Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 42

  Relating to: various changes regarding administrative rules and rule-making procedures and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 105

  Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 263

  Relating to: incentive programs for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, removing inactive FoodShare accounts, expunging unused FoodShare benefits, limiting the number of FoodShare replacement cards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 264

  Relating to: time limits for correcting violations found by the environmental compliance audit program.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 277

  Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)	18.00 (5%)			33.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 278

  Relating to: sales and use tax exemptions for beekeeping. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 360

  Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)	18.00 (5%)			33.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 15

  Relating to: various changes regarding administrative rules and rule-making procedures and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 144

  Relating to: resources eligible for renewable resource credits.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)	18.00 (5%)			33.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 271

  Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)	18.00 (5%)			33.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 76

  Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  30.00 (10%)				30.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 490

  Relating to: exempting from the state family and medical leave law an employer that is covered under the federal family and medical leave law. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (2%)			7.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 295

  Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	11.00 (3%)			11.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 384

  Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)			18.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 530

  Relating to: nutritional food pilot program under FoodShare and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)			18.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 119

  Relating to: growing and processing industrial hemp, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)			18.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 487

  Relating to: grants to support donation of farm and food products to food banks and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)	9.00 (3%)		27.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 645

  Relating to: discovery of information in court proceedings; procedural requirements relating to class actions; consumer lawsuit lending; the statute of limitations for certain civil actions; agreements by the secretary of revenue to allow third-party audits related to unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims; and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (5%)	9.00 (3%)		27.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 946

  Relating to: producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (2%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 796

  Relating to: producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (2%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 1

  Relating to: required hours of participation in the FoodShare employment and training program.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (2%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 748

  Relating to: preventing the state or local governments from requiring any person to accept certain collective bargaining provisions or waive its rights under the National Labor Relations Act or state labor law; prohibiting local regulation of employee hours and overtime, employment benefits, wage claims and collections, an employer's right to solicit salary information of prospective employees, employment discrimination, and professions regulated by the state; and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		9.00 (3%)		9.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 773

  Relating to: discovery of information in court proceedings; procedural requirements relating to class actions; consumer lawsuit lending; the statute of limitations for certain civil actions; agreements by the secretary of revenue to allow third-party audits related to unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims; and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 599

  Relating to: various changes to the Agricultural Producer Security Program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 745

  Relating to: deference by courts to agency interpretations of law, notice and comment requirements for guidance documents issued by agencies, and agency rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 769

  Relating to: rural economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, grants to other authorities and state agencies for purposes of rural economic development, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

  January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 2

  Relating to: statewide FoodShare employment and training program requirement for able-bodied adults. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

  January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 3

  Relating to: asset restrictions on eligibility for FoodShare, Wisconsin Works, and Wisconsin Shares. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		14.00 (5%)		14.00 (1%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Natural Resources: Departmentwide

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Shared Revenue and Tax Relief: Property Taxation

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

  Transportation: Transportation Finance

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  15.00 (5%)				15.00 (1%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  Food processing plants and food processing provisions in related administrative rules

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	53.00 (15%)	71.00 (25%)	81.00 (30%)	205.00 (17%)

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  Grain dealers and grain warehouse keepers; milk contractors; vegetable contractors

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	70.00 (20%)	71.00 (25%)	81.00 (30%)	222.00 (18%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

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

  Making changes to existing DNR water rules regarding NR 102, site specific criteria, and designated uses.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  14.90 (5%)			26.90 (10%)	41.80 (3%)

  Development, drafting or introduction of a proposal relating to high capacity wells

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  14.90 (5%)				14.90 (1%)

  Legislation making changes to the civil justice system.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  14.90 (5%)	35.00 (10%)		26.90 (10%)	76.80 (6%)

  ATCP 70 relating to sanitation and cleaning rules in Low Acid Canning Facilities.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  14.90 (5%)				14.90 (1%)