2023 Senate Authors

Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools: provisions prior to 2011 WisAct 240 reinstated - AB499

Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools: provisions prior to 2011 WisAct 240 reinstated - SB556

Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools: provisions prior to 2011 WisAct 240 reinstated - SB562

Voter registration forms and information provided to high school students eligible to register to vote - AB498

Voter registration forms and information provided to high school students eligible to register to vote - SB551

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created - AB1183

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created - SB1087

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer - AB515

WRS teacher annuitant hired as a teacher by a WRS participating employer - SB512

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Smith, Sen. Jeff (31st Sen.Dist.; D)

Assembly Bills:10, 11, 28, 23, 48, 115, 120, 116, 133, 140, 218, 219, 260, 288, 289, 301, 307, 340, 350, 352, 358, 359, 363, 366, 368, 372, 381, 385, 402, 403, 423, 472, 473, 474, 475, 478, 479, 481, 485, 501, 508, 509, 506, 513, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 537, 538, 557, 563, 564, 581, 582, 584, 585, 588, 589, 590, 591, 594, 595, 596, 597, 602, 615, 623, 631, 634, 643, 655, 657, 677, 678, 700, 701, 707, 717, 718, 728, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 740, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 750, 751, 754, 755, 756, 766, 775, 776, 777, 785, 787, 789, 802, 809, 810, 819, 825, 827, 833, 841, 840, 843, 729, 848, 849, 852, 859, 911, 948, 949, 916, 991, 1000, 1044, 1046, 1050, 1055, 1080, 1066, 1082, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1113, 1114, 1117, 1119, 1124, 1130, 1132, 1136, 1144, 1145, 1156, 1161, 1184, 1194, 1203, 1207, 1208, 1210, 1229

Assembly Joint Resolutions:10, 5, 11, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 38, 42, 50, 51, 44, 61, 54, 67, 68, 86, 95, 107, 108, 121, 138, 139, 140

Senate Bills:13, 14, 28, 36, 55, 113, 116, 120, 134, 298, 161, 218, 262, 302, 307, 322, 341, 352, 353, 365, 370, 372, 380, 383, 395, 414, 469, 474, 486, 487, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 503, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 520, 529, 533, 534, 535, 536, 540, 552, 566, 567, 568, 574, 590, 595, 615, 619, 622, 633, 637, 659, 662, 670, 675, 679, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 717, 718, 711, 712, 713, 719, 723, 732, 733, 734, 755, 761, 762, 777, 793, 795, 804, 819, 871, 877, 894, 907, 935, 938, 955, 981, 982, 995, 1004, 1007, 1012, 1013, 1022, 1025, 1033, 1044, 1064, 1065, 1069, 1093, 1103, 1104, 1113

Senate Joint Resolutions:10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25, 39, 41, 42, 44, 50, 51, 62, 86, 97, 99, 119, 120, 133

Senate Resolutions:1

2561 Spreitzer, Sen. Mark (15th Sen.Dist.; D)

Absentee ballot for the presidential primary: timeline for municipal clerks to send or transmit to certain electors modified - SB433

Absentee ballot requests and returns: text message confirmation of receipt; confidentiality provision - SB39

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow - AB857

Additional sales and use taxes: municipalities may enact ordinance to allow - SB815

Automatic renewals in consumer contracts: requirements created; DATCP and private civil action provisions - AB417

Bathing periods for inmates: DOC and sheriffs to ensure minimum number per week - SB745

Beginning farmer and owners of farm assets income tax credit created - AB1124

Beginning farmer and owners of farm assets income tax credit created - SB1025

Candidate adjudged guilty of felony campaign finance or election fraud violations: court to order candidate committee dissolved and conditions on disbursement of funds specified - SB334

Child abuse and neglect reporting hotline posted in schools required - SB23

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - SB953

Childhood obesity prevention and management program grants: DHS funding - SB952

Civic Information Consortium Board created and attached to the UW System re nonprofit corporation to award grants to support local journalism and media projects; report required - AB1139

Civic Information Consortium Board created and attached to the UW System re nonprofit corporation to award grants to support local journalism and media projects; report required - SB1042

Condemnation authority used to acquire land to establish or extend recreational trails, bicycle ways or lanes, or pedestrian ways: prohibition eliminated - AB863

Condemnation authority used to acquire land to establish or extend recreational trails, bicycle ways or lanes, or pedestrian ways: prohibition eliminated - SB816

Constitutional restrictions on marriage eliminated. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR97

Conversion therapy involving a minor: mental health providers prohibited from engaging in; specified examining boards required to investigate and discipline if violations are found - SB1065

“Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway”: portion of STH 11 from Village of Orfordville to Village of Footville designated as - AB225

“Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway”: portion of STH 11 from Village of Orfordville to Village of Footville designated as - SB223

Criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect eliminated for claims based on discovery of victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation - SB307

Diapers and feminine hygiene products: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB219

Discrimination on basis of person’s gender identity or gender expression prohibited - AB501

Discrimination on basis of person’s gender identity or gender expression prohibited - SB474

Drug products prescribed to counteract anaphylaxis: therapeutic interchange by pharmacist allowed - AB849

Drug products prescribed to counteract anaphylaxis: therapeutic interchange by pharmacist allowed - SB783

Dry cleaner environmental response program eliminated; Revitalize Wisconsin program created re hazardous substances and environmental cleanup - SB1071

Election and voting law changes: automatic voter registration, deceptive election practices, voter intimidation and suppression, polling place posting and language requirements, election manual, and withholding of voluntarily provided elector information; voter bill of rights; JRCCP may report - SB548

Election supplies and equipment: grants to municipalities - SB936

Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month: March designated as - AJR134

Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month: March designated as - SJR128

Energy Innovation Grant Program appropriation - SB775

Epinephrine auto-injector: cost sharing under health insurance policies and plans capped - SB935

Epinephrine for ambulances: DHS to reimburse ambulance service providers, conditions specified - AB848

Epinephrine for ambulances: DHS to reimburse ambulance service providers, conditions specified - SB782

Equal Pay Day: March 15, 2023 recognized as - SJR22

Expenditure Restraint Incentive Program replaced with Municipality Payment Program - AB854

Expenditure Restraint Incentive Program replaced with Municipality Payment Program - SB818

Food security grant program created in DATCP re food assistance from nonprofit food banks and food pantries - SB713

Foreign nationals prohibited from contributing to a referendum committee and the committee cannot accept such contributions - SB563

Gender-neutral terminology and gender-neutral marriage and parental rights adopted; JSCTE appendix report - AB1000

Gender-neutral terminology and gender-neutral marriage and parental rights adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB907

Gun safes, trigger locks, and barrel locks: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - AB352

Gun safes, trigger locks, and barrel locks: sales and use tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - SB353

Homestead tax: maximum income threshold increased and indexed for inflation - AB458

Homestead tax: maximum income threshold increased and indexed for inflation - SB456

ID card issued by DOT to establish residency for DNR approvals allowed; DOT to allow DNR access to certain records - SB310

ID cards required to pick up certain prescribed controlled substances: adding certain ID cards and documents issued by a foreign government - AB445

ID cards required to pick up certain prescribed controlled substances: adding certain ID cards and documents issued by a foreign government - SB441

ID scanners provided to alcohol beverage retail licensees by municipalities: prohibition repealed; data from device cannot be collected or retained - SB827

In person absentee ballot application period expanded - SB937

Interacting with generative AI that simulates conversation: disclaimer required - AB1158

Interacting with generative AI that simulates conversation: disclaimer required - SB1072

Intersex Awareness Day recognized October 26, 2023 - AJR51

Intersex Awareness Day recognized October 26, 2023 - SJR41

Jewish American Heritage Month: May 2023 proclaimed as - AJR29

Jewish American Heritage Month: May 2023 proclaimed as - SJR35

Job guarantee and full employment grant program: DWD to conduct study - SB1110

Journalism fellowship program created in the UW System - AB1141

Journalism fellowship program created in the UW System - SB1040

Law enforcement agency third-party accreditation award program established - SB1088

LGBTQ Pride Month: June 2023 recognized as - SJR51

LGBTQIA+ rights training grants: DPI to award to school boards - AB1203

LGBTQIA+ rights training grants: DPI to award to school boards - SB1103

Local newspaper subscription: income tax credit created - AB1140

Local newspaper subscription: income tax credit created - SB1041

Maple syrup served in a public eating place requirement - SB567

Marriage law changes: eliminating the exception for minors between ages 16 and 18 and the spousal exception for certain sex crimes against children; annulment if a party was under age 18 - AB1229

Marriage law changes: eliminating the exception for minors between ages 16 and 18 and the spousal exception for certain sex crimes against children; annulment if a party was under age 18 - SB1030

Married persons filing a separate return allowed to claim EITC under certain conditions - SB243

Medical debt: health care provider or collection agency requirements prior to reporting to a consumer reporting agency - SB1068

Mobile or manufactured home community: resident right to purchase created; notification provision - SB930

Municipal rent control and inclusionary zoning: prohibitions repealed; DOA appendix report - SB821