Born Illinois; married; 3 children. Graduate Marmion Military Academy (Aurora, Ill.) 1990; B.A. Northern Illinois U. 1995; J.D. DePaul U. College of Law 1998. Reinsurance consultant. Attorney, former prosecutor. Served in Air National Guard 1990-96. Member: American Bar Assn.; Illinois Bar; Wis. Farm Bureau Federation; National Conf. of State Legislatures; National Rifle Assn.; Rib Mountain Bowmen; St. Michael’s Parish (Wausau); St. Mary’s Oratory (Wausau). Former member: Universal Telephone Assistance Corp. (secy. and treas.); Junior Achievement (instructor).
Elected to Assembly 2014.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 759
Relating to: providing a grant to the Marathon County Development Corporation for a revolving loan program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 740
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 741
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 586
Relating to: providing a grant to the Marathon County Development Corporation for a revolving loan program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 698
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 547
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 540
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 505
Relating to: exempting from nonresident tuition at the University of Wisconsin System certain members of the Wisconsin National Guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 622
Relating to: exempting from nonresident tuition at the University of Wisconsin System certain members of the Wisconsin National Guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 503
Relating to: adding a circuit court branch in Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 428
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 325
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 304
Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 377
Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 385
Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 222
Relating to: requiring or allowing persons who have committed certain offenses related to drunken driving to acquire an ignition interlock device in order to operate certain motor vehicles and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 266
Relating to: requiring or allowing persons who have committed certain offenses related to drunken driving to acquire an ignition interlock device in order to operate certain motor vehicles and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 238
Relating to: the effective date of amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 173
Relating to: the effective date of amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 200
Relating to: a waiver to limit the number of FoodShare replacement cards. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 136
Relating to: a waiver to limit the number of FoodShare replacement cards. (FE)
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 113
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 734
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 707
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 705
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 699
Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 670
Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 666
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/6/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 596
Relating to: duties of ski area operators and persons who bike in a ski area, and liability of ski area operators.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 87
Relating to: limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (first consideration).
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 556
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 509
Relating to: directional signage for the Iola Old Car Show in Marathon, Portage, and Waupaca Counties.
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 493
Relating to: preferences in state and local construction project contracts. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: regulation of liquid nicotine packaging, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 469
Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)
10/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 455
Relating to: registration of special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 429
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 430
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 431
Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 411
Relating to: eliminating age requirements for participating in the hunting mentorship program and hunting devices authorized to be used under the hunting mentorship program.
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 415
Relating to: back tag requirements. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 408
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 400
Relating to: use of child safety restraint systems in motor vehicles. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 384
Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 363
Relating to: offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 358
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 357
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.
9/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 333
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 322
Relating to: highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 317
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
8/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 310
Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
8/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 311
Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 305
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 297
Relating to: copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 290
Relating to: imposing residence restrictions on certain sex offenders, establishing conditions of release from civil commitment for certain sex offenders, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
7/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 291
Relating to: the color of clothing required to be worn during the season for hunting deer with firearms.
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 253
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 252
Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 237
Relating to: requiring a determination of probable postfertilization age of an unborn child before abortion, prohibiting abortion of an unborn child considered capable of experiencing pain, informed consent, abortion reporting, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
5/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 236
Relating to: tax-exempt accounts for qualified expenses incurred by individuals with disabilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 233
Relating to: elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. (FE)
5/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 212
Relating to: acts of concealment and misrepresentations in filing for or claiming unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
5/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 210
Relating to: an additional local sales and use tax for maintenance of streets and highways and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: declaring May 14 to be Apraxia Awareness Day.
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2014-15 basketball season, reaching the NCAA Final Four, and making it to the NCAA Championship Game.
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 188
Relating to: removing FoodShare benefits from an inactive account and expunging unused benefits after one year. (FE)
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 147
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/31/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 143
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 112
Relating to: the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 107
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 80
Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments and an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate. (FE)
2/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: recognizing February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 58
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Baseball National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Basketball National Championship title.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 16
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 8
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 642
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 627
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 597
Relating to: regulating the operation of recreational vessels carrying persons under the age of 13.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 592
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 582
Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 575
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 544
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 546
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 539
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 498
Relating to: the operation of drones over state correctional institutions, the authority of political subdivisions to designate areas over which the operation of drones is limited, and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 463
Relating to: duties of ski area operators and persons who bike in a ski area, and liability of ski area operators.
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 75
Relating to: limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (first consideration).
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 433
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 406
Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 373
Relating to: preferences in state and local construction project contracts. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 374
Relating to: registration of special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 380
Relating to: adding a circuit court branch in Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 382
Relating to: directional signage for the Iola Old Car Show in Marathon, Portage, and Waupaca Counties.
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 339
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 332
Relating to: use of child safety restraint systems in motor vehicles. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 324
Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 326
Relating to: referral of cases of suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect to the sheriff or police department, coordination of the investigation of those cases, and referral of those cases to the district attorney for criminal prosecution. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 323
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 301
Relating to: eliminating age requirements for participating in the hunting mentorship program and hunting devices authorized to be used under the hunting mentorship program.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 288
Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.
10/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 289
Relating to: back tag requirements. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 275
Relating to: parking spaces reserved for persons with physical disabilities.
9/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 260
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 241
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 235
Relating to: highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations.
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 238
Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 237
Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority.
8/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 223
Relating to: retail licenses held by wineries.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 196
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
5/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 183
Relating to: elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 170
Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault.
5/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 165
Relating to: tax-exempt accounts for qualified expenses incurred by individuals with disabilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 37
Relating to: declaring May 14 to be Apraxia Awareness Day.
4/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 140
Relating to: acts of concealment and misrepresentations in filing for or claiming unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 114
Relating to: small claims court fee. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 88
Relating to: the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 79
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 47
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 14
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/28/2016: 2015 AA1-AB266
1/19/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB740
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making an appropriation.
11/2/2015: 2015 ASA2-AB200
Relating to: limiting the number of replacement cards under FoodShare.
9/28/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB200
Relating to: limiting the number of replacement cards under FoodShare.
