Born Elkhart, IN, March 21, 1966; married; 7 children. Roofing and insulation contractor. Member: Small Business Administration Regulatory Fairness Bd.; National Roofing Contractors Assn. (vice pres.); Construction Specifications Institute – Wausau Chapter (past pres.); Wausau Area Builders Assn. (fmr. mbr., governmental com.); Noon Rotary Club of Marshfield.
Elected to Assembly in November 2013 special election.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
4/1/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 697
Relating to: comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 118
Relating to: proclaiming May 2014 as Lyme disease awareness month.
3/13/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming May 2014 as Lyme disease awareness month.
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 104
Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan, supporting Taiwan's efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the signing of a bilateral investment agreement between Taiwan and the United States, and supporting Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2/19/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: energy emergencies and vehicle weight limits. (FE)
2/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 574
Relating to: energy emergencies and vehicle weight limits. (FE)
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: fees charged for credentials administered by the department of safety and professional services. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 647
Relating to: agricultural emergency permits issued by the Department of Transportation for vehicles transporting oversize loads. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 646
Relating to: motor vehicle fuel tax exemption certificates. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 633
Relating to: eligibility of persons with disabilities to receive annual fishing licenses at reduced fees. (FE)
1/17/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 501
Relating to: agricultural emergency permits issued by the Department of Transportation for vehicles transporting oversize loads. (FE)
1/16/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: motor vehicle fuel tax exemption certificates. (FE)
1/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 596
Relating to: renewable resource credits, removal of certain natural gas service laterals, natural gas public utility service in municipalities, and granting rule-making authority.
12/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in a fertilizer blending, feed milling, or grain drying operation. (FE)
3/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 859
Relating to: replacement and maintenance of existing culverts and design and engineering work for the construction and placement of certain culverts. (FE)
3/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 847
Relating to: use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by weather conditions and providing a penalty.
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)
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 807
Relating to: procedures to preserve and determine the validity of certain liens and to make payments to prime contractors of public works contracts.
2/19/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 782
Relating to: ordinances, variances, and rules relating to the constructing or altering of, or adding to, public buildings and buildings that are places of employment, the creation of a building code council, and inspections of public buildings and buildings that are places of employment, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 779
Relating to: state 911 telecommunications services, police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communications services, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 774
Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 770
Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees.
2/14/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 764
Relating to: notifications to law enforcement officers and dissemination to the public when registered out-of-state sex offenders enter a community.
2/13/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 763
Relating to: regulation of mobile dentistry and granting rule-making authority. (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.
2/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles on highway bridges. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 731
Relating to: the property tax exemption for rented personal property. (FE)
2/4/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 725
Relating to: collection of certain utility arrearages by a municipal utility and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants. (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 Joint Resolution 85
Relating to: deleting from the constitution the office of secretary of state (first consideration).
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 712
Relating to: exempting employers from keeping records of the hours of employment of an employee who is exempt from the overtime pay requirement and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 710
Relating to: alerts for missing adults at risk and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 706
Relating to: the liability of an adult sponsor of a minor applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 696
Relating to: authorizing a school board to create a capital improvement trust fund. (FE)
1/29/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 685
Relating to: restricting information available on the consolidated court automated Internet site. (FE)
1/28/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 680
Relating to: adaptive management plans for reducing discharges of phosphorus and total suspended solids to the waters of the state and a statewide variance to the water quality standard for phosphorus for certain dischargers. (FE)
1/24/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 667
Relating to: permitting an employee to voluntarily choose to work without one day of rest in seven.
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 661
Relating to: authorizing towns to withdraw from county zoning and requiring certain towns to enact a zoning ordinance and a comprehensive plan. (FE)
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.
1/22/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 648
Relating to: operation of agricultural vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. (FE)
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 639
Relating to: the use of a cellular or other wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle in a construction zone and providing a penalty.
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 641
Relating to: stalking and sexual offenses under the code of military justice. (FE)
1/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 618
Relating to: the student information system, the disclosure of personally identifiable student data, and the disclosure of pupil records. (FE)
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.
1/9/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 613
Relating to: modifying the duties of a county clerk; the counties in which a board of election commissioners is required; and staffing of a board of election commissioners in populous counties. (FE)
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 603
Relating to: providing proof of residence when registering to vote.
1/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 606
Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities.
1/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 594
Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards.
1/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 595
Relating to: Public Service Commission certificates for certain activities; tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; regulation of pay telephone service providers and cable television telecommunications service providers; accident reporting by telecommunications utilities; the definition of transmission facility; availability of public utility rate schedules; and rule-making procedures.
12/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 581
Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 446
Relating to: training and agreements for administering the drug naloxone, requiring emergency medical technicians to carry naloxone, and immunity for certain individuals who administer naloxone. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: granting immunity from certain criminal prosecutions for offenses relating to a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog.
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: programs for the disposal of drugs, including controlled substances, and certain medical or drug-related items, and the regulation of prescription drugs. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 445
Relating to: identification presentation and monitoring for certain prescription drugs. (FE)
9/26/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 392
Relating to: copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE)
9/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 368
Relating to: purchases or transfers of rifles or shotguns in other states.
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge William J. Duffy.
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 120
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
3/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 664
Relating to: replacement and maintenance of existing culverts and design and engineering work for the construction and placement of certain culverts. (FE)
3/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 668
Relating to: notifications to law enforcement officers and dissemination to the public when registered out-of-state sex offenders enter a community.
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 644
Relating to: modifying the duties of a county clerk; the counties in which a board of election commissioners is required; and staffing of a board of election commissioners in populous counties. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 625
Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 76
Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan, supporting Taiwan's efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the signing of a bilateral investment agreement between Taiwan and the United States, and supporting Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 619
Relating to: creating a model academic standards board.
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 617
Relating to: ordinances, variances, and rules relating to the constructing or altering of, or adding to, public buildings and buildings that are places of employment, the creation of a building code council, and inspections of public buildings and buildings that are places of employment, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 612
Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: procedures to preserve and determine the validity of certain liens and to make payments to prime contractors of public works contracts.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 601
Relating to: the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles on highway bridges. (FE)
2/11/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 589
Relating to: number of school days and hours of instruction held in a school year and state aid for summer classes.
2/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 577
Relating to: the property tax exemption for rented personal property. (FE)
2/6/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 573
Relating to: regulation of mobile dentistry and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 566
Relating to: state 911 telecommunications services, police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communications services, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 557
Relating to: exempting employers from keeping records of the hours of employment of an employee who is exempt from the overtime pay requirement and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis.
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 526
Relating to: restricting information available on the consolidated court automated Internet site. (FE)
1/27/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 517
Relating to: collection of certain utility arrearages by a municipal utility and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 509
Relating to: operation of agricultural vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 508
Relating to: permitting an employee to voluntarily choose to work without one day of rest in seven.
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.
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 491
Relating to: stalking and sexual offenses under the code of military justice. (FE)
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 479
Relating to: the use of a cellular or other wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle in a construction zone and providing a penalty.
1/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 474
Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards.
1/6/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 470
Relating to: Public Service Commission certificates for certain activities; tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; regulation of pay telephone service providers and cable television telecommunications service providers; accident reporting by telecommunications utilities; the definition of transmission facility; availability of public utility rate schedules; and rule-making procedures.
1/6/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 473
Relating to: renewable resource credits, removal of certain natural gas service laterals, natural gas public utility service in municipalities, and granting rule-making authority.
12/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 461
Relating to: advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placements of a child, delegation of parental power regarding the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, requesting a study of adoption disruption and dissolution, and providing penalties. (FE)
12/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 459
Relating to: providing proof of residence when registering to vote.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 448
Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in a fertilizer blending, feed milling, or grain drying operation. (FE)
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 444
Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities.
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: early childhood brain development.
1/23/2014: 2013 AA1-AB646