Born Somerville, Tenn., June 22, 1972; 1 child. Graduate Bay View H.S. 1990; B.S. criminal justice Tennessee State U. 1997; attended UW-Milwaukee 1990-92. Full-time legislator. Former family child care provider/owner 2002-12; insurance agent 2000-02; financial employment planner 1997-2000. Member: AFSCME Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together Local 502 (pres.) AFSCME District Council 48 (vice pres.); African American Chamber of Commerce; Emerge Wisconsin Class 2012; CBTU-Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Milwaukee Legislative Caucus (chp.).
Elected to Assembly 2012; reelected 2014.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 960
Relating to: grants for firearm buyback programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 959
Relating to: elimination of a provision that excepts spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, and the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment. (FE)
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 948
Relating to: prohibiting certain persons from possessing firearm ammunition, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 926
Relating to: creating a surcharge to be paid by persons convicted of certain crimes against children and certain crimes against sexual morality to fund services relating to crimes against children, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 920
Relating to: preferences for woman-owned businesses in state procurement. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 763
Relating to: child care provider rates and ratings under Wisconsin Shares, funding for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidies, and making an appropriation. (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 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 667
Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 607
Relating to: payments to child care providers, preventing fraud in the child care subsidy program, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 594
Relating to: retaliation against a public employee by the governor or a legislator and providing a criminal penalty.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 538
Relating to: fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts and distribution of state park activity guides to pupils enrolled in grade 4 and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 395
Relating to: lethal violence protective temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
8/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 309
Relating to: limiting the number of annual revocations of extended supervision and parole for violations that are not a crime. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 290
Relating to: imposing residence restrictions on certain sex offenders, establishing conditions of release from civil commitment for certain sex offenders, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 274
Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who commit multiple or violent misdemeanor offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 270
Relating to: providing training to school board staff in the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment program.
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 199
Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who commit multiple or violent misdemeanor offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 263
Relating to: requiring a person who provides care for children without compensation to obtain a child care center license.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 246
Relating to: possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana and distribution and delivery of marijuana. (FE)
5/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 220
Relating to: establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (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 20
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 16
Relating to: proclaiming the first week in March as the Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS.
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1008
Relating to: expunging a court record of certain offenses a person committed before he or she reached the age of 25. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1009
Relating to: allowing a petition for expunging a court record of certain offenses ten years after completion of a sentence. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1010
Relating to: imprisonment for nonpayment of forfeitures, costs, fees, or surcharges. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1011
Relating to: extended out-of-home care to 21 years of age for persons who are completing secondary education, enrolled in postsecondary or vocational education, participating in an employment program or activity, employed at least part-time, or incapable of doing any of those activities due to a medical condition, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1012
Relating to: the right of a parent to have counsel in a proceeding for a child alleged to be in need of protection or services; the power of the juvenile court to appoint counsel in such a proceeding; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations. (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)
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1013
Relating to: a grant program for community prosecutors and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 980
Relating to: creating a grant program for counties to use pretrial risk assessment tools, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 985
Relating to: notification of a juvenile's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or Indian custodian prior to a custodial interrogation of the juvenile. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 979
Relating to: grants for law enforcement officers to use risk assessment tools prior to arresting persons, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 986
Relating to: elimination of the original jurisdiction of a court of criminal jurisdiction over a juvenile. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 978
Relating to: creating a grant program for law enforcement agencies to provide victim and witness advocacy services and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 982
Relating to: creating a bail schedule for certain felonies. (FE)
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 983
Relating to: disclosure at a defendant's initial appearance.
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 984
Relating to: reasonable suspicion necessary to temporarily detain a person, search for weapons, and seize a weapon during questioning.
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 987
Relating to: voter identification informational campaign and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 969
Relating to: false advertising by limited services pregnancy centers, providing a penalty, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 970
Relating to: employment discrimination based on personal health care choices. (FE)
3/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 962
Relating to: violent death reporting system and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 963
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credit for costs paid to eliminate exposure to a lead hazard in a dwelling. (FE)
2/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 961
Relating to: disclosure to law enforcement of attempted purchases of handguns by persons prohibited from possessing a firearm. (FE)
2/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 117
Relating to: recognizing June 2016 as LGBT Pride Month.
2/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 954
Relating to: investigations of officer-involved deaths.
2/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 953
Relating to: prosecution decisions following deaths involving law enforcement officers. (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 943
Relating to: pilot program for school districts to employ special education job development specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 945
Relating to: repeat offenses of possession of marijuana.
2/23/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 944
Relating to: expungement of nonfelony possession of marijuana offenses. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 925
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment on the basis of military service to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 928
Relating to: reducing certain authority of the Milwaukee County executive in the area of land transactions and increasing certain authority of the Milwaukee County Board in that area. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 927
Relating to: crowdfunding projects for creating jobs or promoting economic growth.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 932
Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 116
Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to immediately appoint a committee to study and report on certain impacts of professional licensure requirements.
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 28
Relating to: service of Honorable Harold B. Jackson Jr.
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 921
Relating to: facilities serving persons with traumatic brain injuries. (FE)
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 915
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 906
Relating to: prohibiting revocation of probation, extended supervision, or parole for failure to pay restitution or certain fees. (FE)
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 907
Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. (FE)
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 910
Relating to: removing certain information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site. (FE)
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 908
Relating to: creating a Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 909
Relating to: removing information regarding acquittals, dismissed criminal charges, and criminal convictions for which a person was pardoned from the Consolidated Court Automation Programs. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 904
Relating to: creation of a Wage Council to study and make recommendations concerning increases in the minimum wage and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming April 28, 2016, Workers' Memorial Day in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 25
Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 891
Relating to: prohibiting partisan elective state officials from accepting contributions during budget deliberations.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 892
Relating to: storage of a firearm in residence if child is present and providing a criminal penalty.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 893
Relating to: storage of a firearm in a house in which a resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm and providing a criminal penalty.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 894
Relating to: containers or trigger locks provided at a firearm sale and providing a criminal penalty.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 899
Relating to: special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making appropriations. (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 890
Relating to: disclosing information about executive branch appointments.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 896
Relating to: warning lights on school buses. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 897
Relating to: funding for Wisconsin grants for technical college and University of Wisconsin System students and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 895
Relating to: a requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
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 883
Relating to: counting pupils enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten. (FE)
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 23
Relating to: creation of a task force on gun safety technology.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 862
Relating to: damages in personal injury claims involving asbestos trusts.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 849
Relating to: eliminating the preemption of firearm regulations.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
2/2/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 844
Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 830
Relating to: training for newly hired correctional officers. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 835
Relating to: administration of prescription drugs by correctional officers.
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 829
Relating to: physical education in public schools. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 832
Relating to: pay adjustments for state correctional officers who take certain other civil service positions. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 834
Relating to: limiting overtime at the Department of Corrections.
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 831
Relating to: staff required to be on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 836
Relating to: first responders on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 813
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
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)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 814
Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
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.
1/25/2016: 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)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 786
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 790
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 792
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: funding for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 785
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 783
Relating to: funding for a virtual dementia tour license and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 787
Relating to: funding for respite care under the Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 788
Relating to: funding for dementia care specialists in aging and disability resource centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 789
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (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.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 103
Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 752
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 745
Relating to: notification of a local law enforcement agency and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when a child over whom the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, a county department of human services or social services, or a licensed child welfare agency has placement, care, or supervision responsibility is missing and granting rule-making authority.
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 22
Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on combatting racial intolerance.
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)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 692
Relating to: teen dating violence policies and education. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 699
Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 691
Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
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)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 666
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 661
Relating to: providing student loan assistance for individuals employed in critical industry sectors, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 656
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 652
Relating to: providing to a victim notification when an offender's extended supervision or parole is revoked. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 643
Relating to: compensating victims of crime. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 628
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 617
Relating to: creating the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Development Policy Board, requiring the creation of a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to be known as the Badger Innovation Corporation, providing for the elimination of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the transfer its functions to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Badger Innovation Corporation, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 618
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to report suspensions and expulsions of pupils.
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 604
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: commending the Milwaukee Area Technical College for their dedicated commitment to students, their families, and the Milwaukee area community through their outstanding work in creating the MATC Promise program.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 88
Relating to: temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the supreme court in judicial disciplinary proceedings (first consideration).
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 89
Relating to: a panel of court of appeals judges in disciplinary proceedings involving a supreme court justice (first consideration).
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 589
Relating to: authority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review a decision of a justice to deny a motion to disqualify the justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 586
Relating to: disqualification of a judge or justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 587
Relating to: equally divided determinations of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters of judicial discipline or permanent disability.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 588
Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 590
Relating to: notice of certain political contributions made to a judge or justice.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 585
Relating to: an objective standard for the disqualification of a judge or justice.
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 569
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as an organ donor. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 574
Relating to: the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 86
Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration).
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 567
Relating to: using the Made in Wisconsin logotype and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 551
Relating to: district board membership for the Milwaukee Area Technical College. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 552
Relating to: preparation and response required by railroad corporations in the event of discharge of transported materials and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 555
Relating to: provision of feminine hygiene products in state buildings and school buildings. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 524
Relating to: policies related to transgender pupils.
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Service. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 507
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 513
Relating to: access by a birth parent whose parental rights have been terminated in this state to identifying information about his or her child and access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent. (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 510
Relating to: health care aid for certain veterans and their family members. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 514
Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 498
Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 499
Relating to: eliminating the requirement that the Natural Resources Board offer certain land for sale.
11/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 487
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody. (FE)
11/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 485
Relating to: going armed with a dangerous weapon at a college or university and providing a criminal penalty.
11/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 484
Relating to: providing additional funding for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program and making an appropriation. (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.
11/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 482
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)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 473
Relating to: the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 474
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 475
Relating to: Indigenous Peoples Day.
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: recognizing November 2015 as Prematurity Awareness Month.
11/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 472
Relating to: prohibiting individuals from doing campaign work while working for other registrants.
10/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: declaring November 13, 2015, "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in the state of Wisconsin.
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 459
Relating to: adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 437
Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. (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.
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 428
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 429
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 430
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
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)
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
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 Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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 400
Relating to: use of child safety restraint systems in motor vehicles. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 401
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates associated with childhood cancer and making an appropriation. (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)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 407
Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 391
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
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)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 375
Relating to: the right to a trial by jury for a juvenile for whom the petitioner has reserved the right to recommend placement in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program or in a juvenile correctional facility beyond the age of majority. (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)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 363
Relating to: offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 351
Relating to: residence of noncustodial parent ordered to register for a work experience and job training program. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 358
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 348
Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 354
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
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)
9/23/2015: 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 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 Bill 342
Relating to: reporting travel expenses for elected state officials seeking national office and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 333
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 334
Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 329
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
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)
8/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 304
Relating to: making companies that outsource jobs ineligible for state tax benefits, grants, and loans, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 300
Relating to: creditable military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 293
Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law.
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 294
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 292
Relating to: a Grow Wisconsin pilot program providing benefits to FoodShare recipients for purchasing Wisconsin-grown foods and making an appropriation.
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 295
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 281
Relating to: awards of construction contracts to minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses by the Department of Administration.
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 284
Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
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)
6/10/2015: 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 Bill 260
Relating to: requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 261
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 252
Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault.
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 245
Relating to: permitting a nutrition class to be an appropriate activity under the FoodShare employment and training program.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 244
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for grocery stores in underserved areas and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
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 228
Relating to: definition of tetrahydrocannabinols.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 224
Relating to: marijuana possession, regulation of marijuana distribution and cultivation, medical marijuana, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana, making appropriations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 231
Relating to: prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subjected to such an environment to bring a civil action.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 234
Relating to: payments to schools under the School Breakfast Program. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 217
Relating to: practice requirement for licensure as a clinical social worker.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 218
Relating to: inheritance by a parent who abandons a child.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 216
Relating to: community school start-up grants and making an appropriation. (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 30
Relating to: designating May as Building Safety Month in Wisconsin.
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.
4/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 193
Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 175
Relating to: communications by members of the legislature.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 181
Relating to: waiving operator's license fees for disabled veterans. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 182
Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college credits based on military training or experience. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 183
Relating to: task force on issues concerning service members returning home from war. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 184
Relating to: the transfer of credits to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 186
Relating to: resident fees for nonresident veterans and eligible spouses and children enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)
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.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 180
Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.
4/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 7
Relating to: reaffirming the Wisconsin Assembly's unwavering commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Wisconsin residents.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
Relating to: proclaiming Workers' Memorial Day.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 159
Relating to: designating the common five-lined skink as the Wisconsin state lizard. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 160
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (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 153
Relating to: application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 155
Relating to: the Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
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 102
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 108
Relating to: requiring a local governmental unit to create a civil service system with a just cause standard of discipline for its employees. (FE)
3/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 101
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 87
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)
3/12/2015: 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)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 85
Relating to: restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: requiring the committees on assembly and senate organization to immediately appoint a joint task force on clean and renewable energy.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 4
Relating to: recognizing, and apologizing to, the members of Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest Act 10.
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)
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: recognizing February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 55
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 59
Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 60
Relating to: creation of a category of limited liability company identified as a low-profit limited liability company.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 35
Relating to: alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (FE)
2/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 29
Relating to: limiting the authority of a law enforcement officer to arrest someone for sleeping or camping in a county park, authorizing local ordinances to prohibit overnight sleeping or camping in a county park, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 22
Relating to: parking near crosswalks.
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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 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 3
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
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)
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)
3/10/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 789
Relating to: medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution entities, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a 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 774
Relating to: physical education in public schools. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 779
Relating to: requiring training for law enforcement offices on cultural competency. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 772
Relating to: production and possession of cannabidiol for treatment of a seizure disorder and providing a penalty. (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 Bill 767
Relating to: Indigenous Peoples Day.
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 760
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 756
Relating to: collecting and analyzing data related to certain strip searches. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 758
Relating to: disclosure to law enforcement of attempted purchases of handguns by persons prohibited from possessing a firearm. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 749
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 750
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (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)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 723
Relating to: damages in personal injury claims involving asbestos trusts.
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 722
Relating to: reducing certain authority of the Milwaukee County executive in the area of land transactions and increasing certain authority of the Milwaukee County Board in that area. (FE)
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 669
Relating to: warning lights on school buses. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 677
Relating to: creating a Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 678
Relating to: restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information required on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 688
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 694
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 88
Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
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.
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)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 670
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 676
Relating to: removing certain information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 679
Relating to: prohibiting revocation of probation, extended supervision, or parole for failure to pay restitution or certain fees. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 685
Relating to: special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making appropriations. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 659
Relating to: disclosing information about executive branch appointments.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 671
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 680
Relating to: removing information regarding acquittals, dismissed criminal charges, and criminal convictions for which a person was pardoned from the Consolidated Court Automation Programs. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 647
Relating to: judicial disqualification based on campaign financial support.
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)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 648
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 620
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/22/2016: 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 637
Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 608
Relating to: pay adjustments for state correctional officers who take certain other civil service positions. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 610
Relating to: limiting overtime at the Department of Corrections.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 636
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
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 612
Relating to: first responders on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 613
Relating to: staff required to be on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 625
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
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 607
Relating to: training for newly hired correctional officers. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 611
Relating to: administration of prescription drugs by correctional officers.
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 574
Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 579
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 528
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 517
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 501
Relating to: requiring sexual abuse prevention education.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 491
Relating to: providing student loan assistance for individuals employed in critical industry sectors, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and making an appropriation. (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 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 462
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 468
Relating to: creating the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Development Policy Board, requiring the creation of a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to be known as the Badger Innovation Corporation, providing for the elimination of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the transfer its functions to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Badger Innovation Corporation, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 471
Relating to: citations to underage persons for alcohol beverages violations and providing a criminal penalty.
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 450
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in crimes against animals, when a stray or abandoned animal may be considered unclaimed, and a court order relating to an animal taken into or held in custody. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration).
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 427
Relating to: preparation and response required by railroad corporations in the event of discharge of transported materials and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 414
Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 424
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as an organ donor. (FE)
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)
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 397
Relating to: district board membership for the Milwaukee Area Technical College. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 378
Relating to: claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
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)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 376
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)
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: recognizing November 2015 as Prematurity Awareness Month.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 370
Relating to: health care aid for certain veterans and their family members. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 365
Relating to: going armed with a dangerous weapon at a college or university and providing a criminal penalty.
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 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 Bill 356
Relating to: providing additional funding for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 352
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 351
Relating to: the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 325
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 326
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 323
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 314
Relating to: adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE)
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 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 308
Relating to: appointment of a successor guardian for a child in need of protection or services and eligibility of a successor guardian for subsidized guardianship payments, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 299
Relating to: lethal violence protective temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a criminal penalty. (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)
9/30/2015: 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 283
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 275
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 270
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (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)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 262
Relating to: the statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 264
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
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).
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
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)
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)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 241
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 232
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)
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.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
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)
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 211
Relating to: making companies that outsource jobs ineligible for state tax benefits, grants, and loans, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 214
Relating to: a Grow Wisconsin pilot program providing benefits to FoodShare recipients for purchasing Wisconsin-grown foods and making an appropriation.
7/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 207
Relating to: awards of construction contracts to minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses by the Department of Administration.
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 204
Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 201
Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law.
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)
6/11/2015: 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 Bill 186
Relating to: waiving operator's license fees for disabled veterans. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 187
Relating to: task force on issues concerning service members returning home from war. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 188
Relating to: the transfer of credits to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 190
Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college credits based on military training or experience. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 191
Relating to: requiring a person who provides care for children without compensation to obtain a child care center license.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 189
Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.
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)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 170
Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 172
Relating to: requiring racial impact statements for bills that create a new crime, modify an existing crime, or modify the penalty for an existing crime. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 167
Relating to: possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana and distribution and delivery of marijuana. (FE)
5/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 166
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 159
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 162
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
5/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 151
Relating to: communications by members of the legislature.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 141
Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling.
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)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 146
Relating to: community school start-up grants 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.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 125
Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 30
Relating to: designating May as Building Safety Month in Wisconsin.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 111
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 97
Relating to: including orders pertaining to household pets in certain restraining orders and injunctions.
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.
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (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 42
Relating to: alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (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.
2/11/2015: 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)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 18
Relating to: the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products containing microbeads and providing a penalty. (FE)
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 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)
1/23/2015: 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 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.
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)
7/8/2015: 2015 AA30-SB21
4/14/2015: 2015 AA8-AB143