Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 123

  Relating to: the information technology block grant program, the broadband expansion grant program, waiving certain fees and appraisals, and making appropriations. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  32.00 (5%)	30.00 (5%)			62.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 283

  Relating to: authorizing financial institutions to conduct savings promotion prize programs.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  32.00 (5%)	30.00 (5%)			62.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 49

  Relating to: the information technology block grant program, the broadband expansion grant program, waiving certain fees and appraisals, and making appropriations. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  32.00 (5%)				32.00 (2%)

  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
  32.00 (5%)				32.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 213

  Relating to: authorizing financial institutions to conduct savings promotion prize programs.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  32.00 (5%)	12.00 (2%)			44.00 (2%)

  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
  63.00 (10%)	30.00 (5%)			93.00 (5%)

  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
  63.00 (10%)	30.00 (5%)			93.00 (5%)

  Senate Bill 218

  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
  63.00 (10%)	30.00 (5%)			93.00 (5%)

  Senate Bill 281

  Relating to: the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit by electric cooperatives.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  63.00 (10%)	42.00 (7%)			105.00 (6%)

  Assembly Bill 353

  Relating to: the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit by electric cooperatives.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  95.00 (15%)	42.00 (7%)			137.00 (7%)

  Assembly Bill 53

  Relating to: time periods for the abatement of late blight of potatoes.

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

  Assembly Bill 54

  Relating to: seed potato certification and use and providing penalties. (FE)

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

  Assembly Bill 196

  Relating to: possession of or use of a credit card scanner, providing civil immunity for sellers or distributors of fuel for scanners installed on pumps, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

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

  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
  	6.00 (1%)			6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 546

  Relating to: insurance requirements for intrastate motor carriers of passengers. (FE)

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

  Assembly Bill 583

  Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for services performed during a disaster period by electric cooperatives or telecommunications utilities. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	6.00 (1%)	18.00 (4%)		24.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 822

  Relating to: confidentiality of financial institution information maintained by the Department of Financial Institutions; periodic examinations of financial institutions; savings bank loan limitations; interest on residential mortgage loan escrow accounts; capital of state banks; security provided by public depositories; insurance company liquidation proceedings; and modifying an administrative rule of the Department of Workforce Development related to an exemption from overtime pay requirements for outside salespersons.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	6.00 (1%)	46.00 (10%)		52.00 (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
  	6.00 (1%)			6.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 20

  Relating to: time periods for the abatement of late blight of potatoes.

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

  Senate Bill 23

  Relating to: seed potato certification and use and providing penalties. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 133

  Relating to: possession of or use of a credit card scanner, providing civil immunity for sellers or distributors of fuel for scanners installed on pumps, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 198

  Relating to: weight limit exceptions for vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology or natural gas fuel systems. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 224

  Relating to: establishing a veteran farmer assistance and outreach program and creating a veteran farmer logotype. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 388

  Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 489

  Relating to: insurance requirements for intrastate motor carriers of passengers. (FE)

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

  Senate Bill 686

  Relating to: confidentiality of financial institution information maintained by the Department of Financial Institutions; periodic examinations of financial institutions; savings bank loan limitations; interest on residential mortgage loan escrow accounts; capital of state banks; security provided by public depositories; insurance company liquidation proceedings; and modifying an administrative rule of the Department of Workforce Development related to an exemption from overtime pay requirements for outside salespersons.

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

  Assembly Bill 272

  Relating to: weight limit exceptions for vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology or natural gas fuel systems. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	12.00 (2%)			12.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 480

  Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	12.00 (2%)			12.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 212

  Relating to: incorporating financial literacy into the curriculum of public schools.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	12.00 (2%)			12.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 667

  Relating to: administration of the livestock premises registration program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	12.00 (2%)	23.00 (5%)		35.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 280

  Relating to: incorporating financial literacy into the curriculum of public schools.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (3%)			18.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 302

  Relating to: establishing a veteran farmer assistance and outreach program and creating a veteran farmer logotype. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (3%)			18.00 (< 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
  	18.00 (3%)	69.00 (15%)		87.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 359

  Relating to: regulating the sale of prescription drugs and other merchandise below cost. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	30.00 (5%)			30.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 698

  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
  	30.00 (5%)	46.00 (10%)		76.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 765

  Relating to: administration of the livestock premises registration program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	30.00 (5%)	23.00 (5%)		53.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 263

  Relating to: regulating the sale of prescription drugs and other merchandise below cost. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	30.00 (5%)			30.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 918

  Relating to: regulation of taxicab companies and taxicab dispatch services, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		18.00 (4%)		18.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 501

  Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for services performed during a disaster period by electric cooperatives or telecommunications utilities. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		18.00 (4%)		18.00 (< 1%)

  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
  		37.00 (8%)		37.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 827

  Relating to: grants for obtaining farm tractor rollover protective structures and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		46.00 (10%)		46.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 759

  Relating to: regulation of taxicab companies and taxicab dispatch services, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			13.00 (9%)	13.00 (< 1%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Financial Institutions

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  13.00 (2%)			1.00 (1%)	14.00 (< 1%)

  Transportation: Local Transportation Assistance

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  13.00 (2%)			18.00 (12%)	31.00 (2%)

  Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  32.00 (5%)				32.00 (2%)

  Transportation: Transportation Finance

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			10.00 (7%)	10.00 (< 1%)

  University of Wisconsin System

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			10.00 (7%)	10.00 (< 1%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  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
  32.00 (5%)		46.00 (10%)		78.00 (4%)

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  Grain dealers, milk contractors, and vegetable contractors

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	6.00 (1%)	23.00 (5%)	13.00 (9%)	42.00 (2%)

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  Livestock facility siting

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

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Runoff management and nonpoint source performance standards and concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rule revisions to incorporate by reference those performance standards

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	12.00 (2%)	23.00 (5%)		70.00 (4%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

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

  Chapter 185 Modernization

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			7.46 (5%)	7.46 (< 1%)

  The inclusion of farm credit institutions under chapter 706.11, priority of certain mortgages, trust funds

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			13.44 (9%)	13.44 (< 1%)