2019 Senate Authors

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

Hours of direct pupil instruction requirement: exception for high performing schools when school is closed due to emergency or inclement weather - SB112

Housing authorities: undertaking of mixed developments authorized and bidding threshold for housing authority projects increased; DOA appendix report - SB663

Insurance data cybersecurity requirements created; OCI duties, security program, notification, and confidentiality provisions - SB784