Senator Patrick Testin

2021 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

• 3/10/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1119
  Relating to: correction of inaccurate communicable disease data.

• 3/10/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1100
  Relating to: minority teacher loan program information. (FE)

• 3/10/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1120
  Relating to: the availability of information on crimes through the consolidated court automation programs.

• 3/10/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1131
  Relating to: local health officer orders to control the 2019 novel coronavirus.

• 3/9/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1042
  Relating to: correction of inaccurate communicable disease data.

• 3/9/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1039
  Relating to: local health officer orders to control the 2019 novel coronavirus.

• 3/7/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1093
  Relating to: location of deaths from COVID-19.

• 3/7/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1081
  Relating to: nursing degree program enrollment at University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)

• 3/7/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1082
  Relating to: reporting on, and charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)

• 3/3/2022: 2021 Senate Resolution 14
  Relating to: designating the week of May 1, 2022, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

• 2/24/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1030
  Relating to: minority teacher loan program information. (FE)

• 2/23/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1016
  Relating to: reporting on, and charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)

• 2/23/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1025
  Relating to: location of deaths from COVID-19.

• 2/23/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1022
  Relating to: nursing degree program enrollment at University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)

• 2/23/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1023
  Relating to: federal financial participation for health services for Afghan refugees. (FE)

• 2/23/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 1017
  Relating to: the availability of information on crimes through the consolidated court automation programs.

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1044
  Relating to: an online dashboard relating to the state's receipt and expenditure of federal COVID-19 relief funds. (FE)

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1045
  Relating to: online dashboards reporting on the performance of certain state agencies with respect to core agency functions. (FE)

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 1046
  Relating to: reports and district attorney charging decisions concerning allegations of fraud or misconduct at an election. (FE)

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 978
  Relating to: reports and district attorney charging decisions concerning allegations of fraud or misconduct at an election. (FE)

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 979
  Relating to: online dashboards reporting on the performance of certain state agencies with respect to core agency functions. (FE)

• 2/17/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 980
  Relating to: an online dashboard relating to the state's receipt and expenditure of federal COVID-19 relief funds. (FE)

• 2/15/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 976
  Relating to: peer recovery specialists.

• 2/9/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 972
  Relating to: prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy and other services under health plans.

• 2/9/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 948
  Relating to: removing the livestock requirement under the well compensation grant program and requiring an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance. (FE)

• 2/9/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 972
  Relating to: prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy and other services under health plans.

• 2/1/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 927
  Relating to: peer recovery specialists.

• 2/1/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 902
  Relating to: FoodShare work and FoodShare employment and training requirements and drug testing.

• 1/31/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 935
  Relating to: FoodShare work and FoodShare employment and training requirements and drug testing.

• 1/28/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 913
  Relating to: extending the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, extending the maximum life, and increasing the number of allowed amendments to modify the boundaries for Tax Incremental District Number 5 in the city of Middleton. (FE)

• 1/21/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 901
  Relating to: third-party food delivery services and providing a penalty.

• 1/13/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 861
  Relating to: third-party food delivery services and providing a penalty.

• 1/6/2022: 2021 Senate Bill 834
  Relating to: creating a tax credit for local media advertising. (FE)

• 1/6/2022: 2021 Assembly Bill 806
  Relating to: removing the livestock requirement under the well compensation grant program and requiring an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance. (FE)

• 12/7/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 741
  Relating to: tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges and COVID-19 vaccination requirements. (FE)

• 12/2/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 735
  Relating to: free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards, and Wisconsin grant funding allocation. (FE)

• 11/30/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 747
  Relating to: free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards, and Wisconsin grant funding allocation. (FE)

• 11/19/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 711
  Relating to: tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges and COVID-19 vaccination requirements. (FE)

• 11/8/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 677
  Relating to: creating a commercial nitrogen optimization pilot program, providing crop insurance rebates for cover crops, creating a hydrogeologist position, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 11/8/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 678
  Relating to: nitrates under the well compensation program; eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants; and the annual allocation plan for county conservation grants. (FE)

• 10/21/2021: 2021 Senate Joint Resolution 71
  Relating to: proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin.

• 10/19/2021: 2021 Assembly Joint Resolution 90
  Relating to: proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin.

• 10/6/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 598
  Relating to: farm-raised game bovids. (FE)

• 10/4/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 593
  Relating to: sex-selective, disability-selective, and other selective abortions and providing a penalty.

• 10/4/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 592
  Relating to: congenital condition educational resources. (FE)

• 10/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 594
  Relating to: congenital condition educational resources. (FE)

• 10/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 595
  Relating to: sex-selective, disability-selective, and other selective abortions and providing a penalty.

• 9/15/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 563
  Relating to: farm-raised game bovids. (FE)

• 8/31/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 521
  Relating to: regulation of structures and accessory structures in floodplains.

• 8/26/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 521
  Relating to: regulation of structures and accessory structures in floodplains.

• 8/5/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 482
  Relating to: regulating travel insurance. (FE)

• 8/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 491
  Relating to: regulating travel insurance. (FE)

• 8/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 497
  Relating to: inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers. (FE)

• 8/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 485
  Relating to: prior authorization of specially formulated nutritional supplements and replacements. (FE)

• 7/21/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 466
  Relating to: inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers. (FE)

• 7/14/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 453
  Relating to: prior authorization of specially formulated nutritional supplements and replacements. (FE)

• 6/14/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 396
  Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

• 6/10/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 394
  Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

• 6/7/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 386
  Relating to: settlement of the multidistrict opiate litigation.

• 6/4/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 374
  Relating to: settlement of the multidistrict opiate litigation.

• 5/27/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 367
  Relating to: loan for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. (FE)

• 5/25/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 369
  Relating to: loan for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. (FE)

• 5/21/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 343
  Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 5/14/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 345
  Relating to: designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. (FE)

• 5/14/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 346
  Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 5/7/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 315
  Relating to: the practice of athletic training.

• 5/3/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 308
  Relating to: creating an individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc., and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 4/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 329
  Relating to: the practice of athletic training.

• 4/21/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 311
  Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present and providing a penalty. (FE)

• 4/21/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 321
  Relating to: creating an individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc., and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 4/8/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 255
  Relating to: the regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

• 4/8/2021: 2021 Senate Resolution 5
  Relating to: designating the week of May 2, 2021, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

• 3/31/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 259
  Relating to: the regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

• 3/31/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 220
  Relating to: providing information about educational options offered in a school district.

• 3/31/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 226
  Relating to: playing or singing the national anthem at certain sporting events.

• 3/31/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 214
  Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

• 3/25/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 207
  Relating to: the use of alkaline hydrolysis to cremate human remains and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

• 3/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 228
  Relating to: the use of alkaline hydrolysis to cremate human remains and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

• 3/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 229
  Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

• 3/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 231
  Relating to: providing information about educational options offered in a school district.

• 3/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 244
  Relating to: playing or singing the national anthem at certain sporting events.

• 3/23/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 190
  Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers.

• 3/23/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 181
  Relating to: newborn screening for Krabbe disease and requiring evaluation of additional lysosomal storage disorders for mandatory screening. (FE)

• 3/12/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 202
  Relating to: state response to COVID-19 related to health services and practice of health care providers licensed outside of this state.

• 3/10/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 194
  Relating to: newborn screening for Krabbe disease and requiring evaluation of additional lysosomal storage disorders for mandatory screening. (FE)

• 3/10/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 189
  Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 3/5/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 147
  Relating to: imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

• 3/5/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 136
  Relating to: potato marketing board grant and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 3/5/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 135
  Relating to: cranberry marketing board grant and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 3/3/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 165
  Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers.

• 2/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 154
  Relating to: cranberry marketing board grant and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 155
  Relating to: potato marketing board grant and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 157
  Relating to: grants to technical college and tribal college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/24/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 160
  Relating to: imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

• 2/24/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 116
  Relating to: reimbursement of wheelchairs and power mobility devices for recipients of Medical Assistance who reside in a nursing home. (FE)

• 2/18/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 125
  Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtraction for tuition paid for apprenticeship programs. (FE)

• 2/16/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 109
  Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (FE)

• 2/15/2021: 2021 Senate Resolution 4
  Relating to: observing February 28, 2021, as Rare Disease Day.

• 2/12/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 66
  Relating to: community health center grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/11/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 103
  Relating to: reimbursement of wheelchairs and power mobility devices for recipients of Medical Assistance who reside in a nursing home. (FE)

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 44
  Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty.

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 54
  Relating to: farmland preservation implementation grants, agreements, and tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 41
  Relating to: opioid and methamphetamine data system and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 43
  Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 45
  Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults with securities accounts, violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

• 2/10/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 46
  Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.

• 2/5/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 84
  Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (FE)

• 2/5/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 68
  Relating to: farmland preservation implementation grants, agreements, and tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 2/4/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 59
  Relating to: community health center grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 1/29/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 29
  Relating to: the governor's bear tag.

• 1/29/2021: 2021 Assembly Bill 22
  Relating to: member meetings, bylaws, and emergency powers of a cooperative.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 46
  Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 48
  Relating to: the governor's bear tag.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 49
  Relating to: opioid and methamphetamine data system and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 17
  Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 18
  Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 19
  Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 20
  Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults with securities accounts, violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

• 1/28/2021: 2021 Senate Bill 25
  Relating to: member meetings, bylaws, and emergency powers of a cooperative.