Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 191

  Relating to: requiring drug testing and treatment for eligibility for certain work experience programs; requiring the Department of Health Services to request a waiver to screen and, if indicated, test and provide treatment to FoodShare employment and training participants for illegal use of a controlled substance; and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 237

  Relating to: requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)		2.00 (2%)		4.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 264

  Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 2

  Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 44

  Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 45

  Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 68

  Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 138

  Relating to: information to be provided by insurers about health care plans offered on the American health benefit exchange.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 94

  Relating to: causing harm to a child by cosleeping while intoxicated, providing information about safe sleep, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  4.00 (2%)				4.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 46

  Relating to: causing harm to a child by cosleeping while intoxicated, providing information about safe sleep, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  6.00 (3%)				6.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 174

  Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  10.00 (5%)		6.00 (5%)		16.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 179

  Relating to: requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  42.00 (20%)	11.00 (3%)	6.00 (5%)		59.00 (8%)

  Senate Bill 323

  Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	4.00 (1%)			4.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 305

  Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (2%)			7.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 469

  Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)			18.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 385

  Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	22.00 (6%)	11.00 (10%)		33.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 310

  Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	26.00 (7%)	11.00 (10%)		37.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 311

  Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	26.00 (7%)	6.00 (5%)		32.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 932

  Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (2%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 237

  Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (2%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 238

  Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (2%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 489

  Relating to: recodification of the child abuse and neglect reporting law; making probation agents, parole agents, and certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools and institutions of higher education mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect; training in child abuse and neglect identification, laws, and procedures and in human trafficking identification for certain employees, contractors, and volunteers of schools; eliminating an exception to the child abuse reporting requirement for providers of certain health care services when the suspected or threatened abuse consists of sexual intercourse or contact with a child; definitions of physical injury and neglect for purposes of mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect; and granting rule-making authority.

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (5%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 882

  Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time for an employee who is breast-feeding her child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (5%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 516

  Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		11.00 (10%)		11.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 880

  Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		17.00 (15%)		17.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 653

  Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		17.00 (15%)		17.00 (2%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Children and Families: Child Support

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Children and Families: Departmentwide

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Children and Families: Economic Support and Child Care

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  General Fund Taxes: Income and Franchise Taxes

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Health Services: Departmentwide

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Health Services: Institutions and Mental Health

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Higher Educational Aids Board

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Public Instruction: Categorical Aids

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Public Instruction: Choice, Charter, and Open Enrollment

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Public Instruction: General School Aids and Revenue Limits

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Transportation: Local Transportation Aid

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Transportation: Local Transportation Assistance

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  University of Wisconsin System: Create UW System Authority

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  University of Wisconsin System: Delete Current Law Related to the UW System

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Veterans Affairs

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Wisconsin Technical College System

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Workforce Development: Unemployment Insurance

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Health Services: Medical Assistance - Long-Term Care Services

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  6.00 (3%)				6.00 (< 1%)

  Health Services: Public Health and Other Programs

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  10.00 (5%)				10.00 (1%)

  Health Services: Medical Assistance - General

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  21.00 (10%)				21.00 (3%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

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

  Oppose LRB−0401/1 - Proposed 20 week abortion ban

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.09 (1%)				2.09 (< 1%)

  State Budget: Medicaid, FoodShare, SeniorCare, Transit, W-2, TANF

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  2.09 (1%)			4.80 (40%)	6.89 (< 1%)

  Changes to Wisconsin Well Woman Program

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  10.43 (5%)	3.67 (1%)		1.80 (15%)	15.90 (2%)

  Protect physician-patient relationship from political interference; ensure medical care is grounded in evidence-based medicine; ensure access to comprehensive reproductive health care; protect safety of reproductive health care providers/patients

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  41.70 (20%)	246.02 (67%)		1.20 (10%)	288.92 (41%)

  Support paid family and medical leave

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  	3.67 (1%)		1.80 (15%)	5.47 (< 1%)

  Update Wisconsin's birth defects prevention and surveillance system to ensure it complies with national best practices

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		1.13 (1%)		1.13 (< 1%)

  Support the creation of a legislative council study committee to study the primary known causes of premature birth in Wisconsin and government policies that could effectively reduce premature birth

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		1.13 (1%)		1.13 (< 1%)

  Health privacy protections for insured dependents

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  		5.63 (5%)	1.80 (15%)	7.43 (1%)

  Expand the state earned income tax credit

  2015 January - June	2015 July - December	2016 January - June	2016 July - December	Total
  			0.60 (5%)	0.60 (< 1%)