Every Bill Led or Signed

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

SJR 69 Honoring the members of Bon Iver and Justin Vernon on their 2012 Grammy Awards. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 67 Recognizing that it is the right, duty, and privilege of the legislature to control the expenditure of moneys appropriated by law. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 61 Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 50 The life and public service of Dick Wheeler. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 5 Commemorating the first centennial of the joint committee on finance, and honoring members of the legislature who served on the committee. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 45 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 37 Clay Matthews AIDS Walk Wisconsin Day. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 14 Recognizing Black History Month. Cosponsor 2011
SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Cosponsor 2011
SB 84 Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. Cosponsor 2011
SB 78 Waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 71 Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 565 Providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants. Cosponsor 2011
SB 553 Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Cosponsor 2011
SB 538 Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 53 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 511 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 502 Case planning for a child placed in out-of-home care, including concurrent permanency goals, trial reunifications, and planned permanent living arrangements for such a child. Cosponsor 2011
SB 495 The return of federal funds to the federal government. Cosponsor 2011
SB 494 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 485 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education. Cosponsor 2011
SB 481 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Cosponsor 2011
SB 480 An expenditure of $90,000 from the general fund for payment of a claim against the state made by Robert Lee Stinson. Cosponsor 2011
SB 479 Establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan. Cosponsor 2011
SB 469 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 436 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 419 A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Cosponsor 2011
SB 380 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 371 Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 355 The hours that a minor may work. Cosponsor 2011
SB 351 Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 347 Creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
SB 345 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Cosponsor 2011
SB 344 Length of declarant control; period for expanding condominiums; community manager requirements; requiring a written agreement between the declarant and the municipality, declarant warranties, and posting securities; requiring approval by the municipality of condominium instruments; and requiring certification of condominium financial statements. Cosponsor 2011
SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
SB 342 Awards of punitive damages. Cosponsor 2011
SB 340 Requirements for candidates to appear on the ballot of a recognized political party. Cosponsor 2011
SB 336 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 329 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 327 Pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Cosponsor 2011
SB 311 Voter intimidation or suppression, authorized activities at or near polling places, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
SB 305 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Cosponsor 2011
SB 304 Creating a Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2011
SB 298 Enclosure of absentee ballots in privacy envelopes. Cosponsor 2011
SB 282 Family planning services and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 279 Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program. Cosponsor 2011
SB 277 Prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subject to such an environment to bring a civil action. Cosponsor 2011
SB 272 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Cosponsor 2011
SB 256 The fee for duplicate identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 250 Limiting the corporate income tax deduction for compensation paid to an employee. Cosponsor 2011
SB 249 Employment discrimination based on employment status. Cosponsor 2011
SB 247 Exemption of individuals who are at least 65 years of age from the requirement to provide proof of identification for voting. Cosponsor 2011
SB 246 Employment discrimination based on credit history. Cosponsor 2011
SB 245 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Cosponsor 2011
SB 244 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 236 Grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
SB 232 Eliminating the ability for the Department of Health Services to alter Medical Assistance eligibility, provider payment methods, and other Medical Assistance program procedures by policy and eliminating the requirement to request a waiver regarding Medical Assistance program eligibility. Cosponsor 2011
SB 217 Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Cosponsor 2011
SB 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
SB 209 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Cosponsor 2011
SB 187 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 179 Requiring a private school that provides child care for children under three years of age to be licensed to operate a child care center. Cosponsor 2011
SB 176 Legislative vacancies. Cosponsor 2011
SB 171 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Cosponsor 2011
SB 167 Challenging the ballots of electors at polling places. Cosponsor 2011
SB 166 Preferences for minority-owned businesses in state procurement. Cosponsor 2011
SB 163 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. Cosponsor 2011
SB 162 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Cosponsor 2011
SB 118 Communications by members of the legislature. Cosponsor 2011
SB 11 The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee. Cosponsor 2011
AR 8 Assistant district attorneys. Coauthor 2011
AR 6 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and massacre. Coauthor 2011
AR 3 Honoring the victims of the Arizona shootings. Coauthor 2011
AR 19 Conduct in the assembly visitor gallery. Coauthor 2011
AR 14 Public notice for meetings of assembly committees. Coauthor 2011
AR 13 The removal of the portrait of Jeremiah Rusk from the assembly chamber. Coauthor 2011
AJR 84 A Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights. Coauthor 2011
AJR 83 Honoring Wisconsin's retiring teachers for their years of service and contributions to our state's educational system and its students. Coauthor 2011
AJR 74 The life and public service of Cecil B. Brown, Jr. Coauthor 2011
AJR 73 Proclaiming November 2011 as pancreatic cancer awareness month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 72 Recognizing October 2011 as Comprehensive Women's Health Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 71 Commending Michael R. Lovell as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AJR 70 Recognizing October 6 as German-American Day. Coauthor 2011
AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 65 Commending Major General Marcia Anderson. Coauthor 2011
AJR 62 Public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings. Coauthor 2011
AJR 60 The life and public service of Judge Terence T. Evans. Coauthor 2011
AJR 6 The life and service of General Vang Pao. Coauthor 2011
AJR 59 Proclaiming Diabetes Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 45 Commending State Auditor Janice Mueller on the occasion of her retirement. Coauthor 2011
AJR 40 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 37 Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 30 The life and public service of John E. McCormick. Coauthor 2011
AJR 17 Recognizing Black History Month. Coauthor 2011
AJR 125 Commending Milwaukee Area Technical College on the occasion of its 100th year of service. Coauthor 2011
AJR 123 Honoring the members of Bon Iver and Justin Vernon on their 2012 Grammy Awards. Coauthor 2011
AJR 121 Amending the U.S. Constitution via congressional action or constitutional convention to establish that corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights of natural persons and that money is not speech. Coauthor 2011
AJR 111 Recognizing the contribution of the men and women of the Wisconsin Air National Guard to Operation Unified Protector in freeing the Libyan nation from tyranny. Coauthor 2011
AJR 105 The life and public service of Darin Arthur Renner. Coauthor 2011
AJR 103 Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week. Coauthor 2011
AJR 1 Honoring the life and achievements of Hank Raymonds. Coauthor 2011
AB 98 Prohibiting the use of zip codes or information in credit reports for issuing or renewing, or setting premiums for, certain types of insurance. Coauthor 2011
AB 9 Marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 8 The filing of certain forms related to Tax Incremental Financing District Number 72 in the city of Milwaukee. Coauthor 2011
AB 736 School conference and activities leave. Coauthor 2011
AB 724 Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 715 Revenue limit adjustment for school nursing services. Coauthor 2011
AB 709 Expungement of misdemeanors. Coauthor 2011
AB 708 Prohibiting the display on the consolidated court automation programs of records of municipal ordinance violations committed by persons seventeen years of age. Coauthor 2011
AB 706 Expenditure of moneys received by the state from court judgments and settlements. Coauthor 2011
AB 703 The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not previously been adjudicated delinquent is subject to circuit court or municipal court rather than juvenile court jurisdiction. Coauthor 2011
AB 701 Reporting requirements regarding economic development programs of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Coauthor 2011
AB 699 Prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of certain rules or policies relating to public access to the state capitol building. Coauthor 2011
AB 697 Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 672 Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations. 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 648 Establishing an assistant state public defender pay progression plan. Coauthor 2011
AB 642 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law, public financing of elections for certain state offices, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 641 Making the transitional jobs program permanent, increasing audit and compliance positions in the Department of Revenue, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 640 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Coauthor 2011
AB 639 Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students. Coauthor 2011
AB 637 Disregarding a taxpayer's election to include another in its combined group, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, repealing the income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit, eliminating the individual income tax exclusion for long-term capital gains other than for farm assets, computing the estate tax based on 2002 federal law, and creating a new individual income tax upper bracket. Coauthor 2011
AB 632 Participation of the next of kin of a parental homicide victim in proceedings under the Children's Code. 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. Coauthor 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 599 Case planning for a child placed in out-of-home care, including concurrent permanency goals, trial reunifications, and planned permanent living arrangements for such a child. Coauthor 2011
AB 593 Crimes against animals. Coauthor 2011
AB 58 State finances, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the Medical Assistance program, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 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 566 The school day milk program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 564 A pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Coauthor 2011
AB 533 The state main street program and business area revitalization services. Coauthor 2011
AB 532 Creating a neighborhood business revitalization loan guarantee program in the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. 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 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 474 Changing the deadline for approval of a certain federal law waiver request affecting the Medical Assistance program. Coauthor 2011
AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
AB 461 The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child. Coauthor 2011
AB 460 Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting. Coauthor 2011
AB 459 Awards of punitive damages. Coauthor 2011
AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. 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. Lead author 2011
AB 445 The hours that a minor may work. Lead author 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. Lead author 2011
AB 442 Pleading requirements for assignees of creditors under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Coauthor 2011
AB 434 False advertising by limited services pregnancy centers, providing a penalty, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 422 Length of declarant control; period for expanding condominiums; community manager requirements; requiring a written agreement between the declarant and the municipality, declarant warranties, and posting securities; requiring approval by the municipality of condominium instruments; and requiring certification of condominium financial statements. Coauthor 2011
AB 409 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Coauthor 2011
AB 398 Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 396 Relinquishing custody of a newborn child. Coauthor 2011
AB 393 Voter intimidation or suppression, authorized activities at or near polling places, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
AB 389 The authority of a state agency to promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of a statute enforced or administered by the agency and to implement or enforce standards, requirements, and thresholds; elimination of gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules; economic impact reports of proposed rules; elimination of statements of scope for emergency rules; legislative review of proposed rules; legislative authorization for certain proposed rules; and venue in a declaratory judgment action seeking judicial review of the validity of an administrative rule. Coauthor 2011
AB 368 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. 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 343 Grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. 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. Coauthor 2011
AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
AB 322 Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System. 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 315 Child care facilities for children of state employees in the city of Madison. 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 307 Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Coauthor 2011
AB 298 Authorizing the creation of a Dane County regional transit authority and making appropriations. 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 280 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Coauthor 2011
AB 268 Legislative vacancies. Coauthor 2011
AB 257 A Milwaukee County sales and use tax for parks, recreation and culture, transit services, and public safety. Coauthor 2011
AB 255 FoodShare benefits for legal immigrants. 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. Lead author 2011
AB 226 Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation. Lead author 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 185 Authorizing certain individuals to contribute to a college savings plan account. Coauthor 2011
AB 17 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. 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 133 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
AB 116 Creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. 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 6 Opposing a federal mandate requiring the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses in all circumstances in which a person has been convicted of a drug or other controlled substances violation and exercising the state's option to opt out of this federal mandate. Cosponsor 2009