Every Bill Led or Signed

245 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 58 Honoring the service and safe return of Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team from its deployment in Iraq. 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 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 46 Proclaiming Juror Appreciation Month. Cosponsor 2009
SJR 45 Calling on the Wisconsin congressional delegation to take action to grandfather preexisting highway weight limits upon the designation of USH 41 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower system of interstate and defense highways. 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
SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Cosponsor 2009
SB 86 School conference and activities leave. 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 694 Membership on the Natural Resources Board. 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 686 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Cosponsor 2009
SB 681 Adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 67 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. Cosponsor 2009
SB 668 The naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. Cosponsor 2009
SB 659 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Cosponsor 2009
SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Cosponsor 2009
SB 637 Creating an individual income tax checkoff for childhood cancer research programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 636 Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 626 Modifications to platting requirements. Cosponsor 2009
SB 621 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 618 Raffles. 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 608 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. Cosponsor 2009
SB 603 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment. 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 589 Indemnity clauses in construction contracts. Cosponsor 2009
SB 581 Prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Cosponsor 2009
SB 573 Public access to certain shared law enforcement records. Cosponsor 2009
SB 57 Composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 559 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Cosponsor 2009
SB 557 Notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 556 The term of office of the commissioner of insurance. Cosponsor 2009
SB 543 Registration plates for certain disabled veterans. Cosponsor 2009
SB 536 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 532 Additional municipal aid payments based on the amount of all municipal aid payments compared to total general fund expenditures and on regional factors and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 502 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Cosponsor 2009
SB 497 Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 482 The practice of athletic trainers 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 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 448 A utility terrain vehicle pilot program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2009
SB 443 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2009
SB 440 Waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government. 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 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. 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 424 Regulating certain sport shooting ranges. Cosponsor 2009
SB 420 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to contributions to individual retirement accounts and retirement plans. 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 409 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2009
SB 404 Registration of former military vehicles. Cosponsor 2009
SB 402 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Cosponsor 2009
SB 401 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 396 Fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors. Cosponsor 2009
SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Cosponsor 2009
SB 355 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 332 Submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence. Cosponsor 2009
SB 330 Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 326 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Cosponsor 2009
SB 321 Operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. 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 305 Allowing a member of a group fishing party to catch a fish using the bag limit of another member. Cosponsor 2009
SB 294 Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. Cosponsor 2009
SB 290 Changes in the regulation of boxing contests, regulating mixed martial arts fighting contests, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 284 Designating and marking USH 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway. Cosponsor 2009
SB 283 Violation of the 72-hour no contact provision in domestic violence cases and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 282 Local government property insurance fund premiums. Cosponsor 2009
SB 281 The prohibition against making, reproducing, or possessing a nude depiction of a person without the person's consent and the sex offender registry. Cosponsor 2009
SB 273 Creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority. Cosponsor 2009
SB 27 Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for persons under 18 years of age. Cosponsor 2009
SB 267 The definition of plumbing and classifying plumbers to do certain work. Cosponsor 2009
SB 235 Limiting disclosure of information gathered by news persons. Cosponsor 2009
SB 222 Group deer hunting requirements and restrictions on placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle. Cosponsor 2009
SB 219 Causing injury to a law enforcement officer while resisting or obstructing an officer or while attempting to flee and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 217 Ineligibility of convicted felons for licensure as lobbyists. Cosponsor 2009
SB 208 Regulation of persons who sell dogs or operate animal shelters or animal control facilities, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 206 Recording and filing documents with the register of deeds. Cosponsor 2009
SB 191 Podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes. Cosponsor 2009
SB 181 Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2009
SB 162 Requiring that personal flotation devices be worn by certain underage persons in certain boats. Cosponsor 2009
SB 129 The privilege of self-defense. 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
AR 16 Urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. Coauthor 2009
AR 13 Proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 98 Declaring 2010 as the Year of John Muir. Coauthor 2009
AJR 93 Recognizing November as National Adoption Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 91 Declaring October to be Adopt a Shelter Pet Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 88 The life and public service of Jay W. Johnson. Coauthor 2009
AJR 86 The life and public service of Rudy John Kuzel. 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 81 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. Coauthor 2009
AJR 77 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
AJR 72 The life and public service of Edward Moore Kennedy. Coauthor 2009
AJR 53 The life and public service of former Congressman Reverend Robert J. Cornell. Coauthor 2009
AJR 33 Proclaiming April as Autism Awareness Month. 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
AJR 122 Declaring April as Forensic Month in Wisconsin. Coauthor 2009
AJR 106 Proclaiming February 5, 2010, as Go Red for Women Day. Coauthor 2009
AJR 103 Recognizing February 2010 as American Heart Month. Lead author 2009
AJR 102 Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
AJR 10 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Coauthor 2009
AB 98 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 975 Operating and parking mopeds. Coauthor 2009
AB 974 Insurance coverage of oral and injected chemotherapy. Coauthor 2009
AB 97 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
AB 958 Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources. Coauthor 2009
AB 956 The naming of Whitefish Dunes State Park. Coauthor 2009
AB 955 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Coauthor 2009
AB 95 Preparation time as a mandatory subject of collective bargaining. 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 943 Adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 916 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
AB 910 Establishment of a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 906 Modifications to platting requirements. Coauthor 2009
AB 901 A sales and use tax exemption for textbooks. Coauthor 2009
AB 891 Imposing a surcharge for certain forfeitures and making an appropriation. 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 864 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to certify for tax benefits a business located in an enterprise zone and having a Wisconsin supply chain. Lead author 2009
AB 856 Raffles. Coauthor 2009
AB 853 Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 841 Intoxicated operation of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorboats, and motor vehicles, the calculation of the amount of moneys to be expended from the snowmobile account in the conservation fund for certain activities relating to snowmobile trails and routes, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 840 The school district revenue limit adjustment for declining enrollment. Coauthor 2009
AB 833 Additional municipal aid payments based on the amount of all municipal aid payments compared to total general fund expenditures and on regional factors and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 819 Prohibiting social security numbers on instruments under the corporate registration system and on records under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Coauthor 2009
AB 818 Notices concerning construction near or on lakes, streams, or wetlands that are given to applicants for building permits and other construction approvals, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to furnish informational brochures about wetlands laws, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide evaluations and statements about whether certain land contains wetlands, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 813 Registration plates for certain disabled veterans. Coauthor 2009
AB 809 Transportation of private school pupils. 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 802 A sales and use tax exemption for snowmaking and snow-grooming machines and equipment. Coauthor 2009
AB 801 A sales and use tax exemption for electricity used to make snow. Coauthor 2009
AB 800 A sales and use tax exemption for tangible personal property and taxable services purchased by a skiing facility and used to make the facility more energy efficient. Coauthor 2009
AB 788 Creating a sunset provision for the county tax levy rate limit. Coauthor 2009
AB 787 The term of office of the commissioner of insurance. Coauthor 2009
AB 784 Reporting the results of a religious organization's investigation of sexual contact with a child and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 783 Requiring the Department of Revenue to study income tax reciprocity with the state of Minnesota. Coauthor 2009
AB 776 Classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009
AB 771 A grant to Wisconsin Workforce Development Association from the Department of Commerce and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 768 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to designate two additional enterprise zones. Coauthor 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 756 The dairy and livestock investment tax credits. Coauthor 2009
AB 755 Allowing certain utilities to administer investment programs for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy applications, creating requirements for political subdivision loans for similar improvements and applications, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 753 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 752 Members of the Board of Veterans Affairs and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 749 An income and franchise tax credit for equipment used to harvest or process woody biomass. Coauthor 2009
AB 746 Promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 725 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Lead author 2009
AB 718 Operation of low-speed vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 714 Creating an individual income tax deduction for amounts paid to process certain meat that is donated to a charitable organization and exempting from taxation certain meat processing fees. Coauthor 2009
AB 709 Requiring access to toilet facilities in a retail establishment, immunity from civil liability related to use of the toilet facilities, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 708 Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
AB 707 Self-service storage facility notices and procedures. Coauthor 2009
AB 699 Exempting wellness programs from unfair trade or marketing practices. Lead author 2009
AB 693 The practice of athletic trainers and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
AB 661 County and municipal expenditures for emergency services. Coauthor 2009
AB 657 Theft of communication and video services, civil damages resulting from the theft of certain services, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
AB 648 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 643 Waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government. 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 641 A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. Coauthor 2009
AB 639 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. Coauthor 2009
AB 63 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
AB 625 Authority to modify speed limits in school zones. Coauthor 2009
AB 618 Regulating certain tree stands used for hunting. Coauthor 2009
AB 608 Adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts. 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 595 Hunting permits issued to persons who are terminally ill. Coauthor 2009
AB 592 Registration of former military vehicles. Lead author 2009
AB 591 Authorizing certain optometrists to dispense contact lenses that deliver a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. Coauthor 2009
AB 577 Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to issue one-day fishing licenses. 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. 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 520 Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations. Coauthor 2009
AB 508 Submitting custody study reports to the parties and offering custody study reports in accordance with the rules of evidence. Coauthor 2009
AB 503 Exposure to a minor and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 496 Prohibiting electronic text messaging while driving and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
AB 495 Membership of the Natural Resources Board. Coauthor 2009
AB 489 Public access to certain local government law enforcement records. Coauthor 2009
AB 466 Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. 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 460 Preliminary hearings for allegations of sexual exploitation by a therapist. Coauthor 2009
AB 459 The model academic standards for personal financial literacy. Coauthor 2009