Born Milwaukee, May 19, 1954; married; 3 children. Graduate Bay View H.S. 1972; B.S. Nursing UW-Madison 1976; M.S. Psychiatric nursing U. of Rochester (NY) 1981; M.A. Bioethics Medical Coll. of Wisconsin 1999. Full-time legislator. Former assistant professor Columbia College of Nursing; clinical nurse specialist; community health nurse. Member: American Public Health Assn.; Wis. Nurses Assn.; National Alliance on Mental Illness (fmr. pres.); American Society for Bioethics and Humanities; NCSL Health Com.; Midwest CSG Health and Human Services Com.; Wis. Women’s Council; UW Population Health Institute Advisory Bd.; City of Milw. Flooding Study Task Force; Milwaukee Legislative Caucus (chp.). Former member: Hope House (bd. mbr., secy.); American Red Cross – Southeastern Wis. Recipient: Milwaukee Shepard Express Best State Legislator 2011; Wis. Psychiatric Assn. Friend of the WPA Award 2011; HealthWatch Wis. Elected Official of the Year 2010; Wis. Public Health Assn. Legislator of the Year 2010; Nat’l. Alliance on Mental Illness – Greater Milw. Legislator of the Year 2010; Nat’l. Assn. of Social Workers – Wis. Chapter Public Service Award 2010; Wis. Nurses Assn. Service to the WNA Award 2010; Wis. Dietetic Assn. Leadership in Nutrition Awareness Award 2010; Wis. Academy of Family Physicians Friend of Family Physicians 2010; Wis. League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion 2010; Wis. Soc. of Anesthesiologists Excellence in Government Award 2010; Equality Wis. Equal Rights Champion 2009.
Elected to Assembly 2008; reelected since 2010. Assistant Minority Leader 2013, 2011 (eff. 2/15/12).
Member of Women's Council
(first or second author, first sponsor)
3/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 121
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
3/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 886
Relating to: 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. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 623
Relating to: eliminating requirement to have an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion and eliminating requirement that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at certain hospitals. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 752
Relating to: requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 754
Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 538
Relating to: requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (FE)
1/16/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 630
Relating to: elimination of a provision that excepts spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, and the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment. (FE)
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 477
Relating to: emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County. (FE)
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 544
Relating to: a pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)
12/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 416
Relating to: a pupil's possession and use of an epinephrine auto-injector.
11/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 500
Relating to: emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 453
Relating to: uses and disclosures of protected health information. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 296
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
7/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 265
Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 225
Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
6/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 243
Relating to: increasing the rate paid to private attorneys for representing indigent clients. (FE)
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: honoring the AFL-CIO Milwaukee Labor Press.
3/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 92
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 91
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
3/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 50
Relating to: payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. (FE)
3/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 49
Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 53
Relating to: Medical Assistance for certain adults who are not currently eligible for traditional Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus. (FE)
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 28
Relating to: payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. (FE)
2/15/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 25
Relating to: increasing the funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: the life and public service of Felmers O. Chaney.
2/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 918
Relating to: establishment of a veterans court grant program and making an appropriation.
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 922
Relating to: creating a pilot program to provide civil legal services for veterans who are residents of Milwaukee, Chippewa, Eau Claire, or Dunn county, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 925
Relating to: fraud in parental choice programs and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 907
Relating to: ethics training for legislators-elect; making the code of ethics applicable to state public officials-elect; and the requirement to file and the required content of statements of economic interests.
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 909
Relating to: authorizing the creation of a Southeast Regional Transit Authority and making appropriations. (FE)
3/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 896
Relating to: length of time in confinement following revocation of extended supervision or probation for violating a condition. (FE)
3/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 898
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
3/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 903
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
3/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 891
Relating to: possession of tetrahydrocannabinols, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 893
Relating to: 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. (FE)
3/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 122
Relating to: requiring the committees on assembly and senate organization to immediately appoint a joint task force on clean and renewable energy.
3/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 885
Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who are habitual criminals. (FE)
3/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 119
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team on its 2014 Horizon League title and berth to the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I basketball tournament.
3/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 870
Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation and a category of limited liability company identified as a low-profit limited liability company.
3/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 115
Relating to: recognizing and commending the 1964 Freedom Summer voter registration campaign and the contributions of Wisconsin residents.
3/12/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 863
Relating to: litigation procedure, and debt collection, under the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
3/12/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 864
Relating to: the definition of payday loan.
3/12/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 866
Relating to: attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, prohibiting the expending of certain moneys by members of the legislature, reporting by certain persons providing or state public officials receiving certain things of value, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 862
Relating to: payments to child care providers, preventing fraud in the child care subsidy program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 112
Relating to: the life and public service of Mary Lou (Rogers) Munts.
3/6/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 843
Relating to: establishing a sporting heritage grant program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/6/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 844
Relating to: the combined reporting of income from businesses incorporated in foreign jurisdictions considered tax havens and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 837
Relating to: deceptive election practices and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
2/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 829
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
2/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 820
Relating to: using force against a certified or licensed social worker, school social worker, mental health worker, human services or social services worker, or public health worker.
2/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 818
Relating to: expunging a court record of an offense committed before the offender reaches the age of 25. (FE)
2/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 811
Relating to: creating a surcharge to be paid by persons convicted of certain crimes against children and certain crimes against sexual morality, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 792
Relating to: requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 789
Relating to: the criminal justice coordinating council. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 27
Relating to: requiring the Committee on Assembly Organization to immediately appoint a joint task force on clean and renewable energy.
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 26
Relating to: requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee on clean energy.
2/19/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 785
Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college nonresident tuition exemptions. (FE)
2/19/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 778
Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage.
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 776
Relating to: child abuse investigations when a court suspects a person of permitting, allowing, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and consent decrees or deferred prosecution agreements for such a child. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: proclaiming March 8, 2014, International Women's Day.
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 771
Relating to: liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 772
Relating to: categorical aids for special education and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 773
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 98
Relating to: proclaiming March 2014 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
2/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 766
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: recognizing Black History Month.
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 753
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 755
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
2/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 738
Relating to: requiring an ignition interlock device to be installed for committing a drunken driving offense.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 693
Relating to: providing funding for a crime prevention program in the city of Milwaukee and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 702
Relating to: development of a system of short-term sanctions for individuals who violate conditions of extended supervision, parole, probation, or a deferred prosecution agreement and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/30/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 686
Relating to: a state minimum wage, 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. (FE)
1/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: the life and public service of Nelson R. Mandela.
1/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 681
Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 668
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer substance abuse treatment and diversion from incarceration and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 650
Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 652
Relating to: the presumption of reasonableness in a criminal or civil case involving self-defense. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 24
Relating to: rescinding a request made by the assembly committee on organization for an opinion from the attorney general as to the acquisition or holding of land under chapter 710 of the statutes.
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 23
Relating to: the closing of LifeSkills Academy in the city of Milwaukee.
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 623
Relating to: a program for installing lighting on tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure and charging an additional fee for filing a foreclosure action to be used for lighting installation. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 624
Relating to: a grant to the city of Milwaukee to support the HOME GR/OWN program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 621
Relating to: exempting from taxation certain amounts received by a realtor for the sale of a foreclosed property. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 625
Relating to: entry on property in foreclosure. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 597
Relating to: inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed rule an assessment of the impact that the proposed rule will have on public health and the environment. (FE)
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 604
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment on the basis of military service to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
12/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 590
Relating to: board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
12/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 578
Relating to: administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage and providing a penalty.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE)
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 552
Relating to: the definition and practice of dentistry for professional licensing purposes.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: 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. (FE)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: employment discrimination on the basis of family status. (FE)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: creation of a wage council to study and make recommendations concerning increases in the living wage and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: appointment of treasurer in Milwaukee county (first consideration).
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 525
Relating to: creating a property tax exemption for a nonprofit youth baseball association. (FE)
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 518
Relating to: awards for the victims of crimes and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 526
Relating to: reasonable accommodation of any condition of an employee that is related to pregnancy or childbirth and of an employee's inability to adequately undertake the job-related responsibilities of a particular job because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition.
11/8/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 498
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: proclaiming November as Runaway Prevention Month.
11/6/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 495
Relating to: the definition of human trafficking.
11/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Wisconsin Adoption Month.
11/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 475
Relating to: required general fund structural balance. (FE)
11/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 480
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: the 50th anniversary of the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision and the right to counsel.
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and public service of Lary J. Swoboda.
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 459
Relating to: individual placement and support program for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: grants to mental health mobile crisis units and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 455
Relating to: grants to counties to contract for peer-run respite centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 457
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer treatment and diversion programs to people with mental illnesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: reporting on county performance on providing core mental health services and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 452
Relating to: child psychiatry consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 450
Relating to: grants for crisis intervention team training and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 454
Relating to: creation of a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program, exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 446
Relating to: training and agreements for administering the drug naloxone, requiring emergency medical technicians to carry naloxone, and immunity for certain individuals who administer naloxone. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: granting immunity from certain criminal prosecutions for offenses relating to a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog.
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: programs for the disposal of drugs, including controlled substances, and certain medical or drug-related items, and the regulation of prescription drugs. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 445
Relating to: identification presentation and monitoring for certain prescription drugs. (FE)
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 65
Relating to: commending the career of Donald Driver.
10/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: commending the Honor Flight Network and its volunteers.
10/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: honoring Caron Butler on his return to his home state of Wisconsin to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
10/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: Disability Awareness Month.
9/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 392
Relating to: copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE)
9/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 387
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/19/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 377
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
9/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: congratulating Steve Walters on being named Wisconsin Journalist of the Year.
9/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 374
Relating to: deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
9/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 366
Relating to: various changes in the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
8/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 351
Relating to: funding and position authority for vocational rehabilitation services and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/27/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
8/27/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 342
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 310
Relating to: unclassified division administrators in the state civil service system. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 316
Relating to: family planning services and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 311
Relating to: Medicaid expansion, eligibility, and other changes to BadgerCare Plus, and making appropriations. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 312
Relating to: providing services to children on the waiting list for the Children's Long-term Support waiver programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 323
Relating to: the reduction in school aid to the Milwaukee Public Schools to offset costs of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. (FE)
8/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 270
Relating to: additional providers in the volunteer health care provider program and proof of financial responsibility and malpractice insurance requirements for certain advanced practice nurses serving as volunteer health care providers. (FE)
7/30/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 269
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
6/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 256
Relating to: citations to underage persons for alcohol beverages violations and disciplinary sanctions against University of Wisconsin System students for such violations and providing penalties. (FE)
6/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 42
Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2013, as Juneteenth Day.
6/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 242
Relating to: charges for inmate telephone use at a jail or house of correction. (FE)
6/6/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 12
Relating to: assembly consideration of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill.
6/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 230
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in fighting or being held as evidence.
6/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 233
Relating to: repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32. (FE)
5/24/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 218
Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 37
Relating to: recognizing the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 208
Relating to: special registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 8
Relating to: requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation follow state law.
5/3/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
5/2/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge William J. Duffy.
4/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 166
Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE)
4/16/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: expressing prayers and condolences to the families, friends of the victims, and the injured from the bombings at the Boston Marathon and praising the first responders who rushed to their aid.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: disqualification of a judge or justice.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 146
Relating to: authority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review a decision of a justice to deny a motion to disqualify the justice.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 142
Relating to: an objective standard for the disqualification of a judge or justice.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 144
Relating to: equally divided determinations of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters of judicial discipline or permanent disability.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 145
Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 141
Relating to: notice of certain political contributions made to a judge or justice.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: a panel of court of appeals judges in disciplinary proceedings involving a supreme court justice (first consideration).
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 18
Relating to: temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the supreme court in judicial disciplinary proceedings (first consideration).
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 131
Relating to: the sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries.
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 138
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for school safety. (FE)
3/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 109
Relating to: fees for dental services.
3/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 94
Relating to: use of dogs in hunting wolves.
3/6/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: authorizing and requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in a certain case before the United States Supreme Court.
3/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: proclaiming women's history month.
2/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 45
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
2/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: recognizing Black History Month.
2/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 38
Relating to: a manufacturer marketing assistance program for Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 37
Relating to: requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to organize trade and marketing forums for Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: honoring Donald Driver.
2/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: honoring the career and public service of United States Senator Herbert H. Kohl.
1/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 3
Relating to: the assembly rules.
3/13/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 653
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 620
Relating to: removing from records and from the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site a criminal conviction if the person who was convicted has been pardoned.
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 621
Relating to: preferences for minority-owned businesses in state procurement. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 616
Relating to: deceptive election practices and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 600
Relating to: using force against a certified or licensed social worker, school social worker, mental health worker, human services or social services worker, or public health worker.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: recognizing Black History Month.
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 559
Relating to: categorical aids for special education and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 558
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 563
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 552
Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 546
Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 549
Relating to: development of a system of short-term sanctions for individuals who violate conditions of extended supervision, parole, probation, or a deferred prosecution agreement and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 554
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1/27/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 521
Relating to: providing funding for a crime prevention program in the city of Milwaukee and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/23/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 511
Relating to: the presumption of reasonableness in a criminal or civil case involving self-defense. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer substance abuse treatment and diversion from incarceration and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 505
Relating to: a state minimum wage, 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. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 499
Relating to: creating a property tax exemption for a nonprofit youth baseball association. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the life and public service of Nelson R. Mandela.
1/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 484
Relating to: exempting from taxation certain amounts received by a realtor for the sale of a foreclosed property. (FE)
1/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 485
Relating to: a grant to the city of Milwaukee to support the HOME GR/OWN program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 487
Relating to: a program for installing lighting on tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure and charging an additional fee for filing a foreclosure action to be used for lighting installation. (FE)
1/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: entry on property in foreclosure. (FE)
12/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 415
Relating to: payment of wages by electronic fund transfer to a payroll card account. (FE)
12/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 417
Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)
11/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 409
Relating to: individual placement and support program for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 396
Relating to: awards for the victims of crimes and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 398
Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, the filing and investigation of wage claims, the statute of limitations for filing a wage claim action, the payment of interest, penalties, and surcharges on wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 401
Relating to: reasonable accommodation of any condition of an employee that is related to pregnancy or childbirth and of an employee's inability to adequately undertake the job-related responsibilities of a particular job because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition.
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: early childhood brain development.
11/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 382
Relating to: the definition of human trafficking.
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 370
Relating to: state procurement and construction contracts with disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 376
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority, to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 374
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer treatment and diversion programs to people with mental illnesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 366
Relating to: creation of a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program, exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 368
Relating to: grants to counties to contract for peer-run respite centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 369
Relating to: reporting on county performance on providing core mental health services and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 360
Relating to: uses and disclosures of protected health information. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 362
Relating to: grants for crisis intervention team training and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 363
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 359
Relating to: child psychiatry consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/9/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: honoring Caron Butler on his return to his home state of Wisconsin to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 333
Relating to: a Transitional Jobs program. (FE)
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 308
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 300
Relating to: copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 288
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
8/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 274
Relating to: funding and position authority for vocational rehabilitation services and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 257
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
7/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 235
Relating to: increasing the rate paid to private attorneys for representing indigent clients. (FE)
6/27/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 223
Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE)
6/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 222
Relating to: citations to underage persons for alcohol beverages violations and disciplinary sanctions against University of Wisconsin System students for such violations and providing penalties. (FE)
6/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 214
Relating to: board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
6/10/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2013, as Juneteenth Day.
6/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 209
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 191
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in fighting or being held as evidence.
5/13/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: recognizing the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
5/3/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
4/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 163
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
4/17/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 143
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
4/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 131
Relating to: fees for dental services.
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 124
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 121
Relating to: the sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries.
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 102
Relating to: prohibition against carrying firearms in the capitol. (FE)
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 101
Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for school safety. (FE)
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 88
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 93
Relating to: use of dogs in hunting wolves.
3/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 69
Relating to: providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 38
Relating to: Medical Assistance for certain adults who are not currently eligible for traditional Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus. (FE)
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: recognizing Black History Month.
2/6/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 7
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: the retirement of Pam Shannon, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature.
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 4
Relating to: 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. (FE)
1/22/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: fiscal estimate requirements for bills containing penalty provisions.
3/18/2014: JR4 2013 ASA1-SB1
Relating to: reducing the lowest individual income tax rate; providing high-demand profession grants to technical college districts; increasing the amount of the first-dollar credit; the carry-back of net operating losses; reducing the authority of the Department of Revenue to adjust the withholding tables; the sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing; the jobs tax credit; the electronic medical records credit; the relocated business credit; and making appropriations.
3/10/2014: 2013 AA1-ASA1-AB718
2/20/2014: 2013 AA3-ASA1-AB750
2/20/2014: 2013 AA5-AB417
2/18/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB120
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
2/11/2014: JR4 2013 ASA1-AB2
Relating to: workforce training grants for collaborative projects among school districts, technical colleges, and businesses, workforce training grants and services to enhance employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, and making appropriations.
2/11/2014: JR4 2013 ASA4-AB1
Relating to: reducing the lowest individual income tax rate; providing high-demand profession grants to technical college districts; increasing the amount of the first-dollar credit; the carry-back of net operating losses; reducing the authority of the Department of Revenue to adjust the withholding tables; the sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing; the jobs tax credit; the electronic medical records credit; the relocated business credit; and making appropriations.
11/14/2013: 2013 AA17-AB493
11/14/2013: 2013 AA6-AB54
11/14/2013: 2013 AA10-AB493
11/14/2013: 2013 AA6-AB493
11/14/2013: 2013 AA5-AB493
11/13/2013: 2013 AA2-AB420
11/11/2013: 2013 AA2-ASA1-AB458
11/4/2013: 2013 AA2-AB452
6/13/2013: 2013 AA9-SB206
6/13/2013: 2013 AA8-SB206
6/13/2013: 2013 AA4-SB206
6/13/2013: 2013 AA3-SB206
6/13/2013: 2013 AA1-SB206
6/13/2013: 2013 AA2-AB217
6/13/2013: 2013 AA1-AB217
6/13/2013: 2013 AA4-AB216
5/14/2013: 2013 AA2-AB179
4/17/2013: 2013 AA5-AB85
4/17/2013: 2013 AA4-AB85
4/17/2013: 2013 ASA1-AB85
Relating to: changing the compensation structure by which a Milwaukee County supervisor may be paid, changing the term length of a Milwaukee County supervisor, affecting the right of an annuitant under the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System to be rehired by Milwaukee County, limiting the authority of Milwaukee County to enter into certain intergovernmental agreements, removing and clarifying some authority of the Milwaukee County board, increasing and clarifying the authority of the Milwaukee County executive, deleting obsolete statutory references, and requiring a referendum.
2/28/2013: 2013 AA6-AB14
2/12/2013: 2013 ASA1-AJR2
Relating to: creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund; creation of a national mortgage settlement fund for deposit of moneys from the National Mortgage Settlement of 2012; creation of a public employee trust fund; and creation of a tax credit fund (first consideration).
1/10/2013: 2013 AA1-AR4
