Born Milwaukee, June 5, 1947; married; 2 sons, 1 grandchild. Graduate Milwaukee Washington H.S. 1965; B.S. UW-Milwaukee 1970; M.S. UW-Milwaukee 1975; J.D. Marquette U. 2000. Full-time legislator. Former broadcast meteorologist and instructor at UW-Parkside. Served in U.S. Army 1970-73; Vietnam veteran. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Meteorological Society; Mequon/Thiensville Noon Rotary; Mequon/Thiensville Chamber of Commerce; American Legion; Ozaukee County Republican Party; North Shore Branch Milwaukee Co. Republican Party; Lumen Christi Catholic Church (past parish council pres.). Recipient: National Weather Service Public Service Award 2006; Archbishops Vatican II Service Award 1999; Vietnam Campaign Medal and Meritorious Unit Citation; Emerging Political Leaders Program; BILLD Leadership Fellow.
Elected to Assembly 2006; reelected since 2008.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 628
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
12/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 455
Relating to: penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 572
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 536
Relating to: penalties for, and elements of, certain operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 517
Relating to: reporting crimes and other incidents that occur on school property, on school transportation, and at school sanctioned events and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
11/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 371
Relating to: the minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 366
Relating to: threatening to communicate derogatory information.
10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 452
Relating to: the minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 444
Relating to: penalties for certain repeat operating-while-intoxicated offenses. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 445
Relating to: committing a fifth or sixth offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: penalties for operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 446
Relating to: mandatory period of confinement for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/16/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 417
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 412
Relating to: changing the assessment method for business improvement districts. (FE)
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 353
Relating to: requiring a mandatory minimum sentence for causing bodily harm to another while driving while intoxicated and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 352
Relating to: requiring persons accused of violating traffic laws and ordinances related to driving while intoxicated to appear in person in court. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 285
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 203
Relating to: changing the assessment method for business improvement districts. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 268
Relating to: regulation of mausoleums.
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)
4/1/2015: 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)
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 144
Relating to: the commencement of fall classes in public schools.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 82
Relating to: criminal procedure and providing penalties.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 90
Relating to: criminal procedure and providing penalties.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 97
Relating to: federalizing the treatment of capital losses. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 53
Relating to: threatening to communicate derogatory information.
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 4
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: appealing a municipal court matter after review by a circuit court.
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 4
Relating to: incorporation of the town of Ledgeview in Brown County.
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 5
Relating to: intimidating a witness.
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 7
Relating to: lesser included homicide crimes.
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)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 2
Relating to: laying out, altering, or discontinuing a town line highway.
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 6
Relating to: eliminating an obsolete statutory provision.
3/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 1015
Relating to: renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives.
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 113
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 782
Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 752
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 723
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
12/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 565
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 497
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
10/30/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 450
Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 388
Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (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.
10/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 373
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 68
Relating to: the life and public service of Dr. Ronald H. Lingren.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 362
Relating to: multiple county health departments. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 364
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 366
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 367
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 357
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 365
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 305
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 253
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 44
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 249
Relating to: an exemption from licensing requirements for certain out-of-state ambulance service providers. (FE)
5/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 220
Relating to: establishing a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison for a person who possesses a firearm or who uses a firearm to commit certain crimes after being convicted of committing certain violent felonies, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 92
Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 93
Relating to: bonding, spending, and taxation authority and auditing of local professional baseball park districts. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 77
Relating to: certification cards to carry concealed weapons for residents of Wisconsin who formerly were employed as law enforcement officers in another state and successor law enforcement agencies to assume responsibility of issuing certification cards to carry concealed weapons to former officers. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics.
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.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 32
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
3/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 794
Relating to: renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 638
Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
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 528
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 533
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 517
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 470
Relating to: reporting crimes and other incidents that occur on school property, on school transportation, and at school sanctioned events and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 423
Relating to: employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 409
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 411
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 369
Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: recognizing the Order of the Arrow, which is the Boy Scouts of America's National Honor Society, on its 100th Anniversary and the significant leadership and service provided to youth and communities across Wisconsin.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 330
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 306
Relating to: multiple county health departments. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 294
Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, 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.
10/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 285
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 268
Relating to: reporting, disclosure, and practitioner review requirements under the prescription drug monitoring program; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 269
Relating to: duty of law enforcement officers to report to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program controlled-substance violations, opioid-related drug overdoses or deaths, and reports of stolen prescription drugs. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 271
Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 272
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 260
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 229
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
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.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 182
Relating to: an exemption from licensing requirements for certain out-of-state ambulance service providers. (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 49
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 44
Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty.
2/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 26
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: the public service of Laura Rose.
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)
1/12/2016: 2015 AA2-AB53
1/8/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB628
Relating to: a first class city suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses.
11/3/2015: 2015 AA1-AB53
10/28/2015: 2015 AA1-AB353
10/27/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB352
Relating to: requiring persons accused of violating traffic laws and ordinances related to driving while intoxicated to appear in person in court.
4/28/2015: 2015 AA1-AB129
4/9/2015: 2015 AA2-AB147
4/8/2015: 2015 AA1-AB147
4/2/2015: 2015 AA1-AB7