Born Evergreen Park, Ill., December 15, 1958; married. Graduate Evergreen Park Community H.S. 1976; B.S. psychology UW-La Crosse 1988. Automobile dealer, small business owner, family dairy farmer. Member: Farm Bureau; Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (former council pres.); Tomah Chamber of Commerce (former bd. of dir. mbr.); Tomah Memorial Hospital Bd. (former officer); American Business Women’s Assn. (former mbr., pres.); NRA; American Legion Auxiliary.
Elected to Assembly 2014.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 627
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 781
Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (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 713
Relating to: access to and prior authorization for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 705
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 672
Relating to: loss-of-use fees for rental motor vehicles.
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 519
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 647
Relating to: funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 495
Relating to: loss-of-use fees for rental motor vehicles.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 485
Relating to: supplemental forfeitures for trade and consumer protection violations perpetrated against the elderly and disabled and providing a penalty. (FE)
12/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 610
Relating to: supplemental forfeitures for trade and consumer protection violations perpetrated against the elderly and disabled and providing a penalty. (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)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 466
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 419
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 541
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 351
Relating to: residence of noncustodial parent ordered to register for a work experience and job training program. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 247
Relating to: residence of noncustodial parent ordered to register for a work experience and job training program. (FE)
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 299
Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor.
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 217
Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor.
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)
6/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 253
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 140
Relating to: annual statements showing total public assistance and unemployment insurance benefits received. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 35
Relating to: alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (FE)
4/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 122
Relating to: congratulating the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys' varsity basketball team for winning the 2016 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Championship title.
2/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 867
Relating to: reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 856
Relating to: long-term care districts and care management organizations. (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)
1/26/2016: 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.
1/22/2016: 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.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
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)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 709
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 710
Relating to: stipends for the Wisconsin Council on Mental Health. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 711
Relating to: qualified treatment trainees.
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 712
Relating to: certification of outpatient mental health clinics. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 708
Relating to: zoning for peer-run respite centers. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 707
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 664
Relating to: mental health services in schools.
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: treatment and diversion programs and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 633
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 530
Relating to: establishment of a dietetic internship program and granting rule-making authority. (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)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 511
Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Boy Scouts of America, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 512
Relating to: designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/28/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: declaring November 13, 2015, "World Pancreatic Cancer Day" in the state of Wisconsin.
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (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)
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)
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
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.
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.
2/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 65
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (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)
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)
4/7/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 114
Relating to: congratulating the Stevens Point Area Senior High boys' varsity basketball team for winning the 2016 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Championship title.
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)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 712
Relating to: reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (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 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 687
Relating to: long-term care districts and care management organizations. (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)
1/27/2016: 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 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 591
Relating to: mental health services in schools.
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)
1/19/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
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.
1/15/2016: 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 539
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 402
Relating to: establishment of a dietetic internship program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (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 384
Relating to: designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 388
Relating to: special registration plates associated with the Boy Scouts of America, registration numbers on special registration plates, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 339
Relating to: establishing the Wisconsin Veterans Employment Initiative. (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)
10/9/2015: 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)
9/29/2015: 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)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 37
Relating to: declaring May 14 to be Apraxia Awareness 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)
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 42
Relating to: alerts for hit-and-run incidents. (FE)
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 39
Relating to: newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 6, 2015, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
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)
2/9/2016: 2015 AA1-AB713
2/1/2016: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB140
12/9/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB140
Relating to: a plan for implementing a statement of public benefits.
