2013 Senate Authors

Steiner, (SGT) Andrew: life and military service of reservist commended - AJR33

Telephone solicitations: state's nonsolicitation directory eliminated in favor of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the FTC; DATCP duties - SB155

Thatcher, Prime Minister Margaret: public service and contributions to the United Kingdom and the world commended upon her death - SJR22

TID and ERTID donor provisions created - AB416

TID and ERTID donor provisions created - SB342

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - AB548

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - SB456

TID revisions re disseminating annual report and value increment, public hearing on the report, evaluation of performance, levy limit increase upon dissolution, and extending the life and expenditure period in certain cases; ``project costs" definition modified - AB547

TID revisions re disseminating annual report and value increment, public hearing on the report, evaluation of performance, levy limit increase upon dissolution, and extending the life and expenditure period in certain cases; ``project costs" definition modified - SB455

Tipping fees exemptions created for soil removed during cleanup of a contaminated site and discarded residue from a recycling facility; conditions and overdue tipping fee provisions - AB444

Tipping fees exemptions created for soil removed during cleanup of a contaminated site and discarded residue from a recycling facility; conditions and overdue tipping fee provisions - SB355

UW--Green Bay women's basketball team commended on a successful regular season and wishing them luck in the NCAA tournament - SJR14

Vehicle or vehicle combination used by a utility or under contract to a utility transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways without a permit: maximum width and projection beyond the front bumper provisions - SB341

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - AB204

Victim of abusive conduct: right to be accompanied by a victim advocate provisions created - SB354

WEDC law revisions re report to JLAC, board member terms, lead director position, governance committee, LAB financial audit, power to establish a nonprofit organization, and state procurement - AB228

WEDC law revisions re report to JLAC, board member terms, lead director position, governance committee, LAB financial audit, power to establish a nonprofit organization, and state procurement - SB205

Wild turkey hunting zone and license preference system: revision re land owned by qualified landowner - AB505

Wild turkey hunting zone and license preference system: revision re land owned by qualified landowner - SB383

Wisconsin children's outdoor bill of rights - AJR73

Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, honored - SJR51

Workforce training program created; grants, DWD, and appropriation provisions - SB23

Youth Traffic Safety Month: May 2013 proclaimed as - SJR18

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Cowles, Sen. Robert (2nd Sen.Dist.; R)

Senate Bills: 96, 97, 98, 103, 131, 137, 190, 208, 310, 327, 329, 330, 331, 332, 335, 336, 337, 343, 348, 359, 375, 452, 453, 507, 523, 549, 575, 617

Senate Joint Resolutions: 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 40, 42, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 55, 57, 63, 65, 67, 70, 75, 77, 80, 82

Senate Resolutions: 5, 7

Assembly Bills: 14, 77, 82, 96, 103, 105, 106, 109, 120, 131, 139, 158, 172, 215, 240, 257, 380, 381, 385, 393, 399, 400, 402, 403, 404, 407, 414, 415, 425, 433, 438, 445, 446, 447, 448, 452, 502, 600, 601, 648, 654, 668, 702, 729, 732, 782, 787

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 4, 8, 11, 12, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 38, 40, 42, 51, 54, 60, 63, 65, 68, 69, 74, 86, 89, 91, 92, 94, 99, 102, 108, 110, 112, 117

886 Cullen, Sen. Timothy (15th Sen.Dist.; D)

Automatic dialing-announcing devices: voice message with political purpose prohibited; definitions, penalties, and DATCP duties - SB6

Biennial budget bill: process for removal of nonfiscal policy items established; LFB and JCF provisions - AB148

Conservation patron license issued to certain disabled veterans at a lower fee - SB692

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: threshold restored to pre-2013 WisAct 20 amount - AB302

County clerk duties revised; counties requiring a board of election commissioners modified; county clerk designated the chief election officer in each county and as executive director of the board of election commissioners in populous counties - SB644

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB99

Electronic voter registration permitted with valid driver's license or DOT issued ID card, verification provisions; GAB, DOT, municipal clerk, and board of election commissioners duties - AB753

Fiscal estimate requirement eliminated for bills containing penalty provisions [Joint rules 41 (2)(a), (b)] - SJR5

Fredricks, Tucker: speed-skating accomplishments commended and wishing him success in the XXII Winter Olympic Games - AJR91

Fund of funds investment program created; WEDC and SWIB duties; investment manager, venture capital funds, and report provisions - SB169

Homemade baked or canned goods: exemption from food processing plant license for face-to-face sales to customers; limit on sales and DATCP registration provisions - SB435

Homestead tax credit: indexing for inflation restored - AB334

Interest payments on certain student loans: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created - AB303

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats - SB394

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties specified; Redistricting Advisory Commission created - SB163

Long-term care facilities: revisions re contracts with clients, civil actions for negligence, punitive damages, certain criminal actions against health care providers, and confidentiality and use of reviews, incident reports, and evaluations of health care providers; JRCCP report - AB553

Metallic mining regulation revisions and occupation tax modified; DNR and WEDC duties - AB46

Metallic mining regulation revisions and occupation tax modified; DNR and WEDC duties - SB3

Morrison, Kathryn: life and public service - SJR46

Partisan caucus of Senate or Assembly: exception to open meetings - AB104

Prestegard, Orlan: life and public service of former Revisor of Statutes and LC employee commended upon his death - SJR3

Property tax payments in 12 installments permitted for certain low income taxpayers - SB618

Remedies against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of products: legislative findings and intent provisions from 2013 WisAct 20 repealed - AB335

Restricted CDL: eligibility of applicant with diabetes controlled by insulin - SB639

``Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route": DOT to designate and mark highway route in specified counties; contributions from interested parties required - SB41

``Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route": DOT to designate and mark highway route in specified counties; contributions from interested parties required - AB55

Sale or lease of state-owned real property permitted; reports required re state-owned surplus land - AB317

School bullying: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where other can view it created; JRCCP report - AB434

School bullying: DPI model to include bullying by electronic means, officials required to report incidents that are violations of criminal laws to law enforcement, and responses to bullying off school grounds; penalties for posting harassing, threatening, intimidating, obscene, lewd, or profane electronic messages where other can view it created; JRCCP report - SB184

Seat belts required on school buses bought, sold, or leased after certain date; DOT rules and presale inspection reports provision; grant program for school districts created - SB304

Secondhand jewelry transactions re pawnbrokers and secondhand jewelry dealers: regulations revised; law enforcement and ordinance provisions - AB640

Secondhand jewelry transactions re pawnbrokers and secondhand jewelry dealers: regulations revised; law enforcement and ordinance provisions - SB486

Smoking in a motor vehicle while a person under age 16 is present prohibited, penalty and surcharge provisions; law enforcement may not stop a vehicle solely to determine compliance but may issue citation if stopping a vehicle for other purposes - AB877

Special registration deputies: appointment and training by county clerks and boards of election commissioners provisions; quota of new registrants requirement prohibited - AB235

Special registration deputies: appointment and training by county clerks and boards of election commissioners provisions; quota of new registrants requirement prohibited - SB198

Supreme Court justices appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the Senate, judicial selection committee provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR86

Teachers, administrators, and owners of private schools participating in a parental choice program: background investigation requirements and employment restrictions, State Superintendent duties - AB893

UW--Whitewater football team, the Warhawks, commended on winning the 2013 NCAA Division III championship - AJR84

UW--Whitewater Warhawks gymnastics team commended on earning the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Championship and 2013 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship - AJR28

UW--Whitewater Warhawks women's wheelchair basketball team commended on the 2013 National Wheelchair Basketball Association Intercollegiate Women's Divisional National Championship win - AJR27

WEDC board membership: term limits for gubernatorial and legislative appointees - SB187

WEDC board of directors: changes to the organization, powers, and duties of; audit and report provisions - SB214

WFAW-AM/WSJY-FM commended on its 50th anniversary - AJR53

Wisconsin Adoption Month: November 2013 proclaimed as - AJR71

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Cullen, Sen. Timothy (15th Sen.Dist.; D)

Senate Bills: 4, 7, 9, 12, 17, 34, 38, 88, 91, 96, 97, 101, 102, 103, 105, 131, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 157, 158, 159, 173, 186, 190, 203, 205, 215, 252, 255, 274, 288, 306, 307, 308, 312, 327, 328, 343, 350, 351, 353, 356, 363, 376, 388, 415, 449, 481, 505, 537, 546, 573, 588, 600, 611, 622, 623, 661, 669, 670, 671, 672

Senate Joint Resolutions: 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, 30, 33, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 60, 62, 64, 70, 74, 75, 80, 83, 89

Senate Resolutions: 5, 7

Assembly Bills: 3, 5, 45, 53, 92, 95, 96, 103, 106, 113, 117, 142, 146, 163, 167, 181, 182, 185, 201, 215, 220, 228, 233, 241, 254, 269, 270, 289, 311, 318, 319, 320, 322, 350, 351, 354, 361, 374, 377, 387, 388, 407, 415, 421, 424, 442, 445, 447, 448, 469, 474, 480, 498, 506, 517, 521, 531, 542, 543, 551, 580, 590, 613, 650, 686, 754, 791, 799, 817, 820, 838, 863, 864, 870

Assembly Joint Resolutions: 6, 8, 9, 11, 18, 24, 29, 30, 33, 37, 42, 44, 45, 47, 54, 57, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 74, 80, 82, 94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 117, 121

887 Darling, Sen. Alberta (8th Sen.Dist.; R)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - AJR64

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: October proclaimed as - SJR56

Charter school contract amended or new contract to allow operator to establish an additional charter school, conditions set - AB126

Charter school contract amended or new contract to allow operator to establish an additional charter school, conditions set - SB76

Child abuse report re person, who is not the child's caregiver, suspected of allowing or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution: sheriff or police department is required to report to a child welfare agency which is required to investigate - SB209

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - SB436

Child psychiatry consultation program: DHS to create and administer; qualified consultation provider criteria and annual report required - AB452

Child psychiatry consultation program: DHS to create and administer; qualified consultation provider criteria and annual report required - SB359