Born Ann Arbor, MI, May 14, 1959; 1 child. Graduate Huron H.S. (Ann Arbor, MI) 1977; attended Michigan Tech. U.; B.S. Michigan State U. 1985; M.S. UW-Madison 1992. Forester. Small business owner, forestry contractor. Member: Society of American Foresters (chair, southwest Wis. chapter); Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn.; Wis. League of Conservation Voters; Pheasants Forever; Wis. Council on Forestry.
Elected to Assembly 2008; reelected since 2010.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 916
Relating to: educational technology, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 917
Relating to: grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (FE)
4/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 915
Relating to: pollinator habitat conservation, a pollinator report, and making appropriations. (FE)
3/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 900
Relating to: energy supply and demand study and electric utility integrated resource plans. (FE)
3/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 902
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)
3/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 874
Relating to: labeling of genetically engineered food and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 834
Relating to: school district sparsity aid and and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 821
Relating to: the state main street program and business area revitalization services.
2/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 817
Relating to: creation of a grant program for teachers employed by sparsely populated school districts, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 614
Relating to: school district sparsity aid and and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 608
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that the governor approve a proposed rule that was considered at the joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the Department of Natural Resources and county meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and limitation of the scope of the requirement that an economic impact analysis be prepared for such a proposed rule. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 700
Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 597
Relating to: inclusion in the economic impact analysis for a proposed rule an assessment of the impact that the proposed rule will have on public health and the environment. (FE)
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 431
Relating to: awarding grants to certain rural school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 432
Relating to: the purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System. (FE)
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 227
Relating to: carrying and displaying in electronic format certain approvals and safety certificates issued by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
4/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 181
Relating to: venture capital investment program. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for school safety. (FE)
3/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 94
Relating to: use of dogs in hunting wolves.
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 93
Relating to: use of dogs in hunting wolves.
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 74
Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE)
3/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 53
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
2/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
2/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 48
Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local government to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE)
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 6
Relating to: prohibiting the use of telephone automatic dialing-announcing devices for political messages and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 3
Relating to: regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/27/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 893
Relating to: requiring teachers and administrators employed by and owners of private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and in the choice program for other eligible school districts to be subject to the background investigation requirements and employment restrictions imposed upon teachers in public schools. (FE)
3/19/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 878
Relating to: state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies. (FE)
3/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: renewable portfolio standards and credits; electricity derived from biofuels; electric utility purchases of renewable energy and customer-generated electricity; distributed generation rules; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
3/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 114
Relating to: declaring March 10, 2014, Tibet Day.
3/12/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 864
Relating to: the definition of payday loan.
3/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming April 2014 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
3/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 846
Relating to: making the first offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant a crime, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/6/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 843
Relating to: establishing a sporting heritage grant program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
2/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 814
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
2/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 810
Relating to: marijuana possession, regulation of marijuana distribution, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana, making an appropriation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 792
Relating to: requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 27
Relating to: requiring the Committee on Assembly Organization to immediately appoint a joint task force on clean and renewable energy.
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 26
Relating to: requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee on clean energy.
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 778
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.
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 776
Relating to: child abuse investigations when a court suspects a person of permitting, allowing, or encouraging a child to engage in prostitution and consent decrees or deferred prosecution agreements for such a child. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 772
Relating to: categorical aids for special education and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 773
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.
2/17/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 770
Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees.
2/12/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 760
Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 749
Relating to: number of school days and hours of instruction held in a school year and state aid for summer classes.
2/5/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 732
Relating to: payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
1/30/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 686
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)
1/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 681
Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 668
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer substance abuse treatment and diversion from incarceration and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/23/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 654
Relating to: tests administered to newborns for congenital disorders. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 650
Relating to: counting low-income pupils for state school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax credits; and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 651
Relating to: assisting counties to request to expand Medical Assistance eligibility. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Resolution 23
Relating to: the closing of LifeSkills Academy in the city of Milwaukee.
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
1/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 620
Relating to: human trafficking, human trafficking victims, property forfeitures, rights of victims, admitting evidence of past actions, definitions of certain offenses, and providing penalties. (FE)
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: the furnishing of intoxicating liquor taste samples at certain retailer trade association events.
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 601
Relating to: creating an exception to the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license.
12/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 591
Relating to: regulating certain rafting outfitters.
12/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 578
Relating to: administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage and providing a penalty.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 553
Relating to: arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 543
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE)
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 552
Relating to: the definition and practice of dentistry for professional licensing purposes.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 542
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)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: employment discrimination on the basis of family status. (FE)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 531
Relating to: creation of a wage council to study and make recommendations concerning increases in the living wage and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 518
Relating to: awards for the victims of crimes and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 519
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)
11/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 521
Relating to: grants for hiring new employees and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/8/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 498
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)
11/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: proclaiming November as Runaway Prevention Month.
11/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Wisconsin Adoption Month.
11/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 480
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: the 50th anniversary of the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision and the right to counsel.
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and public service of Lary J. Swoboda.
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 424
Relating to: the sale, collection, and recycling of mercury-added thermostats, the disposal of mercury-added products, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 425
Relating to: the maximum width of, and projecting loads on, vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 434
Relating to: school bullying, unlawful use of computer systems, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/15/2013: 2013 OC3 Assembly Bill 4
Relating to: increasing the amount of the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
10/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: commending the Honor Flight Network and its volunteers.
10/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: Disability Awareness Month.
9/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 385
Relating to: changes to the local room tax. (FE)
9/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 387
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 is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/19/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 377
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
9/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 15
Relating to: the public service of Timothy F. Cullen.
9/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: congratulating Steve Walters on being named Wisconsin Journalist of the Year.
9/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 376
Relating to: the net worth method of providing proof of financial responsibility for certain solid waste facilities.
9/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 362
Relating to: eliminating study on consolidating the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. (FE)
8/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 348
Relating to: substitute special education teachers and paraprofessional staffing services. (FE)
8/27/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 320
Relating to: the process for sale of state-owned real property.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 307
Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 308
Relating to: reduction of local levy limit by amount of certain fee revenue received. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 305
Relating to: grazing lands conservation grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 301
Relating to: defaults on payday loans and loans by licensed lenders.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 304
Relating to: grants for farm to school programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 306
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and making an appropriation. (FE)
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 322
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
8/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: requiring that a private school participating in a parental choice program be located in this state.
8/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 287
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
7/30/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 269
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)
6/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 242
Relating to: charges for inmate telephone use at a jail or house of correction. (FE)
6/6/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 12
Relating to: assembly consideration of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill.
6/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 236
Relating to: audits of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by the Legislative Audit Bureau. (FE)
6/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 233
Relating to: repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32. (FE)
5/31/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 226
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program. (FE)
5/24/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 218
Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 215
Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system.
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 208
Relating to: special registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 201
Relating to: giving certain veterans priority in registering for courses at the University of Wisconsin System.
5/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 194
Relating to: the authority to hunt certain animals with a crossbow, establishing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, and information required to be included on certain hunting license applications and certain hunting tags. (FE)
5/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 8
Relating to: requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation follow state law.
5/3/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge William J. Duffy.
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 30
Relating to: recognizing May as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.
4/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 166
Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE)
4/16/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: expressing prayers and condolences to the families, friends of the victims, and the injured from the bombings at the Boston Marathon and praising the first responders who rushed to their aid.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 155
Relating to: a sea lamprey control program.
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 138
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 109
Relating to: fees for dental services.
3/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses.
3/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 92
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
3/6/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: authorizing and requesting the participation of the attorney general as amicus curiae in a certain case before the United States Supreme Court.
3/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: proclaiming women's history month.
3/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 53
Relating to: Medical Assistance for certain adults who are not currently eligible for traditional Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus. (FE)
2/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: the life and public service of Felmers O. Chaney.
2/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
3/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 660
Relating to: renewable portfolio standards and credits; electricity derived from biofuels; electric utility purchases of renewable energy and customer-generated electricity; distributed generation rules; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming April 2014 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 622
Relating to: creation of a grant program for teachers employed by sparsely populated school districts, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 623
Relating to: eliminating requirement to have an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion and eliminating requirement that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at certain hospitals. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
2/11/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 589
Relating to: number of school days and hours of instruction held in a school year and state aid for summer classes.
2/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 586
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
2/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 575
Relating to: payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 559
Relating to: categorical aids for special education and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 568
Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 552
Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 543
Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 554
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.
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 530
Relating to: collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
1/27/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 523
Relating to: tests administered to newborns for congenital disorders. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer substance abuse treatment and diversion from incarceration and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 505
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)
12/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 453
Relating to: the furnishing of intoxicating liquor taste samples at certain retailer trade association events.
12/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 452
Relating to: creating an exception to the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license.
11/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 411
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 396
Relating to: awards for the victims of crimes and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 376
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)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 363
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/14/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 341
Relating to: the maximum width of, and projecting loads on, vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 308
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 is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 304
Relating to: safety belts on certain school buses that are purchased or sold and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 301
Relating to: changes to the local room tax. (FE)
9/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 300
Relating to: copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 288
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 289
Relating to: the net worth method of providing proof of financial responsibility for certain solid waste facilities.
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 48
Relating to: Recognition of the Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau's (LTSB) software development team by the National Association of Legislative Information Technology.
8/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 271
Relating to: substitute special education teachers and paraprofessional staffing services. (FE)
7/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 236
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from rules and licensing and permitting requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 228
Relating to: the commencement of fall classes in public schools.
6/27/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 223
Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 193
Relating to: audits of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by the Legislative Audit Bureau. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 190
Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system.
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 169
Relating to: venture capital investment program. (FE)
4/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 163
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
4/17/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 143
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)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 138
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 141
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 139
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 140
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 142
Relating to: regulating the location of frac sand mines and facilities. (FE)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 134
Relating to: a sea lamprey control program.
4/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 131
Relating to: fees for dental services.
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 124
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 101
Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for school safety. (FE)
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 91
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
2/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 38
Relating to: Medical Assistance for certain adults who are not currently eligible for traditional Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus. (FE)
2/6/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 7
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: the retirement of Pam Shannon, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature.
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 4
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)
3/20/2014: 2013 AA3-SB598
3/18/2014: 2013 ASA2-SB286
Relating to: the student information system, a school and school district accountability system, charter school contracts, and making an appropriation.
3/18/2014: 2013 ASA3-AB379
Relating to: the student information system, a school and school district accountability system, charter school contracts, and making an appropriation.
3/3/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB700
Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, grants for land acquisition for certain outdoor activities, payments to counties for designated county forest lands, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
2/27/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB48
Relating to: state procurement plans for amounts paid to small businesses.
2/14/2014: 2013 AA1-AB47
2/13/2014: 2013 ASA2-AB432
Relating to: the purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
2/5/2014: JR4 2013 AA1-AB1
1/30/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB432
Relating to: the purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
11/14/2013: 2013 AA2-AB493
5/29/2013: 2013 ASA1-AB181
Relating to: venture capital investment program.
5/14/2013: 2013 AA6-AB179
5/10/2013: 2013 AA4-AB181
5/6/2013: 2013 AA1-AB181
3/6/2013: 2013 ASA2-SB1
Relating to: regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation.
3/6/2013: 2013 AA8-SB1
3/6/2013: 2013 AA5-SB1
3/6/2013: 2013 AA4-SB1
2/6/2013: 2013 AA13-AB1
2/6/2013: 2013 AA12-AB1
