Born Madison, May 5, 1927; married; 3 children. Attended Carleton College (MN), UW-Madison; B.A. U. of Oregon 1950; LL.B. U. of Oregon 1952. Attorney. World War II veteran; Navy. Member: State Bar of Wis. and Oregon and Dane Co. Bar Assns.; NCSL (past mbr. Natl. Exec. Com.); CSG (past mbr. Natl. Exec. Com., Midwestern Conf. chp. 1993, 1982). Presidential Elector 2012, 2008, 1964.
Elected to Assembly 1956-60; elected to Senate in 1962 special election; reelected since 1964. Longest serving legislator in Wisconsin history and longest serving state legislator in U.S. President of the Senate 2011 (eff. 7/17/12), 2009, 2007, 2001, 1999, 1997 (eff. 1/15/97 to 4/20/98), 1995 (eff. 7/9/96), also 1979 to 4/20/93; Co-Majority Leader 2001 (eff. 10/22/02); Assistant Minority Leader 1995 (eff. 1/5/95 to 7/12/96), 1993 (eff. 4/20/93, also 1965); Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore 1977, 1975; Minority Ldr. 1967-73.
Member of Educational Communications Board, Historical Society of Wisconsin, Board of Curators, State Capitol and Executive Residence Board and Uniform State Laws, Commission on
(first or second author, first sponsor)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 120
Relating to: participation in the legislative and electoral process, the right to vote, the right to an impartial judiciary, the right to privacy, the right to a quality education, the right to health care, the right to access public records, the right to a fair wage, the right to equal pay for equal work, voting rights, uniform voting procedures, mandatory recounting of ballots, the procedure for legislative redistricting and congressional reapportionment, the establishment of a state Governmental Accountability Board, administration of election laws, ethics laws, and lobbying laws, public access to the capitol, public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, petition and referendum by the people to reject acts of the legislature, public funding of supreme court election campaigns, graduated and progressive taxation of individuals, the right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air, establishment of a board and a department of natural resources, independence and authority of the superintendent of public instruction, public funds supporting sectarian schools, treatment of corporations as natural persons, and the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain (first consideration).
3/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 976
Relating to: the sale and purchase of products containing ivory or rhinoceros horn and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 771
Relating to: accepting absentee ballot applications in person on weekends.
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 773
Relating to: renewable energy goals for state energy consumption and for energy use by certain state agencies. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 776
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 777
Relating to: training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon. (FE)
3/2/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 968
Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 112
Relating to: naming October 2016 as National Animal Safety and Protection Month in Wisconsin.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 924
Relating to: eliminating personal conviction exemption from immunizations.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 759
Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 745
Relating to: the Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 916
Relating to: eliminating certain abortion prohibitions.
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 919
Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to provide information to the Joint Committee on Finance relating to civil litigation.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 727
Relating to: reporting the mistreatment of animals.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 724
Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 728
Relating to: the sale and purchase of products containing ivory or rhinoceros horn and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 900
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 898
Relating to: faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 711
Relating to: extending voting rights to certain 17-year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 715
Relating to: creating the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 701
Relating to: eliminating certain abortion prohibitions.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 849
Relating to: eliminating the preemption of firearm regulations.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 850
Relating to: the appointment of the student members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 657
Relating to: adopting revisions to the state's uniform partnership law, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 666
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 814
Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 653
Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 635
Relating to: the appointment of the student members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 619
Relating to: proof of physical fitness requirement for certain local transit employees. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 79
Relating to: the life and public service of Rodney Warren Kreunen.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 97
Relating to: the life and public service of Rodney Warren Kreunen.
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: congratulating the city of Madison on achieving Platinum status as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 471
Relating to: citations to underage persons for alcohol beverages violations and providing a criminal penalty.
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 555
Relating to: provision of feminine hygiene products in state buildings and school buildings. (FE)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 473
Relating to: the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: the life and service of Eugene M. Roark.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 361
Relating to: prohibiting the use of certain trapping devices in state parks.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 362
Relating to: prohibiting hunting in state parks. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 349
Relating to: use of tanning facilities by minors.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 351
Relating to: the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 322
Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 295
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 343
Relating to: issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 264
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 258
Relating to: issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 241
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 220
Relating to: allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the life and public service of Anne Nicol Gaylor.
7/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 208
Relating to: authorization for electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party.
6/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Anne Nicol Gaylor.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its outstanding 2014-15 basketball season and reaching the NCAA championship game.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 179
Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 125
Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use.
4/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 120
Relating to: restrictions on the use of electronic devices used for inhaling or exhaling vapor or a vaporized solution.
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 146
Relating to: restrictions on the use of electronic devices used for inhaling or exhaling vapor or a vaporized solution.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: congratulating the James Madison Memorial High School Spartans boys swimming and diving teams on their 2014-15 season and winning their fifth consecutive state championship.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 82
Relating to: criminal procedure and providing penalties.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 106
Relating to: policies regulating the use of electronic smoking devices on school district property.
3/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 67
Relating to: permitting certain individuals to make requests for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing penalties. (FE)
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 28
Relating to: permitting certain individuals to make requests for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing penalties. (FE)
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: the public service of Laura Rose.
1/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 3
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
3/14/2016: 2015 Senate Resolution 12
Relating to: honoring and commending the remarkable and distinguished service of Michael G. Ellis.
3/11/2016: 2015 Senate Resolution 11
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rosemary Hinkfuss.
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 781
Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 783
Relating to: public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: proclaiming April 17, 2016, to April 23, 2016, as National Environmental Education Week in Wisconsin.
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 763
Relating to: increasing the motor vehicle fuel tax rate to pay debt service on transportation bonding and adjusting the rate by the annual average change in the consumer price index. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming July 18, 2016, as Nelson Mandela Day in Wisconsin.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: congratulating the National Park Service on its centennial and celebrating the recreation and conservation benefits to our state and nation.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 96
Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2016, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 98
Relating to: proclaiming December 1, 2016, through December 7, 2016, as National Tolerance Week in Wisconsin.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 700
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 675
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
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 89
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 686
Relating to: creating a grant program to cover tuition and other educational expenses at public institutions of higher education, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 621
Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 634
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 85
Relating to: fiscal estimate requirements for bills containing penalty provisions.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: naming February 2016 as Children's Dental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 597
Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13.
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 600
Relating to: designating bicycling as the state exercise.
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 573
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 76
Relating to: proclaiming January 2016 as Cervical Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 489
Relating to: inclusion of recovery from bone marrow or organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for which an employee may take leave from employment under the family and medical leave law and prohibiting certain insurance practices on the basis of a person being a living organ donor or bone marrow donor. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: proclaiming January 2016 as National Blood Donor Month in Wisconsin.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 469
Relating to: control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 442
Relating to: authorizing the creation of a Chippewa Valley regional transit authority and making appropriations. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 423
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 415
Relating to: fraud in obtaining economic development benefits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/12/2015: 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 Bill 385
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/4/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Proclaiming November as Native American Heritage Month in Wisconsin.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 364
Relating to: eliminating the requirement that the Natural Resources Board offer certain land for sale.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 352
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 342
Relating to: the exemption of bona fide administrative, executive, and professional employees from the overtime pay requirements of the wage and hours laws, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 340
Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 311
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain expenses for household and dependent care services. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 307
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 281
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 273
Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Resolution 6
Relating to: public notice for meetings of senate committees.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month.
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.
9/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 245
Relating to: the return of federal funds to the federal government.
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 240
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 47
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 215
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 216
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 200
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 42
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Robert K. Zukowski.
6/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 194
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 174
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 176
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 159
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/4/2015: 2015 Senate Resolution 5
Relating to: recognizing May 4-8, 2015, as Teacher Appreciation Week.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 145
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 142
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
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 25
Relating to: declaring April 2015 Donate Life Month.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 98
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 101
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 99
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 100
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 97
Relating to: including orders pertaining to household pets in certain restraining orders and injunctions.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 78
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: proclaiming March 2015 as Concussion Awareness Month.
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 72
Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/4/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 65
Relating to: online instruction provided by driver schools licensed by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 58
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
2/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 39
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 27
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerry Van Sistine.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 19
Relating to: designating a lay caregiver during a hospital admission.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2015, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 18
Relating to: the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products containing microbeads and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 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 10
Relating to: prohibiting the sale of powdered alcohol.
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 4
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 5
Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, the filing and investigation of wage claims, the statute of limitations for filing a wage claim action, the payment of interest, penalties, and surcharges on wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 2
Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 3
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1007
Relating to: public, educational, and governmental access channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 977
Relating to: disinfection of drinking water supplied by a municipal water system. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 972
Relating to: increasing the motor vehicle fuel tax rate to pay debt service on transportation bonding and adjusting the rate by the annual average change in the consumer price index. (FE)
2/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 117
Relating to: recognizing June 2016 as LGBT Pride Month.
2/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 957
Relating to: testing for lead in homes of certain children and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/24/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 949
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 945
Relating to: repeat offenses of possession of marijuana.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 932
Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 915
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 903
Relating to: creating a grant program to cover tuition and other educational expenses at public institutions of higher education, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 880
Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 882
Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time for an employee who is breast-feeding her child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 879
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
2/2/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 847
Relating to: designating bicycling as the state exercise.
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 837
Relating to: adopting revisions to the state's uniform partnership law, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 816
Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 815
Relating to: the state share of funding for a federal program to provide tuition-free enrollment for certain technical college students and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 805
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 101
Relating to: fiscal estimate requirements for bills containing penalty provisions.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to immediately appoint a committee, to be known as the Commission on Debt-Free College, to study and report on the feasibility of providing a debt-free college education to all residents of this state.
1/19/2016: 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 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 736
Relating to: proof of physical fitness requirement for certain local transit employees. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 695
Relating to: creating the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 699
Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
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)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: the public service of Vicki R. Holten.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 637
Relating to: control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 593
Relating to: authorizing the creation of a Chippewa Valley regional transit authority and making appropriations. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 570
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Service. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 516
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 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)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 515
Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 499
Relating to: eliminating the requirement that the Natural Resources Board offer certain land for sale.
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: regulation of liquid nicotine packaging, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 474
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
11/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 468
Relating to: an annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 463
Relating to: the prosecution and venue for trial of certain offenses by certain state residents.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 464
Relating to: attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, reporting by certain persons providing or state public officials receiving certain things of value, and providing a criminal penalty.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 436
Relating to: the regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 442
Relating to: water quality management planning for Dane County. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: acknowledging the environmental, economic, and social threat of climate change due to human activity and the need to address it at the state level.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 75
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin.
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 423
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/15/2015: 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 Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 396
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 399
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain expenses for household and dependent care services. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 389
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 379
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
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 Bill 354
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 350
Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 342
Relating to: reporting travel expenses for elected state officials seeking national office and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 333
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
9/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 323
Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 318
Relating to: deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 316
Relating to: allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. (FE)
8/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 294
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 295
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 288
Relating to: authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party.
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 267
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 265
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE)
6/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 264
Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 247
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 221
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 234
Relating to: payments to schools under the School Breakfast Program. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
5/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 211
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
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.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: declaring April 2015 Donate Life Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming Workers' Memorial Day.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 150
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 151
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 148
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 149
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 152
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 141
Relating to: including orders pertaining to household pets in certain restraining orders and injunctions.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 105
Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 84
Relating to: creating a refundable earned income tax credit for individuals, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 72
Relating to: prohibiting the sale of powdered alcohol.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 74
Relating to: online instruction provided by driver schools licensed by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 66
Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Renewable Energy Development Authority to participate in and guarantee certain energy-related loans, implement other energy-related programs, and make certain grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 55
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: congratulating Melvin Gordon III on his remarkable college football career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 20
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 12
Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 8
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/15/2016: 2015 SA1-AB848
3/15/2016: 2015 SA2-AB804
3/15/2016: 2015 SA1-AB804
3/15/2016: 2015 SA2-AB744
3/15/2016: 2015 SA1-AB744
3/15/2016: 2015 SA1-AB357
2/16/2016: 2015 SA4-SB707
2/16/2016: 2015 SA2-SB533
2/9/2016: 2015 SA4-SSA1-SB295
2/9/2016: 2015 SA3-SSA1-SB295
2/9/2016: 2015 SA2-SSA1-SB295
2/9/2016: 2015 SA2-AB547
1/26/2016: 2015 SA1-AB547
1/26/2016: 2015 SA2-SB457
12/14/2015: 2015 SA1-SB322
11/6/2015: 2015 SA6-AB388
11/6/2015: 2015 SA3-AB388
11/6/2015: 2015 SA8-AB387
11/6/2015: 2015 SA7-AB387
11/6/2015: 2015 SA4-AB387
10/20/2015: 2015 SA28-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA27-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA26-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA24-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA23-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA22-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA21-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA18-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA17-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA16-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA15-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA14-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA13-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA12-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA11-SB43
10/20/2015: 2015 SA10-SB43
7/7/2015: 2015 SA39-SSA1-SB21
7/7/2015: 2015 SA34-SSA1-SB21
7/7/2015: 2015 SA30-SSA1-SB21
7/7/2015: 2015 SA16-SSA1-SB21
7/7/2015: 2015 SA6-SSA1-SB21
6/9/2015: 2015 SA1-SB137
6/9/2015: 2015 SA3-SB70
6/9/2015: 2015 SA2-SB70
4/21/2015: 2015 SA3-AB143
4/21/2015: 2015 SA2-AB143
4/21/2015: 2015 SA1-AB143
2/25/2015: 2015 SA1-SB44
1/20/2015: 2015 SSA2-SJR2
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
1/20/2015: 2015 SSA1-SJR2
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
1/20/2015: 2015 SA1-SJR2