Born St. Paul, MN, July 25, 1956; 1 son. Graduate River Falls H.S.; B.S. in animal science, U. of Minnesota 1978; Wis. Rural Leadership Program, grad. of 1st class (1986). Member: Pierce Co. Republican Party; Pierce Co. Farm Bureau (former dir. and treas.); Luther Memorial Church. Former member: Wis. State FFA Sponsors Bd. (chp.); Wis. Conservation Corps Bd. (secy.); Kinnickinnic River Land Trust Bd.; Pierce Co. Dairy Promotion Com. (past chm.); Wis. State ASCS Com.; Adv. Council on Small Business, Agriculture, Labor for Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Elected to Assembly 1988-96; elected to Senate 2000; reelected since 2004. Majority Caucus Chairperson 2015; Majority Caucus Vice Chairperson 2013, 2011; Minority Caucus Vice Chairperson 2009; Majority Caucus Sergeant at Arms 2005.
Member of Midwestern Higher Education Commission
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 747
Relating to: the scope of practice of massage therapists and bodywork therapists, the unauthorized practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 718
Relating to: faculty development grant programs for technical colleges, the technical college instructor occupational competency program, modifying certain rules of the Technical College System Board, and eliminating outdated rules of the board.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 719
Relating to: modifying rules of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System regarding service of notice, updating outdated rules of the board, and providing for consistent capitalization of certain terms in the board's rules.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 716
Relating to: review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 901
Relating to: aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 870
Relating to: the scope of practice of massage therapists and bodywork therapists, the unauthorized practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 699
Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 665
Relating to: aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 642
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 86
Relating to: commending and congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Stout for 125 years of preparing students for successful careers and improving the economy in the state of Wisconsin.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 623
Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.
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 Assembly Bill 776
Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 748
Relating to: technical education equipment grants for school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 740
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (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 Senate Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: recognizing the nationally touring exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 713
Relating to: access to and prior authorization for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 693
Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 96
Relating to: recognizing the nationally touring exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio.
1/12/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 549
Relating to: agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 540
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 518
Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 520
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 522
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 523
Relating to: technical education equipment grants for school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 659
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 660
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 636
Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 511
Relating to: creating a Distance Learning Authorization Board and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 632
Relating to: creating a Distance Learning Authorization Board and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 483
Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 609
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 466
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 601
Relating to: designating and marking STH 87 as the Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 447
Relating to: designating and marking STH 87 as the Carson Holmquist Memorial Highway. (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 504
Relating to: the age restriction for operation of a small utility terrain vehicle.
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 381
Relating to: the age restriction for operation of a small utility terrain vehicle.
11/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 483
Relating to: prevention specialist-in-training certification.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 358
Relating to: prevention specialist-in-training certification.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 359
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
10/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 348
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 438
Relating to: state aid to local fairs and regulation of horse racing. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 344
Relating to: limiting adverse possession of real property. (FE)
10/16/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 417
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: congratulating the 2015 Stars of Life honorees.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 330
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 333
Relating to: fees charged for initial credentials administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and its attached boards. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 318
Relating to: state aid to local fairs and regulation of horse racing. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: congratulating the 2015 Stars of Life honorees.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 276
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System parking and transportation facilities and parking fees.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 268
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 269
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 364
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 356
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System parking and transportation facilities and parking fees.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 365
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 261
Relating to: certain telecommunications services provided to the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation.
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: proclaiming the second week in September each year as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 340
Relating to: strip searches of certain detained persons. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 248
Relating to: strip searches of certain detained persons. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 317
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 321
Relating to: the school district budget summary, annual audit, and annual report.
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 234
Relating to: the school district budget summary, annual audit, and annual report.
8/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 223
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
7/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 289
Relating to: exempting out-of-state emergency medical services personnel from licensure requirements.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 210
Relating to: exempting out-of-state emergency medical services personnel from licensure requirements.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 212
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 286
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
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)
6/18/2015: 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)
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 196
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 253
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
5/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 182
Relating to: an exemption from licensing requirements for certain out-of-state ambulance service providers. (FE)
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 242
Relating to: modifying administrative rules related to maintenance and use standards for oxygen equipment in nursing homes.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 232
Relating to: donation of abandoned or seized vehicles.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 160
Relating to: modifying administrative rules related to maintenance and use standards for oxygen equipment in nursing homes.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 153
Relating to: donation of abandoned or seized vehicles.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 152
Relating to: operating a motor vehicle while wearing headphones or earbuds and providing a penalty.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 202
Relating to: penalty for hiding or burying a corpse illegally and providing a penalty.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 171
Relating to: operating a motor vehicle while wearing headphones or earbuds and providing a penalty.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 129
Relating to: school district accountability reports.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 133
Relating to: penalty for hiding or burying a corpse illegally and providing a penalty.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 118
Relating to: limitations on town expenditures for certain highway purposes. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 162
Relating to: school district accountability reports.
3/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: congratulating Bruce Larson on being named the 2014 Don Shula NFL National High School Coach of the Year.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 13
Relating to: congratulating Bruce Larson on being named the 2015 Don Shula NFL National High School Coach of the Year.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 47
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: congratulating Bruce Larson on being named the 2015 Don Shula NFL National High School Coach of the Year.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 58
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 40
Relating to: setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 13
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of David Earl Paulson.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 31
Relating to: setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 34
Relating to: approval by the Department of Corrections for international travel by persons on community supervision.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 38
Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 36
Relating to: approval by the Department of Corrections for international travel by persons on community supervision.
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 37
Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of David Earl Paulson.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 11
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers. (FE)
1/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 9
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
1/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 7
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers. (FE)
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.
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 89
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 656
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 643
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 628
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 591
Relating to: mental health services in schools.
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 583
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 539
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
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 Bill 476
Relating to: eligibility for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 455
Relating to: penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 418
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 419
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 411
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 390
Relating to: lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE)
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.
11/4/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Proclaiming November as Native American Heritage Month in Wisconsin.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 353
Relating to: disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 338
Relating to: interfering with hunting, fishing, and trapping and providing criminal penalties.
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 280
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 271
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 272
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month.
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 227
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for building materials that become a part of a facility for a local unit of government or nonprofit organization. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 42
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Robert K. Zukowski.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 165
Relating to: tax-exempt accounts for qualified expenses incurred by individuals with disabilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 164
Relating to: charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE)
5/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 150
Relating to: restrictions on hunting antlerless deer by members of a group hunting party.
5/4/2015: 2015 Senate Resolution 5
Relating to: recognizing May 4-8, 2015, as Teacher Appreciation Week.
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 137
Relating to: publication of certain legal notices on an Internet site maintained by a municipality. (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.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 115
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 102
Relating to: going armed with a switchblade.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 94
Relating to: standards for the construction and inspection of camping units; for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring in camping units; and for plumbing in camping units; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 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)
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 83
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: proclaiming March 2015 as Concussion Awareness Month.
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 73
Relating to: instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE)
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 20
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
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 Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 6, 2015, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
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 Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 14
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 10
Relating to: prohibiting the sale of powdered alcohol.
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.
3/3/2016: 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.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 820
Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE)
1/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 808
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 766
Relating to: review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)
1/21/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 765
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 750
Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
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 734
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 705
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 675
Relating to: agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
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 Bill 665
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 664
Relating to: mental health services in schools.
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.
1/6/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
1/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 633
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 626
Relating to: eligibility for the Technical Excellence Higher Education Scholarship Program. (FE)
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 565
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 557
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 518
Relating to: lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 478
Relating to: disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil.
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.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 465
Relating to: limiting adverse possession of real property. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 433
Relating to: interfering with hunting, fishing, and trapping and providing criminal penalties.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 435
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 408
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 378
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (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 366
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 367
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 346
Relating to: certain telecommunications services provided to the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 58
Relating to: proclaiming the second week in September each year as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 56
Relating to: proclaiming November 1 to 7, 2015, as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
8/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 313
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for building materials that become a part of a facility for a local unit of government or nonprofit organization. (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.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 249
Relating to: an exemption from licensing requirements for certain out-of-state ambulance service providers. (FE)
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 243
Relating to: restrictions on hunting antlerless deer by members of a group hunting party.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of David Duax.
5/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 236
Relating to: tax-exempt accounts for qualified expenses incurred by individuals with disabilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 235
Relating to: charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: commending and congratulating Chancellor Richard J. Telfer for his contributions to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and to the state of Wisconsin.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 199
Relating to: publication of certain legal notices on an Internet site maintained by a municipality. (FE)
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2014-15 basketball season, reaching the NCAA Final Four, and making it to the NCAA Championship Game.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 168
Relating to: rules that prohibit feeding deer in certain counties. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 161
Relating to: limitations on town expenditures for certain highway purposes. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 142
Relating to: going armed with a switchblade.
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)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 121
Relating to: standards for the construction and inspection of camping units; for installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring in camping units; and for plumbing in camping units; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 82
Relating to: instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: membership of boards of commissioners established for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. (FE)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Baseball National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
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.
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 16
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 10
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child and at-risk adult abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 SA1-SB747
2/1/2016: 2015 SA3-SB518
2/1/2016: 2015 SA2-SB618
1/29/2016: 2015 SA1-SB618
1/28/2016: 2015 SA2-SB518
1/27/2016: 2015 SA1-SB476
1/25/2016: 2015 SA1-SSA1-SB228
1/19/2016: 2015 SSA1-SB380
Relating to: adding a circuit court branch in Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties.
1/15/2016: 2015 SA1-SB518
1/13/2016: 2015 SA1-SB511
1/8/2016: 2015 SSA1-SB540
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making an appropriation.
1/6/2016: 2015 SA1-SB333
11/6/2015: 2015 SA2-AB388
10/20/2015: 2015 SA1-SB210
10/8/2015: 2015 SSA1-SB178
Relating to: exemption from lead inspection requirements for partial lead inspection during certain lead-safe renovations.
9/8/2015: 2015 SA1-SB160
6/3/2015: 2015 SA1-SB153
4/15/2015: 2015 SA1-SSA1-SB1
3/30/2015: 2015 SA1-SB40
3/23/2015: 2015 SSA1-SB47
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
3/3/2015: 2015 SA1-SJR13