Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 1

  Relating to: limiting noneconomic damages awarded in actions against long-term care providers; actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of certain products; confidentiality of health care services reviews; use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; reporting of quality indicators identifying individual hospitals; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of individuals at risk; criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents; evidence of lay and expert witnesses; damages for frivolous claims; and punitive damage awards.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  3.00 (1%)				3.00 (< 1%)

  January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 1

  Relating to: limiting noneconomic damages awarded in actions against long-term care providers; actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of certain products; confidentiality of health care services reviews; use as evidence of information regarding health care providers; reporting of quality indicators identifying individual hospitals; homicide or injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire; criminal abuse of individuals at risk; criminal abuse and neglect of patients and residents; evidence of lay and expert witnesses; damages for frivolous claims; and punitive damage awards.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  3.00 (1%)				3.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 23

  Relating to: preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  6.00 (2%)				6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 118

  Relating to: aiding a felon and providing penalties.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  6.00 (2%)	5.00 (2%)	10.00 (8%)		21.00 (3%)

  January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 11

  Relating to: state finances, collective bargaining for public employees, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the state civil service system, the Medical Assistance program, sale of certain facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  11.00 (4%)				11.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 93

  Relating to: going armed with weapons, possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances, disorderly conduct limitations, and electric weapons.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  45.00 (16%)				45.00 (6%)

  Assembly Bill 126

  Relating to: carrying a concealed weapon; licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; possessing or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow under certain circumstances; disorderly conduct limitations; photographic identification cards for former law enforcement officers; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  45.00 (16%)				45.00 (6%)

  Assembly Bill 54

  Relating to: equalizing physical placement to the highest degree, requiring the court to state the reasons for ordering sole legal custody or not equalizing physical placement, and standards for modifying legal custody or physical placement.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  50.00 (18%)	5.00 (2%)			55.00 (8%)

  Assembly Bill 237

  Relating to: authorization to make arrests for activities punishable by civil forfeiture.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	2.00 (1%)			2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 237

  Relating to: providing instruction in human growth and development.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	2.00 (1%)			2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 337

  Relating to: providing instruction in human growth and development.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	2.00 (1%)			2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 263

  Relating to: costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (2%)			5.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 79

  Relating to: the privilege of self-defense.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	15.00 (6%)			15.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 69

  Relating to: the privilege of self-defense.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	17.00 (7%)			17.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 379

  Relating to: keeping certain name changes confidential.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	17.00 (7%)	5.00 (4%)		22.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 269

  Relating to: prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	24.00 (10%)	10.00 (8%)		34.00 (5%)

  Senate Bill 177

  Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	29.00 (12%)	6.00 (5%)		35.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 247

  Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	32.00 (13%)	7.00 (6%)		39.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 232

  Relating to: rights of crime victims and witnesses.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	56.00 (23%)	19.00 (16%)		75.00 (10%)

  Assembly Bill 175

  Relating to: requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (1%)		1.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 449

  Relating to: increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (1%)		1.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 104

  Relating to: requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (1%)		1.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 350

  Relating to: increased penalty for repeated domestic abuse offenses and providing a penalty.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (1%)		1.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 544

  Relating to: keeping certain name changes confidential.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (1%)		1.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 399

  Relating to: the admissibility of hearsay evidence at a preliminary examination.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (2%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 507

  Relating to: requiring the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (2%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 488

  Relating to: establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		4.00 (3%)		4.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 509

  Relating to: the admissibility of hearsay evidence at a preliminary examination.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		4.00 (3%)		4.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 394

  Relating to: establishing an assistant district attorney pay progression plan.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		4.00 (3%)		4.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 646

  Relating to: prosecution time limits for the offense of trafficking a child, possession of child pornography, termination of parental rights after committing the offense of trafficking a child, criminal procedure, crime victim compensation, and providing a penalty.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		5.00 (4%)		5.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 299

  Relating to: law enforcement officers and firearms in school zones and certain injunctions against law enforcement officers.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (5%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 561

  Relating to: miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		10.00 (8%)		10.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 466

  Relating to: miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (12%)		14.00 (2%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Children and Families: Children and Families

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  56.00 (20%)				56.00 (8%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

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

  Jurisdictional statutes relating to restraining orders.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  13.96 (5%)				13.96 (2%)

  Procedures related to enforcing crime victim rights under chapter 950.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  27.93 (10%)				27.93 (4%)

  Name change procedures

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  	14.66 (6%)			14.66 (2%)

  Statutes related to the Domestic Abuse Surcharge

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  		2.38 (2%)		2.38 (< 1%)

  Court orders related to the care and custody of pets owned by victims of domestic violence.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			3.79 (5%)	3.79 (< 1%)

  Privacy protections for victims of sexual assault in the criminal and civil justice systems.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			3.79 (5%)	3.79 (< 1%)

  relief available to petitioners under domestic abuse and harassment restraining orders.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			3.79 (5%)	3.79 (< 1%)

  Firearm possession by individuals with domestic abuse convictions.

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			7.58 (10%)	7.58 (1%)

  Harassment and Domestic Abuse Restraining Order reform

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			7.58 (10%)	7.58 (1%)

  2013 - 2014 Biennial Budget

  2011 January - June	2011 July - December	2012 January - June	2012 July - December	Total
  			37.88 (50%)	37.88 (5%)