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2003-2004 Legislative Session


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Ainsworth, John 
No longer in office
  		100%
Albers, Sheryl 
No longer in office
  		- 93%
Balow, Larry 
No longer in office
  		= = 66%
Berceau, Terese (D)
Wisconsin  House District 77 		= 18%
Bies, Garey (R)
Wisconsin  House District 1 		100%
Black, Spencer 
No longer in office
  		17%
Boyle, Frank 
No longer in office
  		= 25%
Colon, Pedro 
No longer in office
  		- 43%
Cullen, David 
No longer in office
  		= = 33%
Fitzgerald, Jeff 
No longer in office
  		100%
Foti, Steven 
No longer in office
  		100%
Freese, Stephen 
No longer in office
  		94%
Friske, Donald 
No longer in office
  		100%
Gard, John 
No longer in office
  		100%
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Gielow, Curt 
No longer in office
  		100%
Gottlieb, Mark 
No longer in office
  		* = 100%
Gronemus, Barbara 
No longer in office
  		- - - 64%
Grothman, Glenn (R)
Wisconsin  Senate District 20 		= = 93%
Gunderson, Scott 
No longer in office
  		100%
Gundrum, Mark 
No longer in office
  		- = 100%
Hahn, Eugene 
No longer in office
  		100%
Hebl, Tom 
No longer in office
  		= 56%
Hines, J. A. 
No longer in office
  		100%
Honadel, Mark (R)
Wisconsin  House District 21 		- - 100%
Hopper, Randy 
No longer in office
  		47%
Hubler, Mary 
No longer in office
  		47%
Huebsch, Michael 
No longer in office
  		100%
Hundertmark, Jean 
No longer in office
  		100%
Jensen, Scott 
No longer in office
  		100%
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Jeskewitz, Suzanne 
No longer in office
  		94%
Johnsrud, DuWayne 
No longer in office
  		= 87%
Kaufert, Dean (R)
Wisconsin  House District 55 		88%
Kerkman, Samantha (R)
Wisconsin  House District 61 		100%
Kestell, Steve (R)
Wisconsin  House District 27 		100%
Krawczyk, Judy 
No longer in office
  		100%
Kreibich, Rob 
No longer in office
  		100%
Kreuser, James 
No longer in office
  		52%
Krug, Shirley 
No longer in office
  		29%
Krusick, Margaret 
No longer in office
  		58%
Ladwig, Bonnie 
No longer in office
  		100%
Lasee, Frank (R)
Wisconsin  Senate District 1 		- 100%
Lehman, John (D)
Wisconsin  Senate District 21 		- 18%
Lehman, Michael 
No longer in office
  		82%
LeMahieu, Daniel (R)
Wisconsin  House District 59 		100%
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Loeffelholz, Gabe 
No longer in office
  		100%
Lothian, Thomas 
No longer in office
  		= - = 100%
McCormick, Terri 
No longer in office
  		- = 100%
Meyer, Dan 
No longer in office
  		100%
Miller, Mark (D)
Wisconsin  Senate District 16 		23%
Molepske, Louis 
No longer in office
  		- - 40%
Montgomery, Phil 
No longer in office
  		100%
Morris, Johnnie 
No longer in office
  		29%
Musser, Terry 
No longer in office
  		94%
Nass, Steve (R)
Wisconsin  House District 33 		100%
Nischke, Ann 
No longer in office
  		100%
Olsen, Luther (R)
Wisconsin  Senate District 14 		100%
Ott, Alvin (R)
Wisconsin  House District 23 		100%
Owens, Carol 
No longer in office
  		100%
Petrowski, Jerry (R)
Wisconsin  Senate District 29 		88%
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Pettis, Mark 
No longer in office
  		94%
Plouff, Joe 
No longer in office
  		29%
Pocan, Mark 
No longer in office
  		11%
Pope-Roberts, Sondy (D)
Wisconsin  House District 80 		35%
Powers, Michael 
No longer in office
  		- 100%
Rhoades, Kitty 
No longer in office
  		94%
Richards, Jon (D)
Wisconsin  House District 19 		23%
Schneider, Marlin 
No longer in office
  		41%
Schooff, Dan 
No longer in office
  		52%
Seratti, Lorraine 
No longer in office
  		- - 100%
Sherman, Gary 
No longer in office
  		41%
Shilling, Jennifer (D)
Wisconsin  Senate District 32 		- 62%
Sinicki, Christine (D)
Wisconsin  House District 20 		- - - 50%
Staskunas, Anthony 
No longer in office
  		64%
Steinbrink, John 
No longer in office
  		52%
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Stone, Jeff (R)
Wisconsin  House District 82 		100%
Suder, Scott (R)
Wisconsin  House District 69 		- - = 92%
Taylor, Lena (D)
Wisconsin  Senate District 4 		41%
Toles, Barbara 
No longer in office
  		* - - * - - - - * - - 50%
Towns, Debi 
No longer in office
  		100%
Townsend, John 
No longer in office
  		- 100%
Travis, David 
No longer in office
  		17%
Turner, Robert 
No longer in office
  		41%
Underheim, Gregg 
No longer in office
  		94%
Van Akkeren, Terry 
No longer in office
  		= 56%
Van Roy, Karl 
No longer in office
  		100%
Vrakas, Daniel 
No longer in office
  		= 100%
Vruwink, Amy (D)
Wisconsin  House District 70 		47%
Vukmir, Leah (R)
Wisconsin  Senate District 5 		100%
Ward, David 
No longer in office
  		100%
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Wasserman, Sheldon 
No longer in office
  		58%
Weber, Becky 
No longer in office
  		100%
Wieckert, Steve 
No longer in office
  		100%
Williams, Annette 
No longer in office
  		- = 33%
Williams, Mary (R)
Wisconsin  House District 87 		88%
Wood, Jeffrey 
No longer in office
  		94%
Wood, Wayne 
No longer in office
  		- 50%
Young, Leon (D)
Wisconsin  House District 16 		= 43%
Zepnick, Josh (D)
Wisconsin  House District 9 		41%
Ziegelbauer, Robert 
No longer in office
  		88%

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1 WI 2003R: AB 2, Concur Senate Amendment Venture capital is an important component of initiating and sustaining business development in Wisconsin. AB 2 “caps” the amount of an employee’s wage lien that is given priority over the liens of lenders that originate before the wage lien takes effect. This bill will encourage the investment of venture capital in start up businesses, as well as in situations where an on-going business operation experiences financial difficulty.
2 WI 2003R: AB 228, Passage AB 228 encourages businesses to conduct environmental performance evaluations (Audits) by providing limited liability protections, including immunity, in cases where companies agree to address problems an evaluation uncovers. This bill also rewards companies that move beyond environmental compliance by including most of the DNR’s “Green Tier” initiative, including the incentives provided at each level. Civil liability protections for companies that conduct environmental audits have been a long-standing policy priority for WMC and the business community. Despite the fact that thirty-five other states already have audit laws, Governor Doyle vetoed the bill citing unsubstantiated concerns the bill protects “bad actors”.
3 WI 2003R: AB 507, Passage This bill converts the corporate income tax credit for the sales tax paid on fuel and electricity used in the manufacturing process to a sales tax exemption beginning with tax year 2006.
4 WI 2003R: AB 508, Passage This legislation allows fuel and electricity sales tax credits claimed by manufacturers to be carried forward to the following 20 taxable years.
5 WI 2003R: AB 598, Passage This legislation provides flexibility for municipalities to contract for government services and consolidate services.
6 WI 2003R: AB 633, Passage Municipalities in Wisconsin are currently considering enacting local minimum wage/living wage ordinances at levels higher than the current state or federal minimum wage/living wage rates. If municipalities are allowed to adopt higher minimum wage levels it will create an economic patch work that will likely have a negative affect on local and regional labor markets in Wisconsin.
7 WI 2003R: AB 859, Passage This bill provides $750,000 annually from the Wisconsin Development Fund to fund the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension partnership.
8 WI 2003R: SB 197, Concurrence This bill makes the corporate income allocation based on the sales factor only on a four-year phase-in basis beginning after tax year 2005 and fully implemented in 2008. This means multi-state corporations will be taxed based only on sales instead of the current combination of sales, property and payroll.
9 WI 2003R: SB 261, Concurrence This legislation creates an angel tax credit ($30 million), early stage seed fund ($35 million) and technology commercialization grant and loan program ($2.6 million per year).
10 WI 2003R: SB 300, Concurrence This legislation streamlines the process by which transmission lines and power plants are sited.
11 WI 2003R: SB 305, Concurrence This legislation makes technical and policy changes in the tax incremental financing program based in part on the recommendations of the governor’s December 2000 working group on tax incremental finance, authorizing certain counties to create tax incremental financing districts, and making a modification to the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program.
12 WI 2003R: SB 322, Concurrence This legislation allows employees without access to employer-paid health care benefits to more easily pay for coverage. Under AB 685, if an employer cannot afford to offer health care benefits and its employees, on their own, purchase such coverage, the employer may facilitate the paying of premiums.
13 WI 2003R: SB 340, Concurrence WMC participates in the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, the body that develops and proposes legislative reforms to the Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance system. SB 340 increases the number of work searches that UI claimants must conduct each week, and clarifies the rules governing tax successorship where businesses are sold.
14 WI 2003R: SB 49, Concurrence WMC supports clearer standards to be applied to expert testimony in court proceedings. Both plaintiffs and defendants should be required to introduce well qualified experts in court proceedings to insure that higher quality analysis is provided to juries in determining complex matters. This legislation would adopt fair standards in Wisconsin that are already used in the Federal courts and the courts in thirty-seven other states.
15 WI 2003S: AB 466, Passage The legislature voted to impose a three-year property tax freeze on schools, counties, and municipalities, with a provision to allow for the collection of additional revenues due to new construction.
16 WI 2003S: AB 655, Passage Better known as the Job Creation Act, AB 655 is an omnibus regulatory reform bill that focuses on permit streamlining and agency accountability, without compromising Wisconsin’s long tradition of environmental stewardship. Based on recommendations from a broad business coalition and refined through negotiations with the Doyle Administration, the bill includes sweeping reforms of regulations regarding Rulemaking Procedures (Chapter 227), Air Management (Chapter 285), and Navigable Waters (Chapter 30).
17 WI 2003S: AB 727, Passage The legislation harmonizes state law with federal law regarding the use of patient health care records for purposes of health care operations. This will help ensure the timely exchange of health care information, and reduce health care costs.