Born Milwaukee, May 31, 1938; widowed; 2 children. Graduate Boys Tech H.S. 1958. Journeyman carpenter, MATC (Milwaukee) 1961; NARI certified remodeler. General contractor; radio host, monthly talk show; 4H construction skills instructor; seminar speaker, Wis. Burglar and Fire Alarm Assn. and WPR. Wis. Air National Guard 1956-62. Member: Milwaukee/NARI Foundation (trustee; fmr. pres.); Franklin Noon Lions Club (trustee, fmr. pres.); Polish Heritage Alliance (bd. mbr.); Knights of Columbus (fmr. deputy grand knight); National Rifle Assn. (endowment life mbr.); Ducks Unlimited (life mbr.); Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (life mbr.); South Suburban Chamber of Commerce (fmr. bd. mbr.); Milwaukee/NARI Chapter (fmr. pres.); NARI National Foundation/NRF (fmr. pres.). Former member: Franklin Lions Club (pres.); NKBA Wis./Upper Michigan Chapter (treas.); City of Franklin Plan Commission; City of Franklin Economic Dev. Commission (chm.); City of Franklin Community Development Authority; City of Franklin 50th Anniversary Com. (chm.). Recipient: City of Franklin Distinguished Service Award 1983; Lions Intl. Melvin Jones Fellowship Award 1995; Remodeling Magazine Big 50 Industry Impact Award 1992; National Brand Names Foundation First Place Remodelers Award 1972; Milwaukee/NARI Chapter Hank Fenderbosh Award 1995, Harold Hammerman Award (nominee) 1994-95, Lifetime Achievement Award 2002, 1997. Alderman, City of Franklin 2005-14.
Elected to Assembly in December 2013 special election; reelected 2014.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 760
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 840
Relating to: ambulatory surgical center assessment reporting. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 668
Relating to: powers of officers and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, powers of the Board of Veterans Affairs, employment of veterans regional coordinators and claims officers, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 821
Relating to: powers of officers and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, powers of the Board of Veterans Affairs, employment of veterans regional coordinators and claims officers, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 792
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 773
Relating to: a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 98
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former head football coach and educator of Cudahy High School, Gerald "Jerry" Bowe.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 693
Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 518
Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 492
Relating to: a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 471
Relating to: wild animal protection surcharges for game fish and a higher wild animal protection surcharge for certain animals of a larger size. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 79
Relating to: declaring the second Friday of July as Collector Vehicle Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 404
Relating to: the sale of alcohol beverages by a municipality or county in a park.
9/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 344
Relating to: lengthening the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number One in the village of Weston. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: declaring July 10, 2015, as Collector Car Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
5/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 235
Relating to: charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 164
Relating to: charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 173
Relating to: adding a member to the Council on Veterans Programs.
4/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1026
Relating to: bidding requirements for certain railroad projects. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1016
Relating to: payment of Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies. (FE)
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 921
Relating to: facilities serving persons with traumatic brain injuries. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 896
Relating to: warning lights on school buses. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: pedestrians crossing railroads.
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 873
Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 867
Relating to: reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/2/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 846
Relating to: possessing firearms on school grounds by persons with a license to carry a concealed weapon.
1/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 808
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
1/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 807
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 793
Relating to: the teacher loan program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 795
Relating to: local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 796
Relating to: the apprenticeship completion award program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 797
Relating to: funding for the rural physician residency assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 798
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 794
Relating to: student loan reimbursements for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 786
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 790
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: funding for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 785
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 791
Relating to: informed consent for psychotropic medications in nursing homes and community-based residential facilities. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 783
Relating to: funding for a virtual dementia tour license and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 787
Relating to: funding for respite care under the Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 788
Relating to: funding for dementia care specialists in aging and disability resource centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 789
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 774
Relating to: assessing certain items as real property for property tax purposes. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 778
Relating to: registration and other requirements for charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers, fund-raising counsel, and professional employer organizations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 768
Relating to: rules regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/21/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 765
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 753
Relating to: exemption from fees relating to security freezes on consumer credit reports.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 750
Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 740
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (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.
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 733
Relating to: seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 723
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
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 Bill 697
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 700
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 691
Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
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)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 674
Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 670
Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 671
Relating to: using a drone to commit a crime and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 665
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 662
Relating to: fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 654
Relating to: decreases in the number of Milwaukee County board supervisory districts. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 659
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 658
Relating to: the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 660
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 653
Relating to: drainage districts and regulating the removal of material from certain drainage ditches. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 642
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 641
Relating to: eliminating the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: commending and congratulating the Medical College of Wisconsin.
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 629
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on a sale of a heavy truck or trailer. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 628
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 627
Relating to: repeal of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles and requiring a juvenile from another state who is on supervision in this state under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles for a sex offense to register as a sex offender before entering this state.
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 626
Relating to: eligibility for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 624
Relating to: retaining invoices for the sale of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors and the local option for issuing liquor licenses. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 615
Relating to: serving certain documents relating to restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 608
Relating to: the sales tax imposed on ecosystem restoration services. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 606
Relating to: continuing education requirements for private detectives and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 596
Relating to: duties of ski area operators and persons who bike in a ski area, and liability of ski area operators.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 581
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 579
Relating to: the sale, purchase, or possession of wild game bird feathers.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 573
Relating to: declarations of domestic partnership and marriage licenses. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 578
Relating to: exclusion of a franchisor as the employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 87
Relating to: limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (first consideration).
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 566
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 556
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 557
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 554
Relating to: out-of-state sewer and water affiliates of public utility holding companies and the sale or lease of municipal water or sewer public utilities to investor-owned public utilities.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 535
Relating to: an optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (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 546
Relating to: creating a student loan reimbursement program for individuals who relocate to certain rural counties, authorizing non-rural counties to create a similar student loan reimbursement program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 526
Relating to: the open season for hunting raccoon.
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 527
Relating to: authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 532
Relating to: training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers.
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 533
Relating to: criminal penalties for fraud in obtaining unemployment insurance benefits and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 505
Relating to: special registration plates associated with Whitetails Unlimited and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 497
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
11/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: appointment of the state superintendent of public instruction by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate (first consideration).
11/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 481
Relating to: limitations on borrowing by school districts and the use by school districts of resolutions and referenda to authorize bonding for capital projects or increase revenue limits and scheduling of school district referendums to exceed revenue limits. (FE)
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 469
Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 465
Relating to: limiting adverse possession of real property. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 459
Relating to: adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 466
Relating to: distribution of Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE)
10/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 455
Relating to: registration of special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 452
Relating to: the minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 439
Relating to: changing the publication notice requirement for certain budget actions taken by local governments. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 435
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 421
Relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of certain structures in navigable waters and wetlands.
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 414
Relating to: eligibility for and premiums under the Medical Assistance purchase plan and disregarding assets in an independence account and retirement benefits for purposes of determining eligibility and cost-sharing requirements under a number of Medical Assistance and long-term care programs. (FE)
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 402
Relating to: decreasing auditor positions in the Department of Revenue. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 406
Relating to: use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions concerning the participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities, permanency planning for a child 14 years of age or over, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 407
Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 388
Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 373
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 369
Relating to: membership of certain federated public library system boards.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 361
Relating to: authorizing local government employees to participate in ancillary insurance coverage programs offered by the Group Insurance Board to state employees. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 364
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 366
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 367
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 370
Relating to: operator's licenses held by, and registration of motor vehicles by, persons on active duty in the U.S. foreign service. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 356
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System parking and transportation facilities and parking fees.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 365
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 350
Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 338
Relating to: creating a summer reading improvement program in the Milwaukee Public School District and making appropriations. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
8/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 310
Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
8/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 311
Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 305
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 237
Relating to: requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
5/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 220
Relating to: establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
5/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 219
Relating to: income and sales and use tax audits and statistical sampling. (FE)
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.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: Wisconsin children's outdoor heritage.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
Relating to: remembrance of April 24, 2015, as the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 158
Relating to: repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources.
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 147
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 140
Relating to: annual statements showing total public assistance and unemployment insurance benefits received. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 119
Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices.
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 114
Relating to: falsely claiming military service or honors, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 112
Relating to: the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 107
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (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 92
Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 83
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 79
Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 71
Relating to: aid payments on, and city, village, town, and county approval of, certain lands purchased by the Department of Natural Resources and restrictions on the purchase of land by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 68
Relating to: John Doe proceedings and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 57
Relating to: methods of establishing proof of financial responsibility for the closure and long-term care of a landfill. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 32
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: membership of boards of commissioners established for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 49
Relating to: waiting period for handgun purchases.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 24
Relating to: variable rate loans.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 11
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 14
Relating to: the regulation of raffles. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 13
Relating to: the return of a seized firearm to the person who owns the firearm. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 1
Relating to: election of chief justice (second consideration).
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 762
Relating to: licensure of primary spinal care practitioners, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 765
Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 748
Relating to: informed consent for psychotropic medications in nursing homes and community-based residential facilities. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 749
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 746
Relating to: facilities serving persons with traumatic brain injuries. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 750
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 734
Relating to: pedestrians crossing railroads.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 721
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 713
Relating to: local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 714
Relating to: the apprenticeship completion award program and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 712
Relating to: reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 704
Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 703
Relating to: the teacher loan program. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 662
Relating to: funding for the rural physician residency assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 669
Relating to: warning lights on school buses. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 674
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 690
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 694
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 656
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 663
Relating to: student loan reimbursements for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 671
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 692
Relating to: ambulatory surgical center assessment reporting. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 643
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 627
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 628
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 589
Relating to: possessing firearms on school grounds by persons with a license to carry a concealed weapon.
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 582
Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)
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 Bill 583
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/14/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 572
Relating to: drainage districts and regulating the removal of material from certain drainage ditches. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 540
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 528
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 533
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 520
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 522
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 501
Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 506
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on a sale of a heavy truck or trailer. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 502
Relating to: eliminating the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 509
Relating to: seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 497
Relating to: using a drone to commit a crime and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 499
Relating to: the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 498
Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 487
Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 490
Relating to: serving certain documents relating to restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 476
Relating to: eligibility for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. (FE)
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 465
Relating to: declarations of domestic partnership and marriage licenses. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 472
Relating to: an optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 475
Relating to: repeal of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles and requiring a juvenile from another state who is on supervision in this state under the Interstate Compact for Juveniles for a sex offense to register as a sex offender before entering this state.
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 449
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 452
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 444
Relating to: authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 443
Relating to: the sales tax imposed on ecosystem restoration services. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 435
Relating to: the sale, purchase, or possession of wild game bird feathers.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 418
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 419
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 422
Relating to: exclusion of a franchisor as the employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 432
Relating to: out-of-state sewer and water affiliates of public utility holding companies and the sale or lease of municipal water or sewer public utilities to investor-owned public utilities.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 409
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 416
Relating to: creating a student loan reimbursement program for individuals who relocate to certain rural counties, authorizing non-rural counties to create a similar student loan reimbursement program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 401
Relating to: criminal penalties for fraud in obtaining unemployment insurance benefits and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 420
Relating to: grants to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University to conduct a summer reading improvement program in Milwaukee and making appropriations. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 433
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (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)
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 398
Relating to: expungement of deoxyribonucleic acid from crime laboratories if person not adjudicated guilty or delinquent. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 391
Relating to: training period for election officials and terms for members of a board of canvassers.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 374
Relating to: registration of special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 371
Relating to: the minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (FE)
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 367
Relating to: decreasing auditor positions in the Department of Revenue. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 355
Relating to: limitations on borrowing by school districts and the use by school districts of resolutions and referenda to authorize bonding for capital projects or increase revenue limits and scheduling of school district referendums to exceed revenue limits. (FE)
10/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 348
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 343
Relating to: distribution of Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 344
Relating to: limiting adverse possession of real property. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 333
Relating to: fees charged for initial credentials administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and its attached boards. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 314
Relating to: adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 315
Relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of certain structures in navigable waters and wetlands.
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 309
Relating to: use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard for making decisions concerning the participation of a child placed in out-of-home care in age or developmentally appropriate activities, permanency planning for a child 14 years of age or over, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 308
Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 294
Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (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)
10/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 285
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 276
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System parking and transportation facilities and parking fees.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 268
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 269
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 271
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 272
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 260
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 238
Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 237
Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority.
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
5/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 179
Relating to: requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 128
Relating to: repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 127
Relating to: variable rate loans.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
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.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 93
Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices.
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 79
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 71
Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 49
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 44
Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty.
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 43
Relating to: John Doe proceedings and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 35
Relating to: waiting period for handgun purchases.
2/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 26
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 20
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
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)
1/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 11
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
1/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 8
Relating to: the regulation of raffles. (FE)
1/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 7
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: election of chief justice (second consideration).
2/1/2016: 2015 AA2-AB693
2/1/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB821
Relating to: powers of officers and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, powers of the Board of Veterans Affairs, employment of veterans regional coordinators and claims officers, and making an appropriation.
1/28/2016: 2015 AA1-AB693
1/27/2016: 2015 AA1-AB792
5/20/2015: 2015 AA1-AB235