Born La Crosse, July 31, 1952; married; 3 children, 3 grandchildren. Graduate Viroqua H.S. 1970; UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course 1971. Farmer. Former dairy farmer. Member: Coon Valley Lions. Former member: Vernon Co-op Oil and Gas (bd. mbr., secretary); Viroqua FFA Alumni (reporter); Westby FFA Alumni; Church Council (vice pres., treasurer). Vernon Co. Board 1998-2006 (chairperson 2002-06).
Elected to Assembly since 2004. Majority Caucus Vice Chairperson 2015.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 734
Relating to: pedestrians crossing railroads.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 876
Relating to: pedestrians crossing railroads.
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 874
Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 89
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 773
Relating to: a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/12/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 549
Relating to: agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 675
Relating to: agricultural loan guarantee programs administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 644
Relating to: regulation of establishments where animals are slaughtered or meat is processed, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 645
Relating to: dairy plant and food processing plant licensing requirements and granting rule-making authority.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 646
Relating to: penalties for violating commercial feed requirements and providing a criminal penalty.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 512
Relating to: dairy plant and food processing plant licensing requirements and granting rule-making authority.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 513
Relating to: regulation of establishments where animals are slaughtered or meat is processed, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 514
Relating to: penalties for violating commercial feed requirements and providing a criminal penalty.
12/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 592
Relating to: the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency.
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 438
Relating to: the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency.
9/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month.
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 239
Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 286
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 185
Relating to: creation of a clinical exercise physiology affiliated credentialing board, licensure of clinical exercise physiologists, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 820
Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE)
1/29/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 822
Relating to: income limits and award limits for contaminated well grants. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 793
Relating to: the teacher loan program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 795
Relating to: local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 796
Relating to: the apprenticeship completion award program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 797
Relating to: funding for the rural physician residency assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 798
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 794
Relating to: student loan reimbursements for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 799
Relating to: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics grants for rural school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/21/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 765
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 744
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (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)
1/11/2016: 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)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 611
Relating to: grants to support donation of farm and food products to food banks and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 612
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 609
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 522
Relating to: reimbursement of counties for probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision who are placed with the county pending disposition of revocation proceedings. (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)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 518
Relating to: lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 435
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/21/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 428
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
10/21/2015: 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)
10/13/2015: 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)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 391
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 392
Relating to: methods of voting by members of a cooperative.
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.
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 144
Relating to: the commencement of fall classes in public schools.
3/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 113
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
2/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 30
Relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 713
Relating to: local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 714
Relating to: the apprenticeship completion award program and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 699
Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 703
Relating to: the teacher loan program. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 662
Relating to: funding for the rural physician residency assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 674
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 661
Relating to: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics grants for rural school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 663
Relating to: student loan reimbursements for certain individuals domiciled in rural counties, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 628
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 593
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
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)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 594
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 535
Relating to: municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 492
Relating to: a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation. (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 466
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (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 474
Relating to: grants to support donation of farm and food products to food banks and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 389
Relating to: reimbursement of counties for probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision who are placed with the county pending disposition of revocation proceedings. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 390
Relating to: lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 359
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
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)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 324
Relating to: neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 325
Relating to: repeated acts of physical abuse of the same child and providing a criminal penalty.
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)
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
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)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 283
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 284
Relating to: methods of voting by members of a cooperative.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 57
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 212
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
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.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 83
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 9
Relating to: proclaiming May 15, 16, and 17, 2015, Syttende Mai Weekend.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 17
Relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
2/18/2016: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB874
1/21/2016: 2015 AA1-AB646
