Born Bloomington, IL, 1967; married; 2 children. Graduate Columbus H.S. (Marshfield) 1985; A.A. UW-Marshfield/Wood Co. 1987; B.A. with distinction UW-Madison 1989; M.A. international affairs The American U. (Washington, D.C.) 1991; M.S. natural resources UW-Stevens Point 1997. Full-time legislator. Former police officer, City of Onalaska. Member: Wis. Farm Bureau Fed.; Ducks Unlimited; National Farmers Union; Pheasants Forever; Trout Unlimited; The Nature Conservancy. Former member: Onalaska Professional Police Assn. (pres.); Wis. Professional Police Assn; Wis. Crime Victims Council. Recipient: Wisconsin Professional Police Association Legislator of the Year 2009-10; Friend of Grocers 2012, 2010. UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources Advisory Committee.
Elected to Assembly 2008; reelected since 2010.(first or second author, first sponsor)
3/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 791
Relating to: eliminating police powers for railway companies.
3/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 792
Relating to: complaints against railroad police officers. (FE)
3/2/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 966
Relating to: local authority to modify highway speed restrictions.
2/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 958
Relating to: the awarding of academic excellence higher education scholarships to pupils of public and tribal high schools with enrollments of at least 20 but fewer than 80 pupils. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 761
Relating to: local authority to modify highway speed restrictions.
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 923
Relating to: reimbursement of expenses for suppressing a forest fire.
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 913
Relating to: creating a program for reimbursing the higher education debt of small farm operators, creating an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts received from such a program, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 739
Relating to: limiting city and village authority to annex town territory. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 740
Relating to: Department of Administration advisory review of certain annexations. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 732
Relating to: the awarding of academic excellence higher education scholarships to pupils of public and tribal high schools with enrollments of at least 20 but fewer than 80 pupils. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 736
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making appropriations. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 888
Relating to: creation of the State of Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board and Wisconsin next generation reserve fund, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice, services, and facilities to state agencies and others, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 877
Relating to: notice to an alleged father's parents and siblings of a juvenile court proceeding concerning a child in need of protection or services. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 878
Relating to: creation of a grant program for teachers employed by sparsely populated school districts and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 652
Relating to: notice to an alleged father's parents and siblings of a juvenile court proceeding concerning a child in need of protection or services. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 633
Relating to: creation of a grant program for teachers employed by sparsely populated school districts and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 598
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that the governor approve a proposed rule that is considered at the joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the Department of Natural Resources and county meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and limitation of the scope of the requirements that an economic impact analysis and statement of scope be prepared for such a proposed rule. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 576
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 577
Relating to: regulating and monitoring airborne particulate matter and respirable silica and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 700
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 634
Relating to: regulating and monitoring airborne particulate matter and respirable silica and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 635
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 396
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 58
Relating to: proclaiming the second week in September each year as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 56
Relating to: proclaiming November 1 to 7, 2015, as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 331
Relating to: taste samples of fermented apple cider provided by a winery.
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 240
Relating to: provider of last resort obligations of certain telecommunications providers. (FE)
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)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 215
Relating to: growing and processing industrial hemp, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 150
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 151
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 149
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 152
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 98
Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 101
Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 99
Relating to: county authority relating to exploration for a type of industrial sand. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 100
Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 89
Relating to: grants for farm to school programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 32
Relating to: protecting open and transparent government in Wisconsin.
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1017
Relating to: establishing college savings accounts for children born in this state and making an appropriation. (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)
3/21/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 31
Relating to: proclaiming December 2016 as Wisconsin Wing Civil Air Patrol Month.
3/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 973
Relating to: classifying county jailers, detention officers, and correctional officers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
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.
2/12/2016: 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 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming April 28, 2016, Workers' Memorial Day in Wisconsin.
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 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 898
Relating to: faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: pedestrians crossing railroads.
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 869
Relating to: nonemergency medical transportation for Medical Assistance recipients in certain counties. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 859
Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 862
Relating to: damages in personal injury claims involving asbestos trusts.
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)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (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 832
Relating to: pay adjustments for state correctional officers who take certain other civil service positions. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 833
Relating to: reports of incidents between inmates and prison employees and between inmates.
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 814
Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
1/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 807
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
1/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 805
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 694
Relating to: notice of unclaimed funds held by a county treasurer. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 705
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 697
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/7/2016: 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 642
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
1/6/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 570
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 566
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (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)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 544
Relating to: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 546
Relating to: creating a student loan reimbursement program for individuals who relocate to certain rural counties, authorizing non-rural counties to create a similar student loan reimbursement program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 527
Relating to: authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 507
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 504
Relating to: the age restriction for operation of a small utility terrain vehicle.
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.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 435
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (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)
10/16/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 417
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
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 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)
9/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 342
Relating to: reporting travel expenses for elected state officials seeking national office and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
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 317
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 320
Relating to: temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. (FE)
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 Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
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 291
Relating to: the color of clothing required to be worn during the season for hunting deer with firearms.
7/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 289
Relating to: exempting out-of-state emergency medical services personnel from licensure requirements.
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 286
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 267
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/5/2015: 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.
5/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 10
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 246
Relating to: possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana and distribution and delivery of marijuana. (FE)
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of David Duax.
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 234
Relating to: payments to schools under the School Breakfast Program. (FE)
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)
5/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 35
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 203
Relating to: supply and use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain authorized entities. (FE)
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2014-15 basketball season, reaching the NCAA Final Four, and making it to the NCAA Championship Game.
4/22/2015: 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.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 165
Relating to: town zoning ordinances affecting shorelands.
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 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 155
Relating to: the Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/31/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 122
Relating to: exempting certain vehicles of utilities from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations. (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)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 107
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (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)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (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)
3/5/2015: 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 69
Relating to: fraud in parental choice programs and providing a penalty.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 76
Relating to: regulation of unarmed combat sports. (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.
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 62
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
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.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 37
Relating to: requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 47
Relating to: membership of boards of commissioners established for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 38
Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)
2/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 30
Relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians. (FE)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Baseball National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: congratulating Melvin Gordon III on his remarkable college football career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers.
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.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 18
Relating to: taste samples of intoxicating liquor provided on certain retail licensed premises.
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)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 785
Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: congratulating the National Park Service on its centennial and celebrating the recreation and conservation benefits to our state and nation.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 723
Relating to: damages in personal injury claims involving asbestos trusts.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 105
Relating to: proclaiming May 3, 2016, as National Teacher Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 721
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 706
Relating to: creating a program for reimbursing the higher education debt of small farm operators, creating an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts received from such a program, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 688
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 690
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
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 655
Relating to: reimbursement of expenses for suppressing a forest fire.
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 Bill 646
Relating to: nonemergency medical transportation for Medical Assistance recipients in certain counties. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 648
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 649
Relating to: growing and processing industrial hemp, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 634
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (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 609
Relating to: reports of incidents between inmates and prison employees and between inmates.
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 599
Relating to: regulation of unarmed combat sports and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
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 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.
1/19/2016: 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.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 573
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
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 542
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 539
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 527
Relating to: notice of unclaimed funds held by a county treasurer. (FE)
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)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 452
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 444
Relating to: authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 423
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 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 416
Relating to: creating a student loan reimbursement program for individuals who relocate to certain rural counties, authorizing non-rural counties to create a similar student loan reimbursement program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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 394
Relating to: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 381
Relating to: the age restriction for operation of a small utility terrain vehicle.
11/4/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 71
Relating to: Proclaiming November as Native American Heritage Month in Wisconsin.
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: recognizing November 2015 as Prematurity Awareness Month.
10/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 348
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 330
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
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.
9/15/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: proclaiming the second week in September each year as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
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.
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)
8/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 223
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 221
Relating to: definition of tetrahydrocannabinols.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 216
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 210
Relating to: exempting out-of-state emergency medical services personnel from licensure requirements.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 212
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
7/16/2015: 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)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 200
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 196
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 194
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 174
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 176
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 167
Relating to: possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana and distribution and delivery of marijuana. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 162
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
5/4/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 35
Relating to: proclaiming May 2015 as Motorcycle Awareness Month.
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 Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its outstanding 2014-15 basketball season and reaching the NCAA championship game.
4/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 139
Relating to: supply and use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain authorized entities. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
4/14/2015: 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.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 107
Relating to: the Badger Health Benefit Authority, health benefit exchange operation, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 113
Relating to: town zoning ordinances affecting shorelands.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 115
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 116
Relating to: open enrollment applicant priority.
3/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 106
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
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.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 80
Relating to: exempting certain vehicles of utilities from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations. (FE)
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 83
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 79
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE)
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 73
Relating to: instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 60
Relating to: taste samples of fermented apple cider provided by a winery.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 58
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 48
Relating to: the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board.
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 39
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 34
Relating to: requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 37
Relating to: the issuance of retail alcohol beverage licenses for premises on which another business is conducted and the presence of underage persons on premises operating under a retail alcohol beverage license. (FE)
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.
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerry Van Sistine.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2015, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 16
Relating to: taste samples of intoxicating liquor provided on certain retail licensed premises.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 17
Relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians. (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 3
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB793
Relating to: creation of a grant program for teachers employed by sparsely populated school districts and granting rule-making authority.
2/8/2016: 2015 AA1-AB754
1/27/2016: 2015 AA2-AB611
9/24/2015: 2015 AA2-ASA1-AB310
9/24/2015: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB310
