Born Oceanside, CA, December 11, 1961; married; 7 children. B.A. UW-Green Bay 1986. Full-time legislator. Former manufacturing computer hardware and software salesman, business long-distance salesman. Former real estate salesman. Former member: Optimists; Rotary; Telecommunications Specialists of Wisconsin. Town of Ledgeview chairman 1993-97.
Elected to Assembly 1994-2006; elected to Senate 2010; reelected 2014. Majority Caucus Chairperson 2013.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
3/14/2016: 2015 Senate Resolution 12
Relating to: honoring and commending the remarkable and distinguished service of Michael G. Ellis.
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)
2/2/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 697
Relating to: motor vehicle event data recorders, prohibited insurance practices related to accessing or using information collected by event data recorders, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 629
Relating to: the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 601
Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 779
Relating to: the method of sending notices by pawnbrokers.
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)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 720
Relating to: the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action.
1/13/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 568
Relating to: renaming, changing the membership of, and eliminating certain professional licensure boards and transferring certain functions to the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the Medical Therapy Examining Board; eliminating certain councils under the Department of Safety and Professional Services; creating the Medical Assistants Council; authorizing removal by the governor, for excessive absenteeism and other infractions, of certain members of boards under the Department of Safety and Professional Services; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 702
Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 698
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 547
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 668
Relating to: rights under certain agreements or qualified financial contracts.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 543
Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 537
Relating to: rights under certain agreements or qualified financial contracts.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 521
Relating to: forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 527
Relating to: notice of unclaimed funds held by a county treasurer. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 639
Relating to: designating booyah as the Wisconsin state soup. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 504
Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing certain outdoor advertising signs along highways. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 487
Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 459
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 464
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 446
Relating to: lodging establishments and restricting a local government's ability to prohibit or restrict a person from renting out of the person's residential dwelling. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 445
Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units, historic properties, and signs; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 584
Relating to: rate regulations, assessment levies, and dividends for the local government property insurance fund. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 583
Relating to: lodging establishments and restricting a local government's ability to prohibit or restrict a person from renting out of the person's residential dwelling. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 582
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 437
Relating to: rate regulations, assessment levies, and dividends for the local government property insurance fund. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 438
Relating to: the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency.
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 568
Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units, historic properties, and signs; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation. (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 403
Relating to: replacement of certain nonconforming structures that are destroyed by vandalism or certain natural forces and manufactured home communities that are nonconforming uses.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 424
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as an organ donor. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 433
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (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 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.
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 528
Relating to: the disclaimer of parental rights by a birth parent and his or her appearance in court.
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 505
Relating to: special registration plates associated with Whitetails Unlimited and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 523
Relating to: replacement of certain nonconforming structures that are destroyed by vandalism or certain natural forces and manufactured home communities that are nonconforming uses.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 373
Relating to: preferences in state and local construction project contracts. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 375
Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: preferences in state and local construction project contracts. (FE)
11/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 490
Relating to: utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. (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)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 449
Relating to: the school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 420
Relating to: various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority.
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 337
Relating to: the school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE)
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 339
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE)
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)
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 413
Relating to: liability for damages caused by dogs, court orders to kill a dog, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 318
Relating to: state aid to local fairs and regulation of horse racing. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 374
Relating to: real estate transfer fee returns for conveyances exempt from the fee. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 384
Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.
10/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 288
Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.
10/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 286
Relating to: liability for damages caused by dogs, court orders to kill a dog, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 287
Relating to: various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 279
Relating to: real estate transfer fee returns for conveyances exempt from the fee. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 282
Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 266
Relating to: comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 335
Relating to: utility aid payments for decommissioned or closed production plants. (FE)
9/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 252
Relating to: utility aid payments for decommissioned or closed production plants. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 327
Relating to: approval, reporting, and fee requirements for certain wells. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 243
Relating to: approval, reporting, and fee requirements for certain wells. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 242
Relating to: requiring approval by a municipal governing body before construction of highway roundabouts. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 312
Relating to: limitations on requiring vaccination against influenza.
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 233
Relating to: distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE)
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 218
Relating to: limitations on requiring vaccination against influenza.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 212
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 198
Relating to: providing exemptions from practice protection laws for complementary and alternative health care practitioners; requirements and prohibitions for individuals who provide complementary and alternative health care services; and enforcement of practice and title protection laws by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 223
Relating to: statutes of limitation on claims involving property damage and on claims arising from a motor vehicle accident and covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 225
Relating to: unattended decoys left in water.
5/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 149
Relating to: statutes of limitation on claims involving property damage and on claims arising from a motor vehicle accident and covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy.
5/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 147
Relating to: unattended decoys left in water.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 132
Relating to: regulating the use of vapor products.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 131
Relating to: immunity of private campgrounds.
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)
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 23
Relating to: regulating air pollution from residential and commercial wood heaters. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 25
Relating to: regulating air pollution from residential and commercial wood heaters. (FE)
3/14/2016: 2015 Senate Resolution 13
Relating to: honoring the UW-Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team.
3/11/2016: 2015 Senate Resolution 11
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rosemary Hinkfuss.
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.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: commending the Legislative Audit Bureau on the occasion of its 50th year of service to the legislature.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 88
Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 687
Relating to: long-term care districts and care management organizations. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 650
Relating to: nondiscriminatory insurance coverage of chiropractic services, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/26/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 641
Relating to: the Fox River Navigational System visitor center. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 622
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain interest paid on qualified education loans. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 624
Relating to: assessing certain items as real property for property tax purposes. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 618
Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, 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 or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 593
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 592
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 594
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (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 Bill 545
Relating to: action required to be taken in response to a discharge of hazardous substances, exemption from liability for certain hazardous substance discharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (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)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 535
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 517
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: proclaiming January 2016 as National Blood Donor Month in Wisconsin.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 457
Relating to: trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (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 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)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 405
Relating to: collateral source payments.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 407
Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 411
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 380
Relating to: adding a circuit court branch in Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 384
Relating to: designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail 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.
11/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: commending Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
11/5/2015: 2015 Senate Resolution 7
Relating to: commending Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 324
Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 325
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 326
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 323
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 285
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 275
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).
9/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 265
Relating to: membership of certain federated public library system boards.
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/9/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 48
Relating to: congratulating Whistling Straits, the Kohler Company, and Herbert Kohler Jr. on the 97th Annual PGA Championship.
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 229
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 42
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Robert K. Zukowski.
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 Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 192
Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 168
Relating to: various changes regarding administrative rules and rule-making procedures; time limits for emergency rules; and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
4/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 121
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: proclaiming April 2015 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 110
Relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of buoys or other markers in waterways.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 118
Relating to: limitations on town expenditures for certain highway purposes. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 113
Relating to: town zoning ordinances affecting shorelands.
3/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 106
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 81
Relating to: limiting the authority of a city, village, town, or county to create new occupational licenses or fees or to continue to regulate certain professions. (FE)
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: proclaiming March 2015 as Concussion Awareness Month.
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)
2/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 26
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerry Van Sistine.
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 Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of David Earl Paulson.
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).
3/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 973
Relating to: classifying county jailers, detention officers, and correctional officers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 113
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 856
Relating to: long-term care districts and care management organizations. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 838
Relating to: motor vehicle event data recorders, prohibited insurance practices related to accessing or using information collected by event data recorders, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 810
Relating to: the Fox River Navigational System visitor center. (FE)
1/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 809
Relating to: nondiscriminatory insurance coverage of chiropractic services, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (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 Joint Resolution 103
Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 752
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 750
Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 744
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 739
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain interest paid on qualified education loans. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 741
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 737
Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, 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 or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 730
Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 726
Relating to: renaming, changing the membership of, and eliminating certain professional licensure boards and transferring certain functions to the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the Medical Therapy Examining Board; eliminating certain councils under the Department of Safety and Professional Services; creating the Medical Assistants Council; authorizing removal by the governor, for excessive absenteeism and other infractions, of certain members of boards under the Department of Safety and Professional Services; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (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 694
Relating to: notice of unclaimed funds held by a county treasurer. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 701
Relating to: action required to be taken in response to a discharge of hazardous substances, exemption from liability for certain hazardous substance discharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (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 674
Relating to: visitation of residents of certain facilities by adult children. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: the public service of Vicki R. Holten.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 638
Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing certain outdoor advertising signs along highways. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: commending and congratulating the Medical College of Wisconsin.
1/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 633
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 92
Relating to: declaring December 8, 2015, to be General Vang Pao Day in Wisconsin.
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 612
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 604
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 592
Relating to: the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 569
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as an organ donor. (FE)
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 565
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 537
Relating to: forfeiture of property seized in relation to a crime. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 534
Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 539
Relating to: collateral source payments.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 547
Relating to: trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 503
Relating to: adding a circuit court branch in Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 512
Relating to: designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and making an appropriation. (FE)
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)
11/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: declaring November 13, 2015, "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in the state of Wisconsin.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 438
Relating to: state aid to local fairs and regulation of horse racing. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 428
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 429
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 430
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 431
Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 393
Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (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.
10/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 373
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: the life and public service of Dr. Ronald H. Lingren.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 371
Relating to: comprehensive planning 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 358
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 57
Relating to: congratulating Whistling Straits, the Kohler Company, and Herbert Kohler Jr. on the 97th Annual PGA Championship.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 326
Relating to: requiring approval by a municipal governing body before construction of highway roundabouts. (FE)
8/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 307
Relating to: providing exemptions from practice protection laws for complementary and alternative health care practitioners; requirements and prohibitions for individuals who provide complementary and alternative health care services; and enforcement of practice and title protection laws by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. (FE)
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 296
Relating to: distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 285
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 286
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 251
Relating to: various changes regarding administrative rules and rule-making procedures; time limits for emergency rules; and making an appropriation. (FE)
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.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 170
Relating to: regulating the use of vapor products.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 174
Relating to: immunity of private campgrounds.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 188
Relating to: removing FoodShare benefits from an inactive account and expunging unused benefits after one year. (FE)
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 165
Relating to: town zoning ordinances affecting shorelands.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: proclaiming April 2015 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: declaring April 2015 Donate Life Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 161
Relating to: limitations on town expenditures for certain highway purposes. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 157
Relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of buoys or other markers in waterways.
3/31/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 116
Relating to: limiting the authority of a city, village, town, or county to create new occupational licenses or fees or to continue to regulate certain professions. (FE)
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)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
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.
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).
3/2/2016: 2015 SA1-SB629
2/19/2016: 2015 SA3-SB446
2/16/2016: 2015 SA1-AB582
2/11/2016: 2015 SA2-SB446
2/5/2016: 2015 SA1-SSA2-SB445
1/29/2016: 2015 SSA2-SB459
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands.
1/29/2016: 2015 SSA2-SB445
Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units and historic properties; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation.
1/28/2016: 2015 SA2-SB546
1/26/2016: 2015 SA1-SSA1-SB445
1/22/2016: 2015 SSA1-SB459
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands.
1/20/2016: 2015 SA2-SB375
1/20/2016: 2015 SA1-SB375
1/20/2016: 2015 SSA1-SB445
Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units and historic properties; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation.
1/20/2016: 2015 SSA2-SB464
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the contents of an economic impact analysis of a proposed administrative rule; the substitution of hearing examiners in Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection contested cases; the standard for judicial review of a state agency action or decision affecting a property owner's use of the owner's property; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property.
1/11/2016: 2015 SA1-SB446
1/4/2016: 2015 SSA1-SB464
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property.
12/29/2015: 2015 SA1-SB432
11/18/2015: 2015 SA1-SB243
11/6/2015: 2015 SA4-AB23
10/12/2015: 2015 SA1-SB279
9/15/2015: 2015 SA1-SB149
7/7/2015: 2015 SA2-SSA1-SB21