Born Milwaukee, April 7, 1967; married; 4 children. Graduate Brookfield East H.S. 1985; B.A. history UW-Whitewater 1990. Executive/owner in trucking industry. Waukesha County Supervisor 2005-12.
Elected to Assembly 2012.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: authorizing ordinances and resolutions that specify a greater number of parcels into which certified survey maps may divide land.
1/21/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 502
Relating to: authorizing ordinances and resolutions that specify a greater number of parcels into which certified survey maps may divide land.
12/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 587
Relating to: use of the state's student information system by a private school participating in a parental choice program.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 443
Relating to: use of the state's student information system by a private school participating in a parental choice program.
12/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 432
Relating to: prohibition on tracking the location of a cellular telephone by law enforcement without a warrant. (FE)
11/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: prohibition on tracking the location of a cellular telephone by law enforcement without a warrant. (FE)
11/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 487
Relating to: exempting from the prevailing wage law public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a school district or for a cooperative educational service agency. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 57
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 358
Relating to: exempting from the prevailing wage law public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a school district or for a cooperative educational service agency. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
5/31/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Henry Morris Goldberg.
4/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 153
Relating to: an exception to the hearsay rule of evidence if a witness is unavailable.
3/14/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 79
Relating to: trust funds related to cemetery lots, mausoleum spaces, and cemetery merchandise.
2/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 831
Relating to: the cost threshold for applicability of the prevailing wage law to a project of public works. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 749
Relating to: number of school days and hours of instruction held in a school year and state aid for summer classes.
2/11/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 748
Relating to: requirements for new private schools seeking to participate in a parental choice program and requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to maintain accreditation. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 693
Relating to: providing funding for a crime prevention program in the city of Milwaukee and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: agency discretion in imposing penalties for minor violations of rules by small businesses and granting rule-making authority.
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 658
Relating to: prescriptions or orders for the use of diagnostic X-ray equipment by radiography examining board licensees and permit holders.
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 635
Relating to: appointing delegates for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.
1/15/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 627
Relating to: the qualifications of members of the Milwaukee area technical college district board.
1/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 616
Relating to: prohibiting the collection of a pupil's biometric data and the use of any device to assess a pupil's physiological or emotional state.
1/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 617
Relating to: directing the Department of Public Instruction to establish model academic standards and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 79
Relating to: requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration).
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 549
Relating to: authorizing independent charter schools, eliminating instrumentality charter schools, establishing magnet schools, replication process for certain operators of charter schools, and utilizing an alternative process for educator effectiveness. (FE)
11/19/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 514
Relating to: requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to create or implement a health benefit exchange. (FE)
11/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: proclaiming November as Runaway Prevention Month.
11/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election and use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification.
11/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 483
Relating to: local ordinances regulating borrow sites and material disposal sites for certain transportation projects. (FE)
11/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 484
Relating to: the carry-back of net operating losses, the sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing, the jobs tax credit, the electronic medical records credit, the manufacturing and agriculture credit, and the relocated business credit. (FE)
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and public service of Lary J. Swoboda.
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: commending the Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing on its 65th anniversary.
10/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 65
Relating to: commending the career of Donald Driver.
10/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 417
Relating to: authorizing the city of Milwaukee to sell eligible school facilities to eligible purchasers. (FE)
10/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: commending the Honor Flight Network and its volunteers.
10/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: Disability Awareness Month.
10/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 57
Relating to: the life and public service of Paul Poberezny.
9/5/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: commending the life and military service of Major Thomas C. Griffin (retired), U.S. Army Air Corps.
8/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 350
Relating to: exemptions from securities registration requirements. (FE)
8/16/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: the terms people and person (first consideration).
8/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 277
Relating to: rule-making procedures and modifying and repealing various rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)
6/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 257
Relating to: exemption from civil liability for electric service providers.
6/12/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: religious liberty and the right of conscience (first consideration).
6/3/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 227
Relating to: requirements to perform abortions, requiring an ultrasound before informed consent for an abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/31/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 225
Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance laws; exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election; identifying documentation to establish proof of residency for voter registration; recording the type of identifying document provided as proof of residence; limiting the times for voting by absentee ballot in person; the method of reporting election returns by municipalities; fees for election recounts; the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment; residency of election officials; recall petition requirements; the procedure for recounting ballots when electors voting in person are required to sign the poll list and fail to do so; challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings; witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates; nominees submitted by the Government Accountability Board candidate committee; securing ballot containers; party representation for election officials serving at polling places; and scheduling of referendums. (FE)
5/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 224
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 204
Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate.
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 208
Relating to: special registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 195
Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend certain public and private elementary and secondary schools. (FE)
5/2/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge William J. Duffy.
4/30/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 28
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnastics team for winning a second consecutive national championship.
4/30/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's wheelchair basketball team for winning a second consecutive national championship.
4/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 166
Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE)
4/19/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 161
Relating to: injunctions suspending or restraining the enforcement or execution statewide of a statute of this state.
4/16/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: expressing prayers and condolences to the families, friends of the victims, and the injured from the bombings at the Boston Marathon and praising the first responders who rushed to their aid.
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 126
Relating to: contracts for additional charter schools.
4/3/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 117
Relating to: examination and continuing education requirements for chiropractic licensure in this state. (FE)
3/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 85
Relating to: changing the compensation structure by which a Milwaukee County supervisor may be paid, changing the term length of a Milwaukee County supervisor, affecting the right of an annuitant under the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System to be rehired by Milwaukee County, limiting the authority of Milwaukee County to enter into certain intergovernmental agreements, removing and clarifying some authority of the Milwaukee County board, increasing and clarifying the authority of the Milwaukee County executive, deleting obsolete statutory references, and requiring a referendum. (FE)
3/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: proclaiming women's history month.
2/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 42
Relating to: prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. (FE)
2/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: honoring Donald Driver.
2/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
1/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 1
Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 619
Relating to: creating a model academic standards board.
2/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 584
Relating to: requirements for new private schools seeking to participate in a parental choice program and requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to maintain accreditation. (FE)
1/27/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 521
Relating to: providing funding for a crime prevention program in the city of Milwaukee and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/16/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 63
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of James Jeskewitz.
1/15/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 497
Relating to: agency discretion in imposing penalties for minor violations of rules by small businesses and granting rule-making authority.
1/15/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 496
Relating to: prescriptions or orders for the use of diagnostic X-ray equipment by radiography examining board licensees and permit holders.
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 476
Relating to: the qualifications of members of the Milwaukee area technical college district board.
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 392
Relating to: requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to create or implement a health benefit exchange. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 378
Relating to: the carry-back of net operating losses, the sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing, the jobs tax credit, the electronic medical records credit, the manufacturing and agriculture credit, and the relocated business credit. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 354
Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate.
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: the life and public service of Paul Poberezny.
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 318
Relating to: authorizing the city of Milwaukee to sell eligible school facilities to eligible purchasers. (FE)
9/13/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
8/29/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 47
Relating to: commending the life and military service of Major Thomas C. Griffin (retired), U.S. Army Air Corps.
6/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 206
Relating to: requirements to perform abortions, requiring an ultrasound before informed consent for an abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: religious liberty and the right of conscience (first consideration).
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 170
Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend certain public and private elementary and secondary schools. (FE)
5/3/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 27
Relating to: proclaiming May 2013 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 154
Relating to: injunctions suspending or restraining the enforcement or execution statewide of a statute of this state.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
3/27/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 105
Relating to: examination and continuing education requirements for chiropractic licensure in this state. (FE)
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 95
Relating to: changing the compensation structure by which a Milwaukee County supervisor may be paid, changing the term length of a Milwaukee County supervisor, affecting the right of an annuitant under the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System to be rehired by Milwaukee County, limiting the authority of Milwaukee County to enter into certain intergovernmental agreements, removing and clarifying some authority of the Milwaukee County board, increasing and clarifying the authority of the Milwaukee County executive, deleting obsolete statutory references, and requiring a referendum. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 76
Relating to: contracts for additional charter schools.
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 30
Relating to: prohibiting the Milwaukee Public Schools from imposing residency requirements on teachers. (FE)
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: the retirement of Pam Shannon, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature.
1/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 1
Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 AA3-AB663
2/10/2014: 2013 AA2-AB663
1/31/2014: 2013 AA1-AB663