Every Bill Led or Signed
4,152 in total, newest first. Signing on adds a name to a bill; it is not the same as leading it. Showing 3,801–4,000.
- SJR 13 Declaring January 26 as Bob Uecker Day. Lead author 2011
- SJR 12 Commending the Green Bay Packers. Coauthor 2011
- SB 99 Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders. Coauthor 2011
- SB 96 Motor vehicle dealers. Coauthor 2011
- SB 88 Possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 84 Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2011
- SB 6 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 2011
- SB 58 Liability of public utility customers for unbilled utility service. Coauthor 2011
- SB 57 Corrections and sentencing. Coauthor 2011
- SB 551 External review process of health benefit plan decisions. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
- SB 536 Prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 521 The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. Lead author 2011
- SB 510 Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies. Coauthor 2011
- SB 506 Management and performance evaluation audits of large programs and large agencies by the Legislative Audit Bureau. Coauthor 2011
- SB 469 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Coauthor 2011
- SB 446 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
- SB 437 Licensing of taxicabs by a 1st class city. Coauthor 2011
- SB 436 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
- SB 427 School bullying, unlawful use of computer systems, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 40 Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges. Coauthor 2011
- SB 395 Homemade wine and fermented malt beverages. Coauthor 2011
- SB 380 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Coauthor 2011
- SB 38 Public sale of the executive residence and appurtenant real and personal property. Coauthor 2011
- SB 377 Changing terminology for those with an intellectual disability. Coauthor 2011
- SB 372 Inspections of unlicensed child care centers, a hotline to receive reports of alleged unlicensed child care centers, and an unlicensed child care center public information and education campaign. Coauthor 2011
- SB 369 An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans. Coauthor 2011
- SB 360 The minimum sale price of prescription drugs. Coauthor 2011
- SB 357 Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential. Coauthor 2011
- SB 352 Participation in certain training by unemployment insurance claimants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
- SB 35 The number of legislative districts. Lead author 2011
- SB 347 Creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 346 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Coauthor 2011
- SB 343 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Coauthor 2011
- SB 338 Waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans. Coauthor 2011
- SB 320 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Coauthor 2011
- SB 308 Deposit placement programs of public depositories. Coauthor 2011
- SB 307 Foreclosure on abandoned properties. Coauthor 2011
- SB 305 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Coauthor 2011
- SB 303 Creating a preference in state procurement for Wisconsin-based businesses. Coauthor 2011
- SB 299 Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
- SB 272 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Coauthor 2011
- SB 247 Exemption of individuals who are at least 65 years of age from the requirement to provide proof of identification for voting. Lead author 2011
- SB 245 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
- SB 233 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Coauthor 2011
- SB 213 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
- SB 211 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Coauthor 2011
- SB 209 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2011
- SB 206 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Coauthor 2011
- SB 203 Adopting federal law as it relates to excluding from an employee's income certain payments from an employer related to medical care. Coauthor 2011
- SB 20 Authorizing the City of Milwaukee to sell city-owned property used for school purposes. Coauthor 2011
- SB 193 Prohibiting a vote on bills during the first 21 days after introduction. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2011
- SB 185 Regulating text messages as telephone solicitations for purposes of the no call list. Coauthor 2011
- SB 18 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
- SB 177 Jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. Coauthor 2011
- SB 173 The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 167 Challenging the ballots of electors at polling places. Coauthor 2011
- SB 159 Underage persons under the influence of alcohol beverages on school premises and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 152 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 15 Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards. Coauthor 2011
- SB 147 Payment of extended unemployment insurance benefits during certain periods in this state. Coauthor 2011
- SB 143 The Wisconsin on indicator for unemployment insurance extended benefit purposes. Coauthor 2011
- SB 137 Making companies that hire persons who are not legally in the United States ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2011
- SB 134 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. Lead author 2011
- SB 131 Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2011
- SB 114 Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. Coauthor 2011
- SB 104 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
- SB 101 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Coauthor 2011
- AJR 95 Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 67 National Adoption Month. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 64 Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 52 Requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 48 Honoring Deborah Carey for being one of the nation's top small business owners. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 47 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the construction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 26 Deleting from the constitution the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer (first consideration). Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 116 Appointment of treasurer in Milwaukee county (first consideration). Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 112 Honoring the Port of Milwaukee as Grantee for Foreign-Trade Zone No. 41 and supporting the inclusion of nine additional Wisconsin counties in the zone. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 11 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 2011
- AJR 108 Declaring December 12, 2012, Aaron Rodgers Day. Cosponsor 2011
- AJR 106 Veto power of county executive over appropriations (second consideration). Cosponsor 2011
- AB 80 Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 736 School conference and activities leave. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 696 External review process of health benefit plan decisions. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 671 Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 640 Readability of consumer insurance policies. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 630 Special enrollment periods for Medicare supplement policies. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 593 Crimes against animals. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 577 Funding for the urban mass transit operating assistance program and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 569 The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 537 The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to other juvenile courts, municipal courts, courts of criminal jurisdiction, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 514 Addition of crimes that qualify a juvenile for the Serious Juvenile Offender Program. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 477 Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 462 Eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment compensation benefits. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 458 Requiring certain medical loss ratios for health benefit plans. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 437 An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 433 Requiring an ignition interlock device for first drunken driving offenses. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 414 Foreclosure on abandoned properties. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 409 Notice of eligibility and benefit changes in Medical Assistance. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 407 Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts paid for sewer, water, and garbage collection fees. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 405 Making fourth offense operating while intoxicated a felony and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 401 Felony mistreatment of an animal and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 397 Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 37 Authorizing the City of Milwaukee to sell city-owned property used for school purposes. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 368 Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 355 Exempting rules promulgated by the Government Accountability Board from certain administrative rule-making procedures involving the approval of the governor. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 338 Collective bargaining for public employees, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 317 Creation of a Wisconsin election campaign fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 316 Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 312 Implementing federal health insurance law changes. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 300 Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 297 Prohibiting an insurer from taking various actions with respect to property insurance because of claims based on acts of nature. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 287 Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain adoption expenses and modifying eligibility for the adoption expenses tax deduction. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 250 Regulating text messages as telephone solicitations for purposes of the no call list. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 247 Jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 217 Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 207 Penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 190 Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 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. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 151 Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 150 Interest rates on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 132 Motor vehicle dealers. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 131 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Cosponsor 2011
- AB 118 Aiding a felon and providing penalties. Cosponsor 2011
- SR 8 Urging and authorizing the attorney general to pursue every legal means available to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 9 Providing for an advisory referendum on the question of restoring the annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate in this state. Lead author 2009
- 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. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 7 Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
- SJR 64 The life and public service of Mary Anne McNulty. Lead author 2009
- SJR 61 Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration). Coauthor 2009
- SJR 51 Proclaiming October 2009 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 49 Eliminating the spring election (first consideration). Lead author 2009
- SJR 43 The life and public service of Linda Farley. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 35 Encouraging the purchase and use of American goods and services with federal economic renewal grants. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 15 Commending Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan on his appointment as archbishop of New York. Coauthor 2009
- SJR 11 Veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration). Lead author 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). Coauthor 2009
- SB 96 Diversions under a community integration program of Medical Assistance-eligible persons from imminent entry into nursing homes. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 91 The use of cellular telephones and other devices while operating certain motor vehicles transporting children and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
- SB 89 Requirements for pupils enrolled in five-year-old kindergarten. Coauthor 2009
- SB 86 School conference and activities leave. Lead author 2009
- SB 78 Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions. Coauthor 2009
- SB 76 The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day. Coauthor 2009
- SB 75 The designation of Korean War Armistice Day. Coauthor 2009
- SB 74 Health insurance coverage denials for eligibility under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 2009
- SB 73 The lifetime limit under the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 71 Preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, and establishing a standard application for individual health benefit plans and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
- SB 70 Coverage of dependents under health care plans. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 686 Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils. Coauthor 2009
- SB 663 Requiring bittering agents in certain engine coolants and antifreeze and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
- SB 66 Operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
- SB 657 Abuse and neglect of patients and residents. Coauthor 2009
- SB 647 Payments to hospitals for HIV-related services provided to Medical Assistance recipients. Lead author 2009
- SB 641 Collection of deoxyribonucleic acid samples and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
- SB 639 Failing to provide a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
- SB 631 Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. Coauthor 2009
- SB 627 Special distinguishing registration plate decals for certain vehicles owned by certain members of special groups associated with the armed services. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2009
- SB 609 Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder. Coauthor 2009
- SB 600 Making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties. Coauthor 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. Lead author 2009
- SB 580 Animals taken into custody. Coauthor 2009
- SB 578 Adding a member to the council on veterans programs. Coauthor 2009
- SB 555 Crimes against animals and providing a penalty. Coauthor 2009
- SB 540 Political disbursements by corporations and cooperative associations and the scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 2009
- SB 538 Requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty. Lead author 2009
- SB 533 An integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
- SB 515 Authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains. Coauthor 2009
- SB 514 Additions to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program. Coauthor 2009
- SB 508 Exempting from income taxation certain employer-paid fringe benefits for mass transit expenses. Coauthor 2009
- SB 50 Legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds. Lead author 2009
- SB 5 Restrictions on the use and sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus and other turf fertilizer and providing a penalty. Coauthor 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. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 470 Dementia specialist certification program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Lead author 2009
- SB 455 The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Coauthor 2009
- SB 454 Establishing a deer hunting season for certain persons serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 441 Reporting and publishing factors used to set automobile insurance rates and granting rule-making authority. Lead author 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 43 The scope of regulated activity under the campaign finance law. Coauthor 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. Coauthor 2009
- SB 405 The powers and duties of the board of school directors and the superintendent of schools in a first class city school district, awarding a grant to a nonprofit corporation, requiring a referendum, and granting rule-making authority. Coauthor 2009
- SB 40 Public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. Coauthor 2009
- SB 397 General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation. Coauthor 2009
- SB 390 Deduction of voluntary payments from retirement annuities under the Wisconsin Retirement System. Coauthor 2009