2023 Senate Authors

“Urban town” designation allowed to limit extraterritorial zoning and plat approval and annexation by other municipalities; connection to their water or sewerage systems by certain other local governments - AB768

“Urban town” designation allowed to limit extraterritorial zoning and plat approval and annexation by other municipalities; connection to their water or sewerage systems by certain other local governments - SB691

UW System branch campus redevelopment grants from WEDC to political subdivisions; Richland County provision - SB518

Veteran and surviving spouse property tax credit: eligibility expanded - SB102

Veterans’ Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month: November 2023 declared as - AJR90

Veterans’ Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month: November 2023 declared as - SJR83

Victim or witness who is an elder person: expediting proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings; preserving testimony in criminal matters - AB556

Victim or witness who is an elder person: expediting proceedings in criminal and delinquency cases and juvenile dispositional hearings; preserving testimony in criminal matters - SB516

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - AB331

Wild parsnip declared a noxious weed by local governments or American Indian tribes or bands: grants to control, monitor, and eliminate; Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation funding - SB269

Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - AB946

Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc.: permanent individual income tax checkoff created - SB853

Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW Stevens Point: Board of Regents required to provide funding - SB449

Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission: WEDC to create advisory committee; report required - SB594

Other proposals authored or co-authored by Testin, Sen. Patrick (24th Sen.Dist.; R)

Assembly Bills:2, 45, 64, 65, 52, 55, 56, 90, 58, 102, 105, 106, 115, 109, 120, 137, 138, 131, 141, 142, 217, 222, 237, 243, 244, 251, 272, 275, 287, 266, 303, 339, 304, 343, 354, 367, 372, 385, 394, 425, 440, 443, 449, 452, 454, 416, 467, 465, 511, 540, 580, 548, 620, 624, 634, 578, 655, 656, 672, 616, 668, 667, 779, 834, 846, 847, 856, 900, 945, 921, 1005, 970, 973, 975, 976, 1030, 1019, 1057, 1039, 1037, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1036, 1070, 1110, 1079, 1125, 1153, 1168

Assembly Joint Resolutions:1, 23, 26, 27, 42, 47, 54, 76, 77, 78, 82, 103, 108, 105, 113, 128, 118, 123

Senate Bills:49, 59, 76, 92, 106, 109, 113, 115, 120, 139, 147, 212, 213, 216, 222, 230, 247, 249, 253, 266, 270, 284, 296, 324, 325, 332, 344, 355, 362, 370, 383, 396, 415, 431, 440, 448, 462, 484, 480, 546, 573, 595, 619, 635, 680, 639, 689, 702, 747, 787, 791, 792, 810, 838, 877, 895, 917, 933, 940, 946, 959, 964, 965, 966, 976, 977, 978, 979, 981, 993, 1007, 1011, 1026, 1059, 1066, 1074

Senate Joint Resolutions:2, 24, 28, 30, 47, 71, 73, 78, 74, 96, 99, 100, 104, 112, 117, 118

2567 Tomczyk, Sen. Cory (29th Sen.Dist.; R)

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - AB1037

Absentee ballots: information required for witness certificate or it cannot be counted; penalty if anyone other than the voter or witness corrects a defect - SB966

Absentee voting in a qualified retirement home or residential care facility revisions; DHS provision - SB887

Agricultural road improvement grant program established - SB247

American Birkebeiner Week: February 19-25, 2024 proclaimed as - SJR98

American Birkebeiner Week: February 20-26, 2023 proclaimed as - SJR3

Ban on baiting deer in counties with confirmed positive CWD or bovine TB tests modified - SB30

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - AJR88

Brandy old-fashioned declared Wisconsin’s state cocktail - SJR84

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - AB651

Cameras in highway work zones: political subdivision may install and maintain re traffic accidents and other violations - SB614

Campaign finance reports: all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit reports to Ethics Commission - SB822

Central bank digital currency (CBDC): state prohibited from accepting payment in this form - AB725

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - AB376

Child support payments in cases where a parent is convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of a child - SB375

Childhood obesity prevention and management program created in DHS; grants, reports, and JSCTE appendix report provisions - AB1014

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 - AB1015

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

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - AB647

Claims against commercial motor vehicle carriers: limiting recovery of noneconomic damages - SB613

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - AB621

Construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property: temporary limited easement created - SB589

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - AB645

Counties may appropriate money to a nonprofit organization operating a food bank or food pantry - SB539

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - AB275

Delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way: process for a highway improvement contractor to seek damages, report required; rules modified [Admin.Code Trans 220.06] - SB270

Earned wage access service companies: regulations created, report required - SB579

Elective official of a political subdivision: eligibility for an office after removal or resignation from that office - AB95

Elective official of a political subdivision: eligibility for an office after removal or resignation from that office - SB104

Farm service license endorsement: seasonal period for “F” endorsement increased - AB74

Farm service license endorsement: seasonal period for “F” endorsement increased - SB66

Farmland preservation tax credit disallowed for acres with a photovoltaic solar energy system - AB480

Farmland preservation tax credit disallowed for acres with a photovoltaic solar energy system - SB468

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions - AB1004

Federal refugee resettlement and assistance program: local governments required to designate individual for consultation; county refugee placement committee provisions - SB916

Federally chartered youth membership organizations: upon request, public and independent charter schools to allow representatives to provide information to pupils on school property - SB549

Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project funding; report required - SB220

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of; photograph provision - SB411

Food products containing cultured animal cells or tissues: sale of without proper label prohibited; penalties and emergency rule provisions - SB544

Free speech and academic freedom standards and due process in disciplinary proceedings established at UW System and TCS institutions; civil cause of action, grant funding, and Wisconsin grant funding provisions - SB575

Gathering in places of worship: state and political subdivisions cannot forbid or order closures in response to a state of emergency. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR60

Gathering in places of worship: state and political subdivisions cannot forbid or order closures in response to a state of emergency. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR54

Gender transition medical intervention for individuals under age 18: health care providers prohibited from engaging in, causing the engagement in, or making referrals for; exceptions and examining and credentialing boards provisions - SB480

Gender transition procedure: civil cause of action against health care provider for minor injured by; defense provisions - SB479

Graduate medical training grants: distribution, maximum, eligibility, and renewal revisions; new grant for a graduate medical training consortia created - SB643

Guaranteed income program: political subdivisions may not expend moneys on - SB236

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially - SB159

Harboring or transporting a runaway child without guardian or parental consent: crime created; JRCCP may report - AB794

Harboring or transporting a runaway child without guardian or parental consent: crime created; JRCCP may report - SB749

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - AB89

Highway maintenance or construction area: definition expanded re traffic violations - SB97

Highway setback areas: DOT authority limited - AB422

Highway setback areas: DOT authority limited - SB413

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day recognized May 14, 2023; honoring Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the U.S. in the Vietnam War - AJR43

Hmong-Lao Veterans Day recognized May 14, 2023; honoring Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the U.S. in the Vietnam War - SJR43

Internationally trained physicians and physician assistants: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery - AB954

Internationally trained physicians and physician assistants: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery - SB900

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - AB1034

Interscholastic athletic association: school district prohibited from being a member unless the association is governed by the state’s public records and open meetings laws - SB980

Jury service: court may excuse persons at least 70 years of age - AB411

Jury service: court may excuse persons at least 70 years of age - SB405

LAB performance audit of election processes following a general election required; noncompliance and report provisions - AB749

LAB performance audit of election processes following a general election required; noncompliance and report provisions - SB736

Land surveyors reclassified for WC insurance purposes - AB962

Land surveyors reclassified for WC insurance purposes - SB893

Law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program: DHS to establish; report required - SB610

LESB reimbursement to political subdivisions for law enforcement training increased; Office of School Safety to develop school resource officer standards, provide training, and maintain a database - SB209

Local exposition district created by the City of Superior; taxes, bond, and referendum provisions - SB342