Born Madison, May 15, 1951; married; 3 children, 1 grandson. Graduate Sun Prairie H.S. 1969; B.A. Political Science UW-Madison 1973; Gonzaga U. Law School 1976. Bowhay Institute 2008. Attorney and owner of a title insurance company. Sacred Hearts 8th grade basketball coach, 1980-99. Member: Wis. League of Conservation Voters; Dane Co. Bar Assn.; Wis. Bar Assn.; Sun Prairie Optimist Club (fmr. pres.); Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce (fmr. pres.); U.W. Flying Club (bd. of dir.); AOPA; EAA Young Eagles Program; KC (4th deg. mbr.); Sun Prairie Cable Access Bd.; YMCA (fmr. pres.); Sun Prairie Public Library Bd. (fmr. pres.); Sacred Heart Parish Council (fmr. trustee); Sun Prairie Quarterback Club (fmr. pres.). Recipient: State Bar of Wis. Scales of Justice Award 2009-10; Wis. Dietetic Assn. Nutrition Champion Award 2010; Pharmacy Society of Wis. Legislator of the Year 2010, 2009; Sun Prairie Star poll Best Attorney in Sun Prairie 2008-14; James J. Reininger Award for lifetime achievement 2008; Wis. Assn. of PEG Channels Friend of Access Award 2010, 2007; Wis. League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion 2013-14, 2011-12, 2009-10, 2005-06; Sun Prairie Exchange Club Book of Golden Deeds Award 2003; Chamber of Commerce Judith Krivsky Business Person of the Year Award 2002; Sun Prairie Business and Education Partnership Outstanding Small Business of the Year 2001; Sun Prairie H.S. Wall of Success, 2015.
Elected to Assembly since 2004.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1007
Relating to: public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 783
Relating to: public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 881
Relating to: reimbursement of costs incurred by the county for a grand jury proceeding.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 861
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning, Medicaid expansion, and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 647
Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 621
Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 88
Relating to: temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the supreme court in judicial disciplinary proceedings (first consideration).
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 89
Relating to: a panel of court of appeals judges in disciplinary proceedings involving a supreme court justice (first consideration).
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 589
Relating to: authority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review a decision of a justice to deny a motion to disqualify the justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 586
Relating to: disqualification of a judge or justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 587
Relating to: equally divided determinations of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters of judicial discipline or permanent disability.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 588
Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 590
Relating to: notice of certain political contributions made to a judge or justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 585
Relating to: an objective standard for the disqualification of a judge or justice.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 472
Relating to: prohibiting individuals from doing campaign work while working for other registrants.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 436
Relating to: the regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 442
Relating to: water quality management planning for Dane County. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: acknowledging the environmental, economic, and social threat of climate change due to human activity and the need to address it at the state level.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 307
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 300
Relating to: creditable military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 271
Relating to: expanding the eligibility of a veteran and an eligible unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
6/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 265
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: declaring April to be Health and Wellness Month.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 105
Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 90
Relating to: criminal procedure and providing penalties.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 61
Relating to: contract and lease language that limits a party's access to procedural or substantive rights.
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 38
Relating to: expanding the eligibility of a veteran and an eligible unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2015, Syttende Mai Weekend.
4/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 32
Relating to: protecting open and transparent government in Wisconsin.
3/21/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 31
Relating to: proclaiming December 2016 as Wisconsin Wing Civil Air Patrol Month.
3/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 118
Relating to: honoring Wisconsin snowplow drivers and their tireless work in keeping Wisconsin drivers and roadways safe.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 925
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)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 933
Relating to: inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed administrative rule an assessment of the impact that the proposed rule will have on public health and the environment. (FE)
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 915
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming April 28, 2016, Workers' Memorial Day in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 25
Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 900
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)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 880
Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 852
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)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 816
Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 815
Relating to: the state share of funding for a federal program to provide tuition-free enrollment for certain technical college students and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to immediately appoint a committee, to be known as the Commission on Debt-Free College, to study and report on the feasibility of providing a debt-free college education to all residents of this state.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 707
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 97
Relating to: the life and public service of Rodney Warren Kreunen.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 656
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 617
Relating to: creating the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Development Policy Board, requiring the creation of a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to be known as the Badger Innovation Corporation, providing for the elimination of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the transfer its functions to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Badger Innovation Corporation, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 607
Relating to: payments to child care providers, preventing fraud in the child care subsidy program, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 604
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: congratulating the city of Madison on achieving Platinum status as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 570
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)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 86
Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration).
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 555
Relating to: provision of feminine hygiene products in state buildings and school buildings. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 544
Relating to: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 548
Relating to: establishing a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Service. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 516
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 510
Relating to: health care aid for certain veterans and their family members. (FE)
11/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 482
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)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 474
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
11/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 17
Relating to: requiring the committee on assembly organization to immediately appoint a task force on the middle class.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 463
Relating to: the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 439
Relating to: changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 423
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: congratulating the 2015 Stars of Life honorees.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 408
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 396
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 378
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 has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 379
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening and expanding sister-city and sister-state ties between Wisconsin and Taiwan; and supporting Taiwan's efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States.
9/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: Wisconsin Legislative Resolution to Restore Free and Fair Elections in the United States.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 358
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 354
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 13
Relating to: notice for committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 342
Relating to: reporting travel expenses for elected state officials seeking national office and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 329
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
9/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 323
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.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 318
Relating to: deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
8/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 304
Relating to: making companies that outsource jobs ineligible for state tax benefits, grants, and loans, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 293
Relating to: 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.
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 294
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 295
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
6/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 275
Relating to: increasing the rate paid to private attorneys for representing indigent clients. (FE)
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 272
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)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 267
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; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 258
Relating to: removal of certain criminal record information from Internet sites without a fee and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 44
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 10
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 247
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 236
Relating to: tax-exempt accounts for qualified expenses incurred by individuals with disabilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 221
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 228
Relating to: definition of tetrahydrocannabinols.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 234
Relating to: payments to schools under the School Breakfast Program. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 217
Relating to: practice requirement for licensure as a clinical social worker.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 216
Relating to: community school start-up grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: commending and congratulating Chancellor Richard J. Telfer for his contributions to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and to the state of Wisconsin.
5/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 211
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 35
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: recognizing the achievements and outstanding service of Herzing University and the Herzing family.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2014-15 basketball season, reaching the NCAA Final Four, and making it to the NCAA Championship Game.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 182
Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college credits based on military training or experience. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 183
Relating to: task force on issues concerning service members returning home from war. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 184
Relating to: the transfer of credits to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 186
Relating to: resident fees for nonresident veterans and eligible spouses and children enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 7
Relating to: reaffirming the Wisconsin Assembly's unwavering commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Wisconsin residents.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: declaring April 2015 Donate Life Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming Workers' Memorial Day.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 150
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 151
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 160
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 148
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.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 149
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 152
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 153
Relating to: application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 156
Relating to: coverage for new participating employers under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 155
Relating to: the Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 102
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 108
Relating to: requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
3/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 101
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 89
Relating to: grants for farm to school programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: recognizing the achievements and outstanding service of Herzing University and the Herzing family.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 84
Relating to: creating a refundable earned income tax credit for individuals, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 85
Relating to: restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 86
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and students and making appropriations. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: requiring the committees on assembly and senate organization to immediately appoint a joint task force on clean and renewable energy.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 4
Relating to: recognizing, and apologizing to, the members of Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest Act 10.
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 66
Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority to participate in and guarantee certain energy-related loans, implement other energy-related programs, and make certain grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 63
Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 55
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 59
Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Baseball National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: congratulating Melvin Gordon III on his remarkable college football career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 20
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 12
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)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 8
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 789
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution entities, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 773
Relating to: renewable energy goals for state energy consumption and for energy use by certain state agencies. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 781
Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: recognizes the month of February 2016 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 730
Relating to: wages to be paid to substitute teachers. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 105
Relating to: proclaiming May 3, 2016, as National Teacher Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 700
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 688
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 89
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 666
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)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 653
Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 648
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 651
Relating to: reimbursement of costs incurred by the county for a grand jury proceeding.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 634
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 632
Relating to: establishing a Wisconsin conservation corps program, authorizing a transfer of moneys appropriated to one or more state agencies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 636
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 575
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 79
Relating to: the life and public service of Rodney Warren Kreunen.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to immediately appoint a committee, to be known as the Commission on Debt-Free College, to study and report on the feasibility of providing a debt-free college education to all residents of this state.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 480
Relating to: smoking in motor vehicles while a child is present, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 76
Relating to: proclaiming January 2016 as Cervical Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 462
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 468
Relating to: creating the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Development Policy Board, requiring the creation of a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to be known as the Badger Innovation Corporation, providing for the elimination of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the transfer its functions to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Badger Innovation Corporation, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration).
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 423
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 415
Relating to: fraud in obtaining economic development benefits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 394
Relating to: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 385
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 376
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)
11/4/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Proclaiming November as Native American Heritage Month in Wisconsin.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 370
Relating to: health care aid for certain veterans and their family members. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: congratulating the 2015 Stars of Life honorees.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 322
Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 310
Relating to: changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 280
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 has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 281
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 56
Relating to: Wisconsin Legislative Resolution to Restore Free and Fair Elections in the United States.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 275
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 270
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 264
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 240
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 47
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 221
Relating to: definition of tetrahydrocannabinols.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 215
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 216
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 44
Relating to: commending Coach John Vodenlich on receiving the 2015 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Baseball Coach of the Year award.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 211
Relating to: making companies that outsource jobs ineligible for state tax benefits, grants, and loans, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 201
Relating to: 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.
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 200
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; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 194
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)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 184
Relating to: removal of certain criminal record information from Internet sites without a fee and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 186
Relating to: waiving operator's license fees for disabled veterans. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 187
Relating to: task force on issues concerning service members returning home from war. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 188
Relating to: the transfer of credits to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 190
Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college credits based on military training or experience. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 189
Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 174
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 176
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 159
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 162
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 163
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and students and making appropriations. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 145
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)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 142
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its outstanding 2014-15 basketball season and reaching the NCAA championship game.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 146
Relating to: community school start-up grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 134
Relating to: coverage for new participating employers under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
4/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 121
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 25
Relating to: declaring April 2015 Donate Life Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 107
Relating to: the Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 111
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 112
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 115
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 116
Relating to: open enrollment applicant priority.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 98
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 101
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 99
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 100
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 78
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.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 82
Relating to: criminal procedure and providing penalties.
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: proclaiming March 2015 as Concussion Awareness Month.
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 72
Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 58
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 48
Relating to: the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board.
2/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 33
Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 27
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 18
Relating to: the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products containing microbeads and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: the public service of Laura Rose.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 3
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 4
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 2
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)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 3
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/22/2016: 2015 AA1-SB591
2/18/2016: 2015 ASA3-AB95
Relating to: interest rates on judgments in civil actions.
2/18/2016: 2015 AA2-ASA2-AB561
2/18/2016: 2015 AA1-ASA2-AB561
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-SB406
2/9/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB603
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning, Medicaid expansion, and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core.
2/9/2016: 2015 AA1-AB422
2/9/2016: 2015 AA1-AB822
12/14/2015: 2015 AA1-AB460
11/16/2015: 2015 AA2-SA1-AB388
10/27/2015: 2015 AA7-AB373
10/27/2015: 2015 ASA2-AB373
Relating to: disciplinary standards under state civil service.
10/20/2015: 2015 AA18-AB68
10/20/2015: 2015 AA15-AB68
10/20/2015: 2015 AA13-AB68
10/20/2015: 2015 AA12-AB68
7/8/2015: 2015 AA27-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA23-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA20-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA18-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA8-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA6-SB21
3/5/2015: 2015 AA10-SB44
1/14/2015: 2015 ASA1-AJR1
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
1/7/2015: 2015 AA1-AA4-AR3
1/7/2015: 2015 AA4-AR3
