Born Marinette, February 27, 1964; married; 3 children. Graduate Marinette H.S. 1982; attended UW-Marinette. Insurance and financial representative. Former restaurant owner and operator. Member: Jaycees (lifetime mbr., fmr. chapter, state, U.S. pres.); Marinette Kiwanis (fmr. pres.); Marinette Co. GOP (fmr. chm.). City of Marinette Recreation and Planning Bd. 2003-06.
Elected to Assembly 2006; reelected since 2008.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 716
Relating to: review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 872
Relating to: garnishment fees.
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 873
Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 866
Relating to: prescription refills.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 865
Relating to: the administration by injection of prescribed drugs by pharmacists. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 704
Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 766
Relating to: review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 662
Relating to: fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 531
Relating to: fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 95
Relating to: the public service of Vicki R. Holten.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 520
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 522
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 659
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 658
Relating to: the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 660
Relating to: guidelines for prescribing controlled substances and the examination authority of the Medical Examining Board.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 94
Relating to: commending and congratulating the Medical College of Wisconsin.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 515
Relating to: a regional revolving loan fund grant program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 499
Relating to: the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 584
Relating to: rate regulations, assessment levies, and dividends for the local government property insurance fund. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 437
Relating to: rate regulations, assessment levies, and dividends for the local government property insurance fund. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 557
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
10/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 453
Relating to: requiring the Family Care benefit and self-directed services option to be provided in Rock County. (FE)
10/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 345
Relating to: prescription, dispensing, and delivery of opioid antagonists.
10/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 427
Relating to: prescription, dispensing, and delivery of opioid antagonists.
10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 409
Relating to: the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: congratulating the United States Navy on the commissioning of the USS Milwaukee.
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)
9/25/2015: 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 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)
9/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 346
Relating to: certain telecommunications services provided to the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 261
Relating to: certain telecommunications services provided to the University of Wisconsin System and making an appropriation.
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 113
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 105
Relating to: commending the Legislative Audit Bureau on the occasion of its 50th year of service to the legislature.
1/26/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 808
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
1/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 807
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 786
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 790
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 792
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 784
Relating to: funding for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 785
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 791
Relating to: informed consent for psychotropic medications in nursing homes and community-based residential facilities. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 783
Relating to: funding for a virtual dementia tour license and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 787
Relating to: funding for respite care under the Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 788
Relating to: funding for dementia care specialists in aging and disability resource centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 789
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
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 701
Relating to: action required to be taken in response to a discharge of hazardous substances, exemption from liability for certain hazardous substance discharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 700
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 663
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 648
Relating to: seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the rotunda of the state capitol building or in a church.
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 612
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 614
Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment. (FE)
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 582
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (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)
11/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: appointment of the state superintendent of public instruction by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate (first consideration).
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 405
Relating to: exemptions from certain taxes and other requirements for work performed by persons from outside the state during a state of emergency declared by the governor. (FE)
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 393
Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (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.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening and expanding sister-city and sister-state ties between Wisconsin and Taiwan; and supporting Taiwan's efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the United States.
10/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 373
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 368
Relating to: regulation of persons that own or operate dental practices and granting rule-making authority. (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 303
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Workforce Development from requiring a job seeker to furnish his or her social security number to that department as a precondition to using the services of the job center network, including using the job center network Internet site. (FE)
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 296
Relating to: distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
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)
5/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 200
Relating to: a waiver to limit the number of FoodShare replacement cards. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 177
Relating to: limiting the foods that may be purchased under FoodShare; requiring a report on the cost to implement and comply with the food limitations; requiring review, updating, and publication of the list of authorized foods; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation. (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)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 122
Relating to: exempting certain vehicles of utilities from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
2/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 64
Relating to: allowing each technical district board to authorize independent charter schools focused on occupational education and training or science, technology, engineering, and math. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics.
2/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 24
Relating to: variable rate loans.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
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 1
Relating to: a school review system, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 760
Relating to: referrals for subjects of alerts for missing adults and operator's license review. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 748
Relating to: informed consent for psychotropic medications in nursing homes and community-based residential facilities. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 749
Relating to: report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 750
Relating to: dementia specialist certification program. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 709
Relating to: prescription refills.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 708
Relating to: the administration by injection of prescribed drugs by pharmacists. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 690
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 694
Relating to: dementia training grants for mobile crisis teams and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: commending the Legislative Audit Bureau on the occasion of its 50th year of service to the legislature.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 656
Relating to: prohibiting issuance of citations for alcohol beverages violations to certain underage persons in connection with sexual assault or certain other crimes and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions if the underage person is a student.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 671
Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 642
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 643
Relating to: including a heroin metabolite in the definition of a restricted controlled substance for the purpose of chemical testing for intoxication.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 542
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 545
Relating to: action required to be taken in response to a discharge of hazardous substances, exemption from liability for certain hazardous substance discharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 535
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 500
Relating to: restitution owed to victims of crime.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 482
Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 459
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (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)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 464
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 327
Relating to: regulation of persons that own or operate dental practices and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 334
Relating to: exemptions from certain taxes and other requirements for work performed by persons from outside the state during a state of emergency declared by the governor. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 300
Relating to: the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (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)
10/9/2015: 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.
10/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 285
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 282
Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (FE)
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 233
Relating to: distributing excess sales tax revenue collected by a local professional football stadium district to Brown County and the municipalities within Brown County and making an appropriation. (FE)
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 219
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Workforce Development from requiring a job seeker to furnish his or her social security number to that department as a precondition to using the services of the job center network, including using the job center network Internet site. (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.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its outstanding 2014-15 basketball season and reaching the NCAA championship game.
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 136
Relating to: a waiver to limit the number of FoodShare replacement cards. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 127
Relating to: variable rate loans.
3/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 106
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 91
Relating to: allowing each technical district board to authorize independent charter schools focused on occupational education and training or science, technology, engineering, and math. (FE)
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 80
Relating to: exempting certain vehicles of utilities from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 3
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its 2013-14 basketball season and reaching the NCAA Final Four.
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)
2/16/2016: 2015 AA2-AB873
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-AB873
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-AB659
2/3/2016: 2015 ASA2-AB657
Relating to: treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation.
2/2/2016: 2015 AA1-AB766
2/2/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB657
Relating to: treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation.
2/2/2016: 2015 AA1-AB657
2/2/2016: 2015 AA1-AB662
1/7/2016: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB366
1/6/2016: 2015 AA2-AB364
11/3/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB427
Relating to: prescription, dispensing, and delivery of opioid antagonists.
10/21/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB366
Relating to: pain clinic certification and requirements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
10/21/2015: 2015 AA1-AB367
10/21/2015: 2015 AA1-AB364