2019 Senate Authors

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 4, 8, 14, 17, 19, 22, 28, 37, 59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 78, 79, 81

1899 Erpenbach, Sen. Jon (27th Sen.Dist.; D)

Abrahamson, Justice Shirley: 43 years of service commended and congratulations on her retirement - SJR48

AG powers prior to 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue civil actions prosecuted by DOJ and compromise and settle cases when DOJ is defending the state - SB449

AG powers prior to 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue civil actions prosecuted by DOJ and compromise and settle cases when DOJ is defending the state - AB496

College savings plan distributions used to pay principal and interest on certain loans and apprenticeship program materials: adopting federal Internal Revenue code for state income tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - SB840

College savings plan distributions used to pay principal and interest on certain loans and apprenticeship program materials: adopting federal Internal Revenue code for state income tax purposes; JSCTE appendix report - AB958

Criminal defense of adequate provocation or self-defense eliminated if based on victim’s gender identity or expression or sexual orientation - SB393

Discounts for prompt payment of health care fees allowed - SB763

Double fence or solid barrier for farm-raised deer in CWD areas: financial assistance program created in DATCP - SB910

DPI-issued teachers license required for teachers at private schools participating in a parental choice program or Special Needs Scholarship Program, exception provision - SB660

DPI-issued teachers license required for teachers at private schools participating in a parental choice program or Special Needs Scholarship Program, exception provision - AB728

DPI per pupil payments to private schools participating in parental choice programs: calculation changed - SB659

DPI per pupil payments to private schools participating in parental choice programs: calculation changed - AB727

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged on specified basis, private cause of action provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR103

Flood insurance premiums: individual income tax deduction created, conditions specified; JSCTE appendix report - SB902

Flood insurance premiums: individual income tax deduction created, conditions specified; JSCTE appendix report - AB1020

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; various abortion-related regulations eliminated - SB898

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; various abortion-related regulations eliminated - AB1029

Golf caddies ages 12 and 13 years: may provide caddy services without being employed by a golf course - SB629

Health plan requirements re coverage of preventive services, essential health benefits, and individuals with preexisting conditions; benefit limits, rates, and OCI duties - SB37

Local governmental units required to establish a civil service system; just cause, grievance procedure, and exception provisions - AB936

Manufacturing income limit re manufacturing and agriculture tax credit; revenue increase used for one-time increase to school districts for special education, DOA and DOR duties - SB876

Manufacturing income limit re manufacturing and agriculture tax credit; revenue increase used for one-time increase to school districts for special education, DOA and DOR duties - AB968

Medicaid expansion; DHS duties and BadgerCare Plus Core eliminated - SB361

Medicaid expansion; DHS duties and BadgerCare Plus Core eliminated - AB394

Medical cannabis: DHS to establish registry for specified medical conditions or treatments and issue ID cards; producer, processor, or dispensary to obtain license from DATCP, conditions and fee provisions; discrimination in employment and licensing prohibitions; medical use defense to THC-related prosecutions and forfeiture actions for registered persons; JRCCP may report - SB507

Medical cannabis: DHS to establish registry for specified medical conditions or treatments and issue ID cards; producer, processor, or dispensary to obtain license from DATCP, conditions and fee provisions; discrimination in employment and licensing prohibitions; medical use defense to THC-related prosecutions and forfeiture actions for registered persons; JRCCP may report - AB570

Middleton High School boys cross country team honored for its 2019 state championship - AJR114

Middleton High School girls golf team honored for its 2019 state championship - AJR113

Motorcycle profiling: increased public awareness and collaboration with the community and law enforcement encouraged - AJR143

Neuroimmune disorders in children (including PANS and PANDAS): pediatricians and pediatric specialists required to view MEB approved presentations or webinars; DHS duties - SB648

Noonan Syndrome Awareness Month: February recognized as - SJR91

Noonan Syndrome Awareness Month: February recognized as - AJR125

Patient right to medically accurate information: health care provider obligation to provide and civil action provisions created; employment retribution prohibited - SB897

Patient right to medically accurate information: health care provider obligation to provide and civil action provisions created; employment retribution prohibited - AB1028

Pharmacy benefit manager regulation and registration with OCI established; audits of pharmacists or pharmacies requirements; insurance policy cannot restrict or penalize pharmacy for informing insured of price differences of prescribed drug or device; drug substitution, cost sharing limitation, and choice of provider provisions - SB100

Pharmacy benefit manager regulation and registration with OCI established; audits of pharmacists or pharmacies requirements; insurance policy cannot restrict or penalize pharmacy for informing insured of price differences of prescribed drug or device; drug substitution, cost sharing limitation, and choice of provider provisions - AB114

Pregnant women eligible for MA: DHS to seek approval to extend post-partum coverage - SB324

Pregnant women eligible for MA: DHS to seek approval to extend post-partum coverage - AB346

Soil and water resource management program: bonding authority increased - SB903

Soil and water resource management program: bonding authority increased - AB1021

Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out; pupil enrollment cap in statewide, Milwaukee, and Racine parental choice programs; DPI duties - SB658

Special Needs Scholarship Program phased out; pupil enrollment cap in statewide, Milwaukee, and Racine parental choice programs; DPI duties - AB730

``Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch Memorial Highway”: portion of STH 33 in Columbia County designated as, contributions from interested parties provision - SB84

``Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch Memorial Highway”: portion of STH 33 in Columbia County designated as, contributions from interested parties provision - AB77

State aid to resident school district of pupil attending private school under the parental choice program: DPI cannot make certain reductions unless electors approve by referendum - SB661

Tax increment value reporting error in 2018: property tax reimbursement provisions - SB269

Tax increment value reporting error in 2018: property tax reimbursement provisions - AB306

TID revisions re joint review board’s voting requirements, limits on cash grants a city or village provides to a developer, and alternative economic projections required in the project plan - SB560

Transgender Day of Remembrance: November 20, 2019 proclaimed as - SJR53

Undetectable firearms manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying prohibited, plans for manufacture provision; possession of frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number prohibited; JRCCP may report - SB862

Undetectable firearms manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and carrying prohibited, plans for manufacture provision; possession of frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number prohibited; JRCCP may report - AB960

UW System faculty tenure and probationary appointments provisions restored to those prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - SB417

Wisconsin Shares: TANF allocation and child care provider rates increased - SB889

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Erpenbach, Sen. Jon (27th Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:10, 21, 41, 74, 142, 204, 242, 300, 303, 312, 319, 321, 335, 337, 357, 367, 396, 397, 398, 410, 411, 431, 433, 436, 463, 489, 452, 494, 495, 519, 542, 557, 569, 623, 641, 666, 686, 692, 699, 700, 714, 722, 725, 729, 756, 768, 866, 867, 916, 917, 841, 919, 938, 955, 959, 996, 1019, 1025, 1026, 1027

Assembly Joint Resolutions:4, 3, 10, 28, 22, 30, 52, 67, 68, 69, 61, 72, 76, 80, 91, 116, 124, 134, 156

Senate Bills:1, 12, 49, 65, 83, 107, 130, 135, 214, 225, 266, 288, 302, 304, 308, 316, 329, 340, 366, 367, 380, 392, 419, 438, 448, 453, 446, 472, 489, 502, 509, 511, 530, 566, 567, 572, 596, 620, 623, 632, 640, 649, 814, 826, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 856, 896, 899, 900, 901

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 5, 8, 11, 15, 38, 37, 47, 51, 52, 61, 67, 78, 82, 87, 100, 105

1900 Feyen, Sen. Dan (18th Sen.Dist.; R)

Advance directive registry re power of attorney for health care instruments, declarations to physicians, do-not-resuscitate orders, authorizations for final disposition, and other advance directives: DHS to develop and implement; provisions for previously filed advance directives - SB93

Advance directive registry re power of attorney for health care instruments, declarations to physicians, do-not-resuscitate orders, authorizations for final disposition, and other advance directives: DHS to develop and implement; provisions for previously filed advance directives - AB83

Agreement on transferability of credits between UW Board of Regents and TCS Board: new agreement requirements established and JCF duties; tribally controlled and private nonprofit colleges in this state allowed to participate - SB165

Archer licenses, resident and nonresident, authorize hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow; resident and nonresident crossbow licenses eliminated; DNR duties - AB944

Bear bait or feed placed in stumps: exception modified [Admin.Code NR 10.07] - SB719

Bow or crossbow: placing, possessing, or transporting in a vehicle, motorboat, ATV, or UTV revised - SB231

Businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated; definition provision - SB12

Businesses that move out of state or the U.S.: income and franchise tax deductions for moving expenses eliminated; definition provision - AB10

Career advancement scholarship program for adults without postsecondary credentials: HEAB to establish, conditions specified; JCF provision - SB481

Career advancement scholarship program for adults without postsecondary credentials: HEAB to establish, conditions specified; JCF provision - AB536

Career and technical education incentive grants: DWD appropriation increased - SB16

Career and technical education incentive grants: DWD appropriation increased - AB23

City manager system of government: city or village may impose residency requirement on its city manager - SB92

City manager system of government: city or village may impose residency requirement on its city manager - AB87

Consolidated school districts: new aid program created, conditions set - SB207

Council on Workforce Investment and local workforce development boards established to provide employment and training services to homeless or those at risk of being homeless - SB124

Council on Workforce Investment and local workforce development boards established to provide employment and training services to homeless or those at risk of being homeless - AB122

Counting tips of tipped employees: DWD to promulgate rules re employer use of electronic signature to acknowledge gratuities - SB758

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - SB82

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - AB66

Creditable military service under WRS: revisions re DOC employees - SB154

Creditable military service under WRS: revisions re DOC employees - AB164

Dispensing gasoline-ethanol fuel blends from same fueling nozzle as gasoline with no ethanol: requirements revised - SB349

Dispensing gasoline-ethanol fuel blends from same fueling nozzle as gasoline with no ethanol: requirements revised - AB382

Fantasy contests: definitions and operator registration provisions created; DFI duties - SB491

Fantasy contests: definitions and operator registration provisions created; DFI duties - AB547

Financial institution loans to a payable-on-death account owner; payment duty of bank to a lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s, teller’s, or certified check; temporary authority of mortgage loan originator applicant; possession by financial institution of property subject to garnishment; data processing services provided to financial institutions; certain Federal Home Loan Bank loan limitations; Banking Review Board and Savings Institutions Review Board consolidated and renamed Banking Institutions Review Board - SB457

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by person who is a fugitive from justice: prohibition created; DOJ duties; JRCCP may report - SB517