Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 763

  relating to: carrying a concealed weapon, possessing or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances, background checks for handgun purchases, photographic identification cards for retired law enforcement officers, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, providing an exemption from rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  	1.00 (3%)			1.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 617

  relating to: coverage of certain health care costs in cancer clinical trials.

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (17%)			5.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 766

  relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (24%)			7.00 (4%)

  2005 Regular Session Senate Bill 63

  creating a revenue limit for the state and local governmental units, depositing excess revenue into an emergency reserve, returning excess revenue to taxpayers, elector approval for exceeding the revenue limit, state and local governmental approval for reducing the revenue limit, allowing local governmental units to raise revenue to compensate for reductions in state aid, requiring the state to reduce its revenue limit in conjunction with reduction in state aid, reimbursing the reasonable costs of imposing state mandates, standing to bring a suit to enforce the revenue limits, and requiring the approval of only one legislature to amend the revenue limit provisions (first consideration).

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (7%)		2.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 578

  relating to: confidentiality of health care review records and immunity.

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  		3.00 (10%)		3.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 77

  relating to: creating a revenue limit for the state and local governmental units, depositing excess revenue into an emergency reserve, returning excess revenue to taxpayers, elector approval for exceeding the revenue limit, state and local governmental approval for reducing the revenue limit, allowing local governmental units to raise revenue to compensate for reductions in state aid, requiring the state to reduce its revenue limit in conjunction with reduction in state aid, reimbursing the reasonable costs of imposing state mandates, standing to bring a suit to enforce the revenue limits, and requiring the approval of only one legislature to amend the revenue limit provisions (first consideration).

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  		5.00 (20%)		5.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 1073

  relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  		11.00 (41%)		11.00 (7%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  University of Wisconsin System

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  5.00 (5%)				5.00 (3%)

  Health and Family Services: Medical Assistance

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  68.00 (73%)	2.00 (8%)			70.00 (42%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Lobbying Effort On Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Primary care expansion in Milwaukee

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  1.87 (2%)				1.87 (1%)

  Hospital construction

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  9.33 (10%)	6.55 (22%)			15.88 (10%)

  Increasing the cigarette tax

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  9.33 (10%)				9.33 (6%)

  Medicaid funding

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  	2.08 (7%)	2.41 (9%)	7.26 (44%)	11.75 (7%)

  Hospital and health care information

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  	2.38 (8%)			2.38 (1%)

  Medical Liability Reform

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  			2.97 (18%)	2.97 (2%)

  Health Care Reform

  2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
  			6.27 (38%)	6.27 (4%)