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SJR25 - Honoring the life and public service of Governor Anthony S. Earl.
Melissa Agard, Brad Pfaff, LaTonya Johnson
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Governor Anthony S. Earl.
STATUS
Failed
AB394 - A driver education grant program. (FE)
Robert G. Donovan, Samba Baldeh, Marisabel Cabrera
Last updated 10 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Act to create 85.27 of the statutes; Relating to: a driver education grant program. (FE)
STATUS
Passed
SB814 - License requirement exemption for retail food establishments that sell or process cotton candy.
Robert L. Cowles, Steve Nass, Joy Goeben
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act to create 97.30 (2) (b) 1. e. of the statutes; Relating to: license requirement exemption for retail food establishments that sell or process cotton candy.
STATUS
Failed
SB886 - Labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Howard Marklein, Joan A. Ballweg, Robert L. Cowles
Last updated 5 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
An Act to create 97.26 of the statutes; Relating to: labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
STATUS
Failed
AJR27 - Proclaiming May 1, 2023, as Loyalty Day in Wisconsin.
Calvin Callahan, Scott E. Allen, Barbara Dittrich
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Relating to: proclaiming May 1, 2023, as Loyalty Day in Wisconsin.
STATUS
Failed
SJR101 - Recognizing the importance of sturgeon to Wisconsin and designating the second Saturday of February in 2024 as State Sturgeon Spearing Day.
Duey Stroebel, Rachael Ann Cabral-Guevara, Robert L. Cowles
Last updated 5 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Relating to: recognizing the importance of sturgeon to Wisconsin and designating the second Saturday of February in 2024 as State Sturgeon Spearing Day.
STATUS
Failed
SB646 - Notice to public utility customers of potential and final rate changes.
Robert L. Cowles, Duey Stroebel, Joan A. Ballweg
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
An Act to create 196.03 (7) and (8) of the statutes; Relating to: notice to public utility customers of potential and final rate changes.
STATUS
Failed
AB244 - An agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Travis Tranel, Nancy Lynn VanderMeer, Todd Novak
Last updated 5 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
An Act to renumber 86.31 (1) (a); to amend 86.31 (2) (a); and to create 20.395 (2) (fc), 59.58 (6), 86.31 (1) (ac) and 86.31 (3o) of the statutes; Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
STATUS
Failed
SJR16 - Proclaiming the month of March 2023 as American Red Cross Month throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Joan A. Ballweg, Dan Feyen, Andre Jacque
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Relating to: proclaiming the month of March 2023 as American Red Cross Month throughout the state of Wisconsin.
STATUS
Failed
AB682 - Use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Nate Gustafson, Adam Neylon, Deborah Andraca
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act to repeal 196.491 (2) (a) 3g., 196.491 (2) (a) 3r., 196.491 (2) (a) 12., 196.491 (2) (a) 13., 196.491 (2) (b) 10. and 196.491 (2) (gm); to renumber and amend 196.027 (1) (f); to amend 196.025 (1) (ar), 196.027 (3) (b), 196.378 (2) (c), 196.491 (title), 196.491 (1) (b), 196.491 (2) (a) 3., 196.491 (2) (a) 3m., 196.491 (2) (a) 4., 196.491 (2) (a) 7., 196.491 (2) (ag), 196.491 (2) (b) 7., 196.491 (2) (b) 8., 196.491 (2) (e), 196.491 (2) (f), 196.491 (2) (g), 196.491 (2r), 196.491 (3) (dm) and 196.795 (7) (a) 1. b.; to repeal and recreate 196.491 (2) (title), 196.491 (2) (a) (intro.) and 196.491 (2) (b) (intro.); and to create 196.027 (1) (d) 3., 196.027 (1) (f) 1. b., 196.491 (1) (fm), 196.491 (1) (s), 196.491 (2) (a) 1., 196.491 (2) (a) 2., 196.491 (2) (a) 5., 196.491 (2) (a) 6., 196.491 (2) (a) 8., 196.491 (2) (a) 14., 196.491 (2) (b) 11., 196.491 (2) (c), 196.491 (2) (d), 196.491 (2) (i), 196.491 (2) (j), 196.491 (2) (jm), 196.491 (2) (k), 196.491 (2) (km), 196.491 (2) (L), 196.491 (2) (m) and 196.491 (5m) of the statutes; Relating to: use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric generating facilities; integrated resource and reliability planning by electric utilities and cooperatives; closure of large electric generating facilities; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Wisconsin district SD-002
COMMITTEES
Wisconsin Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Robert L. Cowles is a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing District 2. Cowles earned his BS in Journalism and MBA from UW-Madison. He was elected to the Senate in 1987. Cowles serves as co-chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade and the Transportation and Veterans Affairs Committee. Previously, Cowles served in the State Assembly from 1982 to 1987. He owns a publishing company.read less
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