2019 Senate Authors

Right to vote of persons barred from voting re certain felony convictions restored after incarceration period ends; voter registration forms and voting procedure provisions - SB348

Service of certain pleadings and other papers: electronic mail provisions created - SB63

Service of certain pleadings and other papers: electronic mail provisions created - AB59

Service of notice of claim against a state officer, employee, or agent: requirements modified re AG’s office - SB62

Service of notice of claim against a state officer, employee, or agent: requirements modified re AG’s office - AB58

Sexual contact with an animal, obscene depictions of, or facilitating access to animal for purposes of: felony penalties; child under age 13 and sex offender registration provisions; JRCCP may report - SB139

Shared governance at UW System institutions: statutory provisions restored to form prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - SB397

``Smoking" definition for purposes of the general indoor smoking prohibition does include inhaling or exhaling vapor from a vapor product - SB442

State parks daily admission fees waived April 22nd of each year (Earth Day) - SB848

Transportation network companies and participating drivers: regulations revised re complaints, suspending drivers, criminal background checks, and forfeitures; JRCCP may report - SB255

Transportation network companies, their drivers, and the driver’s vehicle: local regulation permitted - SB256

Unattended firearms in a retail facility: storage requirements - AB415

Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (2005) adopted - SB642

Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (2005) adopted - AB718

Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act: 2014 modifications adopted and renamed the Uniform Voidable Transactions Law - SB643

Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act: 2014 modifications adopted and renamed the Uniform Voidable Transactions Law - AB719

Uniform Limited Partnership Act and Uniform Limited Liability Act modifications; changes to state’s partnership law and law governing business corporations and nonstock corporations; emergency rule provision; JRCCP may report - SB810

Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act modified to adopt the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act - SB650

UW Madison Badgers football team commended on 2019 achievements and winning the Big Ten West Division - AJR121

UW Madison Badgers women’s volleyball team: congratulations on an incredible 2019 season and advancing to the NCAA Championship game - AJR137

UW Madison women’s hockey team commended for winning the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championship title - SJR22

UW Madison women’s hockey team commended for winning the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championship title - AJR25

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

UW System faculty tenure and probationary appointments provisions restored to those prior to 2015 WisAct 55 - AB463

UW System research contract requirements revisions - SB42

Wrongful imprisonment: claim provisions modified, Claims Board and DHS duties; health insurance coverage from GIB and temporary financial assistance; JSCTE appendix report - SB881

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Risser, Sen. Fred (26th Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:5, 10, 20, 22, 32, 33, 38, 40, 41, 118, 132, 141, 152, 156, 177, 168, 204, 214, 221, 226, 227, 228, 248, 242, 252, 254, 255, 259, 267, 269, 270, 289, 291, 300, 303, 309, 312, 319, 321, 330, 334, 336, 337, 346, 378, 377, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 400, 401, 422, 411, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423, 425, 431, 436, 449, 475, 476, 477, 491, 452, 496, 520, 501, 509, 570, 574, 582, 589, 573, 636, 641, 666, 660, 693, 698, 700, 714, 720, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 735, 756, 760, 766, 768, 797, 822, 827, 828, 830, 831, 832, 816, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 888, 889, 890, 892, 912, 916, 917, 919, 920, 854, 923, 933, 928, 935, 936, 945, 946, 960, 961, 1006, 1008, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1020, 1021, 1028, 1029, 1034

Assembly Joint Resolutions:4, 3, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, 28, 21, 22, 18, 23, 24, 29, 30, 36, 33, 35, 41, 47, 43, 44, 42, 52, 59, 67, 68, 69, 61, 72, 71, 78, 80, 83, 84, 93, 91, 94, 96, 98, 104, 102, 109, 115, 117, 124, 134, 131, 135, 141, 152, 153, 156

Senate Bills:1, 5, 12, 19, 22, 25, 37, 40, 49, 73, 80, 100, 113, 146, 159, 200, 209, 211, 212, 222, 225, 235, 246, 249, 253, 259, 261, 262, 266, 293, 302, 308, 309, 312, 316, 324, 340, 347, 361, 364, 366, 367, 372, 373, 376, 393, 420, 423, 424, 444, 449, 446, 468, 469, 480, 493, 507, 509, 517, 522, 530, 538, 539, 566, 567, 572, 574, 596, 605, 617, 627, 630, 632, 640, 651, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 675, 716, 732, 744, 750, 751, 757, 776, 779, 790, 814, 816, 854, 855, 856, 862, 890, 891, 892, 897, 898, 902, 903, 906

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 26, 28, 30, 36, 38, 37, 39, 40, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 74, 78, 83, 87, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103

1916 Roth, Sen. Roger (19th Sen.Dist.; R)

After-school and out-of-school-time programs: DPI grant program established, requirements specified - SB258

Assessment of leased property and assessor requirements; property assessed at highest and best use; ``dark property" defined - SB130

Authorized state building program for 2019-2021 amended to add grant to Wisconsin Veterans Village Association, Inc. to assist with construction and renovation - AB1031

Building plan examination and plumbing plan examination requirements: exceptions created; DSPS and fee provisions - SB820

Building plan examination and plumbing plan examination requirements: exceptions created; DSPS and fee provisions - AB962

Caller ID spoofing prohibited and telecommunications service may block calls under set conditions - SB132

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions; JRCCP may report - SB175

Child born alive after abortion: requirements of health care providers present and criminal penalties created, damage provisions; JRCCP may report - AB179

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

Coronavirus originating in Wuhan Province of China: Wisconsin Senate stands in solidarity with the Chinese people and condemns actions of the Communist Party of China for intentionally misleading the world and other actions - SR7

Disabled American Veterans: 100th anniversary and continued service to veterans honored - SJR99

Electric bicycle operation regulations established - SB129

Electric bicycle operation regulations established - AB132

Hill, Richard G. ``Rick”: honoring the life and service of former Chairman of the Oneida Nation - SJR98

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day: May 14 designated as; Governor proclamation provision - SB735

Labeling a food product as milk: prohibition created; DATCP duties; enactment by other states provision - SB466

Liens on aircraft and aircraft engines: requirements established - SB557

Liens on aircraft and aircraft engines: requirements established - AB611

``Michael G. Ellis Memorial Interchange”: DOT to designate and mark interchange of I 41, USH 10, and STH 441 in Winnebago County as - SB1

``Michael G. Ellis Memorial Interchange”: DOT to designate and mark interchange of I 41, USH 10, and STH 441 in Winnebago County as - AB9

November 11 (Veterans Day) designated a state holiday and state offices close; paid holidays for state employees provision - AB351

Order of business: moving the Tenth Order after the Fourteenth Order on the daily calendar [Senate rules 17 (1) (j), (k) (title), (L) (title), (m) (title), (n) (title)] - SR4

Organization of the 2019-2020 Senate, list of officers, and notification to the Assembly and Governor - SR1

Personal property tax exemption on all machinery, tools, and patterns; maximum individual income tax sliding scale standard deduction increased; state’s general obligation and variable rate debt reduction; JSCTE appendix report - SB821

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

School-based mental health consultation pilot program in Outagamie County created; DHS duties and reports required - SB608

School bus warning lights: prohibition on using flashing red lights in specified areas removed - SB305

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

University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project may request funding from JCF - SB446

University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project may request funding from JCF - AB452

Urban search and rescue task force: regional structural collapse teams within the DEM changed to; accreditation and local agency provisions - SB551

Urban search and rescue task force: regional structural collapse teams within the DEM changed to; accreditation and local agency provisions - AB568

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Roth, Sen. Roger (19th Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:4, 24, 114, 146, 147, 180, 268, 251, 300, 311, 348, 516, 644, 684, 785, 821, 910, 985

Assembly Joint Resolutions:3, 30, 39, 81, 88, 131, 132, 133

Senate Bills:18, 26, 102, 174, 243, 266, 325, 537

Senate Joint Resolutions:4, 5, 18, 32, 37, 62, 67, 69, 78, 81, 102

1917 Schachtner, Sen. Patty (10th Sen.Dist.; D)

Alkaline hydrolysis to cremate human remains: DSPS to establish compliance requirements, emergency rule provision - SB443

Alkaline hydrolysis to cremate human remains: DSPS to establish compliance requirements, emergency rule provision - AB492

Behavioral health crisis management system: onetime grant from DHS to critical access hospital, conditions set - SB618

Bikers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A.) commended for work with abused children - SJR88

Broadband expansion grant program: PSC to give farms a priority - SB834

Broadband expansion grant program: PSC to give farms a priority - AB955

Cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products: placement by retailers restricted - SB118

Crisis intervention training grants for law enforcement agencies and correctional officers: amount increased and overtime costs allowed - SB456

Crisis intervention training grants for law enforcement agencies and correctional officers: amount increased and overtime costs allowed - AB510

CWD research and management: DNR funding - SB473

CWD research and management: DNR funding - AB533

Deer carcass disposal sites and large metal containers: DNR required to provide; CWD education and funding provisions - SB477

Disaster assistance payments from AG modified re matching funds, hazard mitigation, and emergency work and permanent work designated by FEMA; appropriation and DEM FTE positions provisions - SB901

Disaster assistance payments from AG modified re matching funds, hazard mitigation, and emergency work and permanent work designated by FEMA; appropriation and DEM FTE positions provisions - AB1027

Equal Pay Day: April 2, 2019 recognized as - SJR15

Establishing the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix National Heritage Area in Wisconsin and Minnesota: efforts supported - SJR76

Farm succession planning programs: creating positions within the UW System - SB448

Farmland preservation implementation grants and agreements and farmland preservation tax credits revisions - SB575

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