2019 Senate Authors

Neonatal abstinence syndrome: MEB to issue treatment best practices guidelines - SB580

Nitrate testing grant program for private well owners established; DHS, local health department, and report provisions - SB137

Nitrogen optimization pilot program created in DATCP re nitrate loading; UW institutions and grants provisions; emergency rules provision - SB718

Nitrogen optimization pilot program created in DATCP re nitrate loading; UW institutions and grants provisions; emergency rules provision - AB796

Nurse aides: required hours of instructional programing - SB103

Nurse aides: required hours of instructional programing - AB76

Opioid antagonist administration and medication-assisted treatment: county jails may enter into a written agreement to provide and civil liability immunity; DHS to study medication-assisted treatment in prisons and jails, report required - SB594

PFAS management zone: DNR grants to municipalities for testing and funding for sampling, testing, and studying; positions in DNR authorized, JCF provision; agricultural chemical cleanup fund and well compensation program provisions - AB921

PFAS management zones established; notification, reports, and grant and loan program requirements; DNR duties and advisory committee established; emergency rule provision - SB774

PFAS management zones established; notification, reports, and grant and loan program requirements; DNR duties and advisory committee established; emergency rule provision - AB922

PFAS testing grants to municipalities; funding to DNR for provisions in SB774 - SB775

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: certain sunsets extended - SB581

Property assessed clean energy (PACE) program: political subdivision loan repayment agreement limited to commercial property or residential property with at least five dwelling units - SB452

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district: bidding threshold increased - SB559

Pupils enrolled in 4-year-old kindergarten program requiring full day attendance: counting for state aid purposes modified - SB408

Reciprocal teaching license provisions revised - SB184

Retailer’s sales tax liability: DOR may disclose to successor - SB54

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects modified; resolution, report, and LAB audit provisions - SB494

Revenue limit for school districts: ceiling freeze exception created - SB437

Revenue limit for school districts: ceiling freeze exception created - AB473

School safety plan requirements applied to operators of independent charter schools; frequency of plans submitted to Office of School Safety revised and random sampling reviewed annually - SB824

School safety plan requirements applied to operators of independent charter schools; frequency of plans submitted to Office of School Safety revised and random sampling reviewed annually - AB965

Sexual assault kits: procedures for transmission, processing, and storage created - SB200

Sexual assault kits: procedures for transmission, processing, and storage created - AB214

Solar energy and wind energy systems: DWD grants to reimburse employers re employee training and certification - SB218

Solar energy and wind energy systems: DWD grants to reimburse employers re employee training and certification - AB237

Solids or hazardous waste facility owned by a municipality: alternative method to establish proof of financial responsibility; DNR duties - SB714

State debt guaranties not public debt; delegation of authority by UW Board of Regents; UW-affiliated organizations provisions; certain UW institution employees considered state public officials and subject to the state code of ethics - SB388

State debt guaranties not public debt; delegation of authority by UW Board of Regents; UW-affiliated organizations provisions; certain UW institution employees considered state public officials and subject to the state code of ethics - AB370

State park annual vehicle admission fee waived for families with pupil in grade four; visitor activity guide for schools provision - SB212

State park annual vehicle admission fee waived for families with pupil in grade four; visitor activity guide for schools provision - AB252

Stewardship Program: amount obligated for water infrastructure projects in state parks increased - SB125

Stewardship Program: amount obligated for water infrastructure projects in state parks increased - AB134

Tick-borne Disease Study Committee established, report required - SB300

Tick-borne Disease Study Committee established, report required - AB313

TID number 9 in Village of Little Chute: 12 percent rule changed to 15 percent rule - SB785

TID number 9 in Village of Little Chute: 12 percent rule changed to 15 percent rule - AB821

University of Virginia men’s basketball team and head coach Tony Bennett commended for winning the 2019 NCAA Division 1 National Championship - AJR34

Washington Island Observer newspaper eligible to receive compensation for publishing legal notices - SB147

Waterfowl hunting stamp fee increased - SB611

Wetland mitigation bank changes; DNR duties and emergency rule provision - SB169

World Trade Month: May 2019 proclaimed as - SJR31

World Trade Month: May 2019 proclaimed as - AJR37

WRS annuity or lump sum payment: DETF to withhold money to satisfy restitution order, crimes specified; JRCCP may report - SB233

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Cowles, Sen. Robert (2nd Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:9, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22, 24, 25, 30, 35, 38, 41, 44, 45, 46, 55, 67, 70, 83, 84, 90, 112, 114, 117, 129, 146, 147, 141, 148, 152, 169, 161, 159, 160, 162, 175, 176, 178, 184, 187, 190, 186, 191, 179, 193, 195, 206, 210, 213, 225, 257, 262, 234, 293, 297, 273, 276, 282, 307, 308, 335, 341, 344, 380, 382, 422, 410, 464, 465, 481, 482, 489, 451, 452, 498, 520, 503, 506, 543, 548, 553, 557, 568, 577, 583, 585, 560, 561, 565, 566, 599, 600, 606, 598, 611, 633, 645, 647, 649, 692, 695, 699, 743, 778, 801, 787, 785, 838, 934

Assembly Joint Resolutions:1, 3, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 27, 29, 30, 33, 31, 35, 39, 54, 59, 71, 78, 81, 96, 101, 102, 109, 117, 133

Senate Bills:12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 34, 42, 45, 47, 49, 60, 64, 74, 93, 105, 100, 111, 130, 132, 139, 142, 150, 153, 155, 162, 163, 166, 164, 167, 170, 172, 178, 175, 188, 202, 208, 244, 239, 270, 272, 275, 281, 290, 304, 317, 321, 349, 364, 380, 428, 429, 438, 433, 446, 469, 485, 493, 513, 514, 517, 527, 529, 534, 548, 551, 557, 561, 565, 608, 623, 628, 629, 727, 728, 730, 735, 797

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 4, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 36, 37, 44, 60, 62, 66, 67, 74, 78, 83, 102

Senate Resolutions:7

1897 Craig, Sen. David (28th Sen.Dist.; R)

Aggregate sites and concrete batch sites re transportation projects: local zoning ordinance exemption expanded to include - SB276

Alternative project delivery in DOT: design-build projects pilot program authorized and office of innovative program delivery created, report required; emergency rules provision - SB285

Articles of Impeachment against President Trump opposed - SJR93

Assessor may not change valuation of property based solely on recent arm’s length sale of the property - SB624

Assessor may not change valuation of property based solely on recent arm’s length sale of the property - AB691

Bidding procedures for highway improvements: DOT may readvertise if it receives only one bid and it exceeds estimated value of the work - SB284

Bidding procedures for highway improvements: DOT may readvertise if it receives only one bid and it exceeds estimated value of the work - AB285

Bills creating an occupational license requirement: DSPS report required and LRB duties - SB541

Blue Book and highway map distribution revised - SB436

CCAP website: Director of State Courts required to ensure certain information is available in a searchable format - SB301

CCAP website: Director of State Courts required to ensure certain information is available in a searchable format - AB322

``Class B” license limit on sales of distilled spirits for off-premises consumption eliminated - SB83

Concealed carry licensee may possess a firearm in place of worship unless posted otherwise according to the trespassing laws; school grounds provision - SB822

Concealed carry licensee may possess a firearm in place of worship unless posted otherwise according to the trespassing laws; school grounds provision - AB985

Dental therapist licensure created, emergency rule provision - SB89

Dental therapist licensure created, emergency rule provision - AB81

DHS prohibited from certifying a MA provider that is a private entity providing abortion services, federal waiver provision - SB187

Discretionary merit award program: DOT to develop - SB283

Discretionary merit award program: DOT to develop - AB284

DOC required to recommend revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision if person is charged with a crime while on parole, probation, or extended supervision - SB752

DOC required to recommend revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision if person is charged with a crime while on parole, probation, or extended supervision - AB805

Election inspector: pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program may serve as; conditions specified - SB606

Electronic voting machine to cast in-person absentee ballot, called the efficiency option, authorized; municipal resolution, Elections Commission duties, challenged elector, and penalty provisions - SB193

Electronic voting machine to cast in-person absentee ballot, called the efficiency option, authorized; municipal resolution, Elections Commission duties, challenged elector, and penalty provisions - AB203

``Eligible employee” for group health plan coverage: definition amended to account for the normal work week of fire fighters - SB475

Eminent domain law revisions - SB847

Eminent domain law revisions - AB948

EMS programs: expands circumstances and health care facilities for providing emergency medical care and transport, conditions set - SB434

Fixed-price variable-scope bridge contract: DOT required to use, conditions set, and report required - SB278

GPR collected and purposes for which amounts are spent: DOR to maintain a website to display this information, DOA to assist - SB90

Highway construction: DOT to maintain list of subbase materials and associated thicknesses; bidders may base bids on equivalent subbase materials on the list - SB272

Highway improvement involving reconstruction or replacement: same scope as existing highway required (replace in kind), exception provision - SB281

Highway improvement involving reconstruction or replacement: same scope as existing highway required (replace in kind), exception provision - AB282

Highway project cost reduction incentives: contractor proposals and DOT authority to amend the contract - SB273

Highway project design inventory for design-build projects: DOT required to maintain - SB274

Honorary discharge of a firearm at events for former military, law enforcement, or firefighters, or on certain holidays: municipal restriction of firearm discharge does not apply - AB75

Honorary discharge of a firearm at events for former military, law enforcement, or firefighters, or on certain holidays: municipal restriction of firearm discharge does not apply - SB102

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibit enforcement of federal or state law; authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence enforcement action, writ of mandamus provision; reduction of shared revenue payments; and political subdivision is liable for damage caused by an illegal alien - SB151