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1944 Smith, Sen. Jeff (31st Sen.Dist.; D)

Absentee ballot returned by mail: deadline during a state of emergency - SB919

Absentee ballots automatically sent to all registered voters during a declared state of emergency - SB916

Absentee ballots: in-person application deadline during a declared state of emergency - SB922

Absentee ballots: modifying time frame for municipal clerks to send or transmit to electors, other than military and overseas electors - AB979

Absentee ballots: modifying time frame for municipal clerks to send or transmit to electors, other than military and overseas electors - SB868

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program and former SAGE program eliminated; new SAGE program created; parental choice programs and Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out - SB816

Additional funding to UW System to offset resident undergraduate tuition freeze in 2019 WisAct 9 - SB356

Advertisement of broadband services and Internet speed requirements and standardized consumer label based on FCC template; penalties and unfair trade practice provisions - SB837

Age for marriage: exceptions for minors between ages 16 and 18 eliminated - AB715

Age for marriage: exceptions for minors between ages 16 and 18 eliminated - SB644

Biological sibling who has been adopted: search and affidavit provisions, DCF duties - AB625

Biological sibling who has been adopted: search and affidavit provisions, DCF duties - SB695

Blue Ribbon Commission created in the UW System; membership and duties set; commission terminates upon submission of report, Governor has option to renew - SB355

Broadband expansion grant program: political subdivision application process modified and report to the public re costs and revenues of a public telecommunications, video, or broadband facility eliminated - SB836

Broadband expansion grant program: PSC to give farms a priority - SB834

Broadband expansion grant program requirements modified; grant recipients required to report progress to PSC; LAB biennial performance audits required - SB838

Campaign finance: political action committee definition revised; public campaign financing trust fund created and income tax return provision - SB861

Canvassing absentee ballots during a state of emergency allowed on Sunday before an election, conditions set and ordinance provision - SB917

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - AB253

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - SB223

Chippewa Valley RTA: authorization to create restored; sales and use tax and property tax provisions - SB576

College savings programs: income tax treatment for contributions and withdrawals modified; administrative rule revised [Admin.Code DFI-CSP 1.02] - SB704

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - AB937

Community development financial institution (CDFI): income and franchise tax credits created for investments in; definitions and sunset provision - SB825

Construing political contributions or money spent by corporations to influence elections as free speech prohibited: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR148

CWD research and management: DNR funding - SB473

Deer carcass disposal grant program for counties established by DNR, conditions set - SB325

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - AB535

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - SB477

Deer carcass tags: requirements eliminated by 2017 WisAct 59 restored - SB294

Defined network plan or PP plan enrollee receiving services from health care provider not in the plan’s network: disclosure, notice, billing, and mediation requirements created; provider not in network but at an in-network facility and emergency services provisions - AB329

Defined network plan or PP plan enrollee receiving services from health care provider not in the plan’s network: disclosure, notice, billing, and mediation requirements created; provider not in network but at an in-network facility and emergency services provisions - SB313

Democracy Day: Tuesday after the first Monday in November designated as a state holiday; state offices are closed - SB828

Election and voting law revisions re automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, voter bill of rights, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual, and withholding of voluntarily provided elector information; report and JRCCP provisions - SB159

Elector quarantined or in isolation as a result of a state of emergency: register and obtain official ballot by agent - SB921

Electronic voter registration deadline during a state of emergency - SB918

Employer not liable for not requiring testing of employees or prospective employees for marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids, exceptions provision - AB772

Employer not liable for not requiring testing of employees or prospective employees for marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids, exceptions provision - SB702

Empty conduit lines installed in right-of-way: political subdivisions and DOT allowed to require of any person conducting special work which requires digging in a right-of-way; duty to offer service imposed on Internet service provider - SB835

Establishing the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix National Heritage Area in Wisconsin and Minnesota: efforts supported - SJR76

Expungement of criminal court records that do not result in a conviction: procedure created; DOJ duties - AB1008

Family Navigator Program established in DWD, report required - SB344

Fee remission program for certain veterans enrolled in a UW System school or TCS school: expanded to include noncredit courses - AB218

Flood mitigation program created in DOT re grants to political subdivisions for specified road repairs - SB900

Foster parent eligibility for MA under BadgerCare Plus, conditions set, DHS to request approval from DHHS - AB992

General transportation aids program: penalty revised for towns that file necessary documentation within 30 days past the deadline - AB184

General transportation aids program: penalty revised for towns that file necessary documentation within 30 days past the deadline - SB167

General Vang Pao Day declared December 8, 2019 - AJR112

General Vang Pao Day declared December 8, 2019 - SJR80

Grievous bodily harm to or death of an animal: felony penalty; definition and court order provisions; JRCCP may report - SB469

Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan: efforts of the state and others in the Mississippi River Basin to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico supported - SJR44

Harassment of a sports official: penalty provisions created; JRCCP may report - SB657

``Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: portion of I 90 from state line to I 94 intersection in Monroe County designated as - AB714

``Ho-Chunk World War II Code Talkers Memorial Highway”: portion of I 90 from state line to I 94 intersection in Monroe County designated as - SB640

Holder of both a winery permit and brewer’s permit may sell its own cider at the brewery without a retail license and provide free taste samples, off-site retail outlet provision - AB886

Individual Medicare supplement policy: policyholder may cancel at any time - AB217

Individual Medicare supplement policy: policyholder may cancel at any time - SB615

Intentional bodily harm to a probation, extended supervision, parole, community supervision, or aftercare agent: crime expanded to include family member of the agent and threats of harm; JRCCP may report - SB185

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - AB215

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - SB204

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR124

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR87

Marijuana: penalty for possession of not more than 10 grams reduced to a forfeiture; JRCCP may report - AB1004

Medical services from a provider outside of network: disclosure, notice, billing, and arbitration requirements for defined network or PP plan providers created; OIC duties - AB1016

Medical services from a provider outside of network: disclosure, notice, billing, and arbitration requirements for defined network or PP plan providers created; OIC duties - SB894

Mental health crisis intervention teams: funding for DHS grants to local governmental units - AB978

Mental health crisis intervention teams: funding for DHS grants to local governmental units - SB863

Milk producer affidavit that dairy product does not contain synthetic BGH: DATCP prohibited from promulgating a rule limiting duration of the affidavit - SB685

Missing and Murdered Tribal Women and Girls, Task Force on, established by AG; report required, sunset provision - SB493

Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program established in DNR to assist certain municipalities and home owners - AB988

Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program established in DNR to assist certain municipalities and home owners - SB878

Motor bicycle for purposes of the rules of the road: third type operated by persons with certain disability created; DOT to issue decal and special card - AB499

Motor bicycle for purposes of the rules of the road: third type operated by persons with certain disability created; DOT to issue decal and special card - SB454

Municipal flood control program: appropriation to DNR increased - AB1026

Municipal flood control program: appropriation to DNR increased - SB896

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - AB574

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - SB617

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - AB254

Nurse aide training: TCS Board grants to districts in areas with nurse aide shortages - SB222

Pet stores prohibited from selling dogs and cats; forfeiture provision - SB478

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - AB993

Petroleum products and storage of dangerous substances: revisions to DATCP regulations - SB877

Premier resort area: City of Prescott and Village of Pepin authorized to become - AB429

Premier resort area: City of Prescott and Village of Pepin authorized to become - SB389

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require payment in advance for certain costs of a campaign event; permit for event prohibited if the campaign owes money to another Wisconsin political subdivision - AB911

Presidential or vice-presidential campaigns: local governments may require payment in advance for certain costs of a campaign event; permit for event prohibited if the campaign owes money to another Wisconsin political subdivision - SB780

PSC to require retail electric utilities and cooperatives to survey customers about broadband service availability and Internet service providers to disclose certain information to improve broadband mapping; supplemental appropriation for the broadband expansion grant program - AB959

PSC to require retail electric utilities and cooperatives to survey customers about broadband service availability and Internet service providers to disclose certain information to improve broadband mapping; supplemental appropriation for the broadband expansion grant program - SB839

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all local officials, exception for recall elections; Elections Commission duties - AB1010

Ranked-choice voting for the election of all local officials, exception for recall elections; Elections Commission duties - SB893

Real estate transfer fee: exemption for conveyances between related members expanded - AB500

Real estate transfer fee: exemption for conveyances between related members expanded - SB455

Rent abatement for tenants: DATCP to promulgate rules specifying items and amounts - AB989

Rent abatement for tenants: DATCP to promulgate rules specifying items and amounts - SB887

Self-service CWD testing kiosks: DNR to provide and may contract with private entities for testing, funding provision - SB474

Shelter, tethering, and transportation of animals: standards created - AB760

Shelter, tethering, and transportation of animals: standards created - SB675

Sibling connection scholarships created re adopted children and biological siblings who do not reside in same household - AB657

Small Farm Diversity grant program created, matching funds provision - AB495

Small Farm Diversity grant program created, matching funds provision - SB453

Soil and water resource management program: bonding authority increased - SB903

Special registration deputies: municipal clerks or board of election commissioners to appoint - SB859

State holidays: spring election and general election designated as; state offices, except Elections Commission, to close and no classes held at UW System institutions; public employee paid holidays provision - SB860

State park annual vehicle admission fee waived for families with pupil in grade four; visitor activity guide for schools provision - SB212

Student teaching semester: full remission of UW System resident undergraduate tuition - SB360

Suspension of voter ID requirement during a declared state of emergency - SB920

Sustainable agriculture grant program created in DATCP, report required - AB764

Sustainable agriculture grant program created in DATCP, report required - SB664

TCS appropriation for the 2019-21 fiscal biennium - SB358

Technical assistance to farmers re water quality, organic production, and soil health: DATCP duties and positions authorized; nonpoint source pollution abatement program cost-sharing and targeted runoff standards provisions, DNR duties - SB856

Tribal nation members: UW System nonresident tuition exemption created - AB497

Tribal nation members: UW System nonresident tuition exemption created - SB616

Unborn child alleged to be in need of protection or services: right to counsel of the adult expectant mother at all proceedings - AB986

Undetectable firearms manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying prohibited, plans for manufacture provision; possession of frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number prohibited; JRCCP may report - SB862

Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (revised) adopted - SB756

Universal changing stations: installation in certain buildings required; income and franchise tax credit for small businesses created - AB759

Universal changing stations: installation in certain buildings required; income and franchise tax credit for small businesses created - SB693

UW System resident undergraduate tuition limitation prohibited unless offset by corresponding increase in GPR appropriation - SB357

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created re natural disaster or public health emergency response; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created; JCF, DNR, DOJ, and DHS provisions - AB890

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created re natural disaster or public health emergency response; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created; JCF, DNR, DOJ, and DHS provisions - SB779

Wisconsin Grants for UW System and TCS students: 2019-21 fiscal biennium appropriation increased - SB359

WRS teacher annuitants who return to work: exception to suspension of annuity; JSCRS appendix report - AB698

WRS teacher annuitants who return to work: exception to suspension of annuity; JSCRS appendix report - SB627

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Smith, Sen. Jeff (31st Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:5, 7, 10, 21, 20, 19, 22, 39, 33, 40, 41, 61, 84, 87, 111, 114, 116, 132, 146, 147, 151, 158, 171, 172, 177, 191, 198, 212, 214, 220, 216, 219, 221, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 238, 239, 248, 242, 252, 255, 257, 264, 265, 270, 245, 247, 246, 290, 292, 295, 250, 297, 298, 299, 300, 303, 307, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 321, 328, 330, 336, 337, 345, 351, 348, 367, 375, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 400, 401, 431, 433, 436, 443, 460, 483, 485, 475, 476, 477, 496, 520, 506, 510, 484, 533, 534, 537, 542, 548, 549, 552, 570, 582, 589, 573, 618, 622, 624, 633, 637, 641, 656, 658, 659, 668, 666, 688, 693, 697, 727, 728, 729, 730, 732, 735, 747, 752, 765, 766, 767, 768, 773, 774, 775, 769, 770, 797, 795, 791, 754, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 866, 867, 891, 916, 917, 919, 932, 933, 925, 926, 928, 930, 935, 938, 955, 958, 952, 945, 946, 960, 961, 963, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 980, 983, 987, 990, 996, 997, 999, 1002, 1003, 1006, 1011, 1012, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1036

Assembly Joint Resolutions:4, 3, 9, 11, 28, 17, 22, 32, 30, 34, 38, 47, 43, 54, 67, 68, 69, 61, 63, 72, 80, 91, 134, 135, 154, 155, 156

Senate Bills:1, 5, 10, 12, 19, 21, 25, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 49, 58, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 92, 104, 107, 100, 129, 130, 132, 136, 161, 172, 205, 209, 210, 211, 217, 219, 225, 229, 231, 233, 245, 239, 240, 241, 242, 253, 255, 256, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 270, 288, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 302, 305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 316, 322, 336, 348, 361, 362, 366, 367, 372, 373, 377, 392, 384, 393, 401, 402, 405, 419, 423, 424, 426, 444, 449, 456, 446, 489, 499, 507, 513, 522, 530, 536, 538, 562, 565, 566, 567, 572, 575, 589, 596, 625, 630, 653, 658, 659, 660, 661, 703, 710, 715, 716, 720, 761, 812, 813, 815, 826, 832, 840, 844, 846, 849, 852, 854, 855, 869, 874, 875, 876, 879, 881, 885, 886, 889, 892, 897, 898, 899, 901, 902

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 33, 38, 37, 48, 51, 52, 53, 61, 67, 78, 88, 95, 103, 105