009