Born Kenosha, August 7, 1955; married; 2 children. Graduate Mary D. Bradford H.S. 1973; B.S. UW-Milwaukee 1977; attended Harvard U.; M.A. UW-Madison 1983. Past president, Aurora Assoc. International. Former CEO, Northpointe Resources; National Ombudsman and Midwest Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Bus. Admin. Member: Foundation Bd. of Dir., UW-Parkside; Internatl. Society for ISCTR (co-founder, secy./pres.); WIS-ITALIA (past pres.). Former member: Com. to Found the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha (chp.); Lake County Partnership on Econ. Dev. (exec. com.) and Econ. Dev. Com. on Small Business (chp.); Small Business Forum of DNC (nat’l co-chair); Kenosha Family and Aging Ser. (bd. mbr.); Kenosha Incubator Assn. (chm.); Partnership for a Stronger Economy.
Elected to Assembly 1984-1992 (resigned 6/8/93 upon election to U.S. Congress); reelected since 2008. Minority Leader 2015, 2013, 2011; Majority Caucus Chairperson 2009, 1993, 1991.
Member of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
(first or second author, first sponsor)
4/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 32
Relating to: protecting open and transparent government in Wisconsin.
3/10/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 786
Relating to: alternative sentencing for certain drunken driving offenses and providing penalties. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 785
Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
3/1/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 118
Relating to: honoring Wisconsin snowplow drivers and their tireless work in keeping Wisconsin drivers and roadways safe.
2/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 952
Relating to: the requirement that a high school pupil successfully complete a civics exam as a condition for obtaining a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma.
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 769
Relating to: enforcing liens on personal property stored in self-service storage facilities and units, towing a vehicle of a lessee in default, authorizing the sale of self-service storage limited lines insurance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/12/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 911
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 731
Relating to: destroying public records and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 24
Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on local control and unfunded mandates.
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 887
Relating to: destroying public records and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 886
Relating to: reports by recipients of loans, grants, or tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 869
Relating to: nonemergency medical transportation for Medical Assistance recipients in certain counties. (FE)
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: recognizing the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce for 100 years of excellent service and dedication to the greater Kenosha area.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 861
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning, Medicaid expansion, and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 859
Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 858
Relating to: contract requirements for the awarding of grants, loans, and tax credits by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. (FE)
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 860
Relating to: reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 853
Relating to: use of wireless telephones while driving and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 854
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 855
Relating to: fraud in parental choice programs, Medicaid expansion, eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, and providing a criminal penalty.
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 818
Relating to: enforcing liens on personal property stored in self-service storage facilities and units, towing a vehicle of a lessee in default, authorizing the sale of self-service storage limited lines insurance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 646
Relating to: nonemergency medical transportation for Medical Assistance recipients in certain counties. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 634
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 762
Relating to: disapproval of amendments to condominium documents.
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)
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)
12/18/2015: 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)
12/7/2015: 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)
11/16/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 20
Relating to: honoring the victims of recent international tragedies and condemning radical Islamic terrorist assailants.
11/16/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 19
Relating to: offering and consideration of campaign finance proposals.
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: prohibiting certain contributions to legislative campaign committees and personal campaign committees.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 461
Relating to: ending the statewide parental choice program. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 462
Relating to: Medicaid expansion, eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, and ending the statewide parental choice program. (FE)
10/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 76
Relating to: proclaiming October 26 to 30, 2015, as Canada Week in Wisconsin, and Tuesday, October 27, 2015, as Canada Day at the state capitol.
10/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 15
Relating to: proclaiming October as Italian-American Heritage Month.
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 13
Relating to: notice for committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 62
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 329
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 12
Relating to: requiring the Committee on Assembly Organization to meet and consider a resolution affirming the Wisconsin State Assembly's commitment to the state's open record and open government laws.
6/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 11
Relating to: requesting that the committee on assembly organization meet to introduce an assembly resolution requesting that the governor and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation submit certain Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation records to the legislature.
5/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 10
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 214
Relating to: exemptions to certain boating restrictions for operators of hydro-flight devices and operators of personal watercraft that assist in powering hydro-flight devices.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: recognizing the achievements and outstanding service of Herzing University and the Herzing family.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 166
Relating to: the purchase of food by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. (FE)
4/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: commending the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys' varsity basketball team for winning the 2015 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Championship title.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
Relating to: remembrance of April 24, 2015, as the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 112
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
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 103
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
Relating to: recognizing the achievements and outstanding service of Herzing University and the Herzing family.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 86
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and students and making appropriations. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 5
Relating to: recognizing, and apologizing to, the members of Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest Act 10.
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.
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: congratulating Melvin Gordon III on his remarkable college football career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: designating January as Mentoring Month in Wisconsin.
2/24/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 949
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products. (FE)
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 27
Relating to: investigation of juvenile and adult corrections programs and facilities.
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 901
Relating to: aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 852
Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 813
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
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.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 756
Relating to: special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
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.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 710
Relating to: stipends for the Wisconsin Council on Mental Health. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 702
Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, childhood cancer, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, and nurses and the nursing profession, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making appropriations. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 705
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 666
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 643
Relating to: compensating victims of crime. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: commending and congratulating the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 605
Relating to: campaign finance reporting by social welfare organizations; individual contribution limits to political parties and committees; 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.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 571
Relating to: information required on building permit forms and reporting requirements for municipalities that issue building permits. (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).
12/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 560
Relating to: disconnection devices for distributed generation facilities.
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 557
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
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)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 542
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Service. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 507
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 508
Relating to: providing immunity from civil and criminal liability to certain health care providers for performing a body cavity search.
11/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as diabetes awareness month.
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 Resolution 17
Relating to: requiring the committee on assembly organization to immediately appoint a task force on the middle class.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 75
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin.
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 432
Relating to: revocation of operating privilege for certain offenses related to operating while intoxicated, operating after revocation, and providing a criminal penalty. (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)
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 409
Relating to: the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 405
Relating to: exemptions from certain taxes and other requirements for work performed by persons from outside the state during a state of emergency declared by the governor. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 378
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 364
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 366
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 367
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/25/2015: 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)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 352
Relating to: requiring persons accused of violating traffic laws and ordinances related to driving while intoxicated to appear in person in court. (FE)
9/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 14
Relating to: requiring Governor Scott Walker and Scott Walker, Inc., to reimburse the state for all out-of-state travel and security costs relating to his candidacy for president of the United States.
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 57
Relating to: congratulating Whistling Straits, the Kohler Company, and Herbert Kohler Jr. on the 97th Annual PGA Championship.
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)
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 328
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
8/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 308
Relating to: providing an exemption from civil liability for forcibly entering a vehicle under certain circumstances.
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 294
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 295
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 266
Relating to: requiring or allowing persons who have committed certain offenses related to drunken driving to acquire an ignition interlock device in order to operate certain motor vehicles and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 253
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 44
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 243
Relating to: restrictions on hunting antlerless deer by members of a group hunting party.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 221
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (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)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.
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 Bill 198
Relating to: the use of a cellular or other wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle in a construction zone and providing a penalty.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/22/2015: 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 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.
4/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's basketball team for winning the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
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)
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 145
Relating to: grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (FE)
3/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 114
Relating to: falsely claiming military service or honors, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
3/18/2015: 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 83
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
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 Bill 82
Relating to: instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 81
Relating to: modifying and repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions and the Department of Revenue relating to documents filed with county registers of deeds.
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)
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 63
Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.
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 36
Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 35
Relating to: alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 24
Relating to: variable rate loans.
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 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 14
Relating to: the regulation of raffles. (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)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 737
Relating to: increasing funding for grants to provide skills enhancement services, modifying eligibility requirements for receiving services funded by those grants, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 693
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution. (FE)
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 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.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 87
Relating to: recognizing the dedicated volunteers of the Fond du Lac area Water Action Volunteer program for their critical work on Fond du Lac area waterways, rivers, streams, and creeks.
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 623
Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.
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 630
Relating to: reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes.
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 579
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
1/12/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 550
Relating to: special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 546
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 455
Relating to: penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate 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 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
10/23/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 65
Relating to: proclaiming October 26 to 30, 2015, as Canada Week in Wisconsin, and Tuesday, October 27, 2015, as Canada Day at the state capitol.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 335
Relating to: revocation of operating privilege for certain offenses related to operating while intoxicated, operating after revocation, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 300
Relating to: the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (FE)
10/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 287
Relating to: various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 280
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 268
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 269
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 271
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 272
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 50
Relating to: recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/9/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 48
Relating to: congratulating Whistling Straits, the Kohler Company, and Herbert Kohler Jr. on the 97th Annual PGA Championship.
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 241
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 236
Relating to: temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. (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)
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 229
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 227
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for building materials that become a part of a facility for a local unit of government or nonprofit organization. (FE)
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 230
Relating to: providing an exemption from civil liability for forcibly entering a vehicle under certain circumstances.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 222
Relating to: requiring or allowing persons who have committed certain offenses related to drunken driving to acquire an ignition interlock device in order to operate certain motor vehicles and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 215
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 216
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
6/11/2015: 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 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.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 192
Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 174
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 176
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 162
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 163
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and students and making appropriations. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 145
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 142
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 124
Relating to: grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (FE)
4/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point men's basketball team for winning the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
4/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: commending the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys' varsity basketball team for winning the 2015 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Championship title.
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.
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: commending Pope Francis.
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)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 33
Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 27
Relating to: shareholder objections to corporate political expenditures.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 20
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 18
Relating to: the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products containing microbeads and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: the public service of Laura Rose.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/22/2015: 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 5
Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, the filing and investigation of wage claims, the statute of limitations for filing a wage claim action, the payment of interest, penalties, and surcharges on wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 3
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 AA1-AA1-SB615
2/18/2016: 2015 AA1-SB503
2/18/2016: 2015 AA3-AB403
2/18/2016: 2015 AA1-AB623
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA2-AB741
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges, tribal colleges, and University of Wisconsin institutions and college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation.
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB669
Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and providing a criminal penalty.
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-SB449
2/16/2016: 2015 AA3-AB486
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-SB436
2/16/2016: 2015 AA4-AB640
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB771
Relating to: drug law enforcement grants.
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB820
Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program, eligible applicants under that program, certification of political subdivisions under that program, Medicaid expansion, eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, and making appropriations.
2/11/2016: 2015 ASA1-SB238
Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.
2/9/2016: 2015 AA3-ASA1-AB497
2/9/2016: 2015 ASA2-AB497
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
2/9/2016: 2015 AA2-ASA1-AB497
11/16/2015: 2015 AA5-SA1-AB388
11/16/2015: 2015 AA4-SA1-AB388
11/16/2015: 2015 AA3-SA1-AB388
11/16/2015: 2015 AA1-SA1-AB388
10/27/2015: 2015 AA10-AB373
10/27/2015: 2015 AA9-AB373
10/27/2015: 2015 AA7-AB373
10/21/2015: 2015 AA9-AB387
10/21/2015: 2015 AA6-AB388
10/21/2015: 2015 AA5-AB388
9/23/2015: 2015 AA2-ASA1-AB325
9/23/2015: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB325
7/8/2015: 2015 AA31-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA28-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA26-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA15-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA14-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA12-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA5-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA2-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA1-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 ASA1-AR12
Relating to: requiring the Committee on Assembly Organization to meet and consider a resolution affirming the Wisconsin State Assembly's commitment to the state's open record and open government laws.
5/13/2015: 2015 AA1-SB40
4/14/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB143
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
4/14/2015: 2015 AA6-AB143
3/17/2015: 2015 AA3-AB80
3/5/2015: 2015 AA10-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA6-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA5-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA4-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 ASA1-SB44
Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization, collection of nonchargeable expenses by private sector unions, and providing a penalty.
1/22/2015: 2015 ASA2-SJR2
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
