Skip navigation Wisconsin State Legislature
Picture of Representative Samba Baldeh

Representative Samba Baldeh

Assembly District 48

(D - Madison)
Home Page
District map based on 2022 Johnson v. WEC (4/15/22)
Subscribe to updates via Notify Subscribe to updates via Notify
2023 authored proposals feed Feed for Authored proposals feed
2023 all related items feed Feed for All related items feed
2023 author index
Historical information
Madison Office:
 Room 111 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9148
(888) 534-0048 Fax:
 (608) 282-3648 Voting Address:
 5150 Crescent Oaks Dr.
Madison, WI 53704
Staff:
 Michael Lindvall Michael.Lindvall@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Choya Village, The Gambia, September 10, 1971; married.
  • Graduate Armitage High School; associate’s degree, Madison Area Technical College, 2006; attended University of The Gambia for B.A. in Education; Masters Certificate in Project Management, Information Technology, University of Wisconsin– Madison, 2017; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD), 2021.
  • Full-time legislator. Former software engineer, information technology project manager, and small business owner.
  • Member: 100 Black Men of Madison; Dane County Democratic Party; YALI–UW Madison (Mandela Washington fellowship program for Young African Leaders Initiative) (board member); NAACP, Dane County; University of Wisconsin–Madison Community Advisory Council; New American Leaders, Elected Advisory Council (NAL–EAC); Center for Community Stewardship (C4CS); African Association of Madison (AAM).
  • Elected City of Madison alder, District 17 (Common Council president); Assembly since 2020.

2023 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

2023 Co-authored Proposals

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 290
    Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 298
    Relating to: polling place closures.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 50
    Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 288
    Relating to: prohibiting food and beverages from being served in foam polystyrene packaging and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 51
    Relating to: recognizing October 26, 2023, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 289
    Relating to: allowing local governments to prohibit or regulate pesticide use on private lawns.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 300
    Relating to: an election official's personal information, battery against election officials, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities, and providing a penalty.

  • 5/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 276
    Relating to: refundable income tax credit for bicycle purchases and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 273
    Relating to: Department of Revenue enforcement and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 5/16/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 48
    Relating to: recognizing May 3, 2023, as National Bike to School Day.

  • 5/16/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 267
    Relating to: housing rehabilitation loans awarded by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

  • 5/16/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 264
    Relating to: residential housing infrastructure revolving loan fund and revolving loan program. (FE)

  • 5/16/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 265
    Relating to: a main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)

  • 5/16/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 268
    Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 38
    Relating to: proclaiming June 2, 2023, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 248
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 249
    Relating to: expanding Wisconsin Works eligibility for at-risk pregnancy. (FE)

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 240
    Relating to: prohibiting discrimination based on traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 37
    Relating to: proclaiming May 19, 20, and 21, 2023, Syttende Mai Weekend.

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Resolution 8
    Relating to: commemorating the date of the Bay View labor strike and tragedy and requiring the permanent removal of the portrait of Jeremiah Rusk from public display in the assembly parlor and instead requiring that a portrait of former Governor Tommy G. Thompson be hung in the assembly parlor.

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 35
    Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 232
    Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans.

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 222
    Relating to: a pre-disaster flood resilience grant program. (FE)

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 221
    Relating to: the distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE)

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 34
    Relating to: commemorating the exemplary life and service of R. Richard “Dick” Wagner.

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 218
    Relating to: eliminating certain abortion prohibitions.

  • 4/18/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 32
    Relating to: proclaiming April 2023 as Donate Life Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/18/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: proclaiming May 2023 as Jewish American Heritage Month.

  • 4/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Governor Anthony S. Earl.

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 156
    Relating to: entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president and vice president of the United States by means of a national popular vote.

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 158
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 164
    Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. (FE)

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison women's hockey team on winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Hockey National Championship.

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 155
    Relating to: the sale or rental of soda water beverage equipment and coin-operated vending machines. (FE)

  • 4/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 159
    Relating to: coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions and benefit limits under health plans.

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 145
    Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state's public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

  • 3/31/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
    Relating to: declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 129
    Relating to: sexual assault by a health care provider and providing a penalty.

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 117
    Relating to: coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 120
    Relating to: the design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE)

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
    Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Cesar Chavez Day in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 126
    Relating to: participation in the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (FE)

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Dr. Rebecca M. Blank.

  • 3/24/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.

  • 3/21/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 114
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 112
    Relating to: the establishment of November 11 as a day on which the offices of the agencies of state government are closed. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 103
    Relating to: application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 104
    Relating to: expanding the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 108
    Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip-searching a pupil.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 100
    Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 102
    Relating to: reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: proclaiming the month of March 2023 as American Red Cross Month throughout the state of Wisconsin.

  • 3/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: designating June 2023 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month.

  • 3/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Resolution 5
    Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2023.

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 79
    Relating to: prostitution crime surcharge and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 80
    Relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts. (FE)

  • 2/23/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 65
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE)

  • 2/23/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 61
    Relating to: creating a deicer applicators certification program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/23/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 64
    Relating to: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program. (FE)

  • 2/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 55
    Relating to: penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 48
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 56
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses.

  • 2/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 51
    Relating to: appointment of certain lawfully present aliens as law enforcement officers.

  • 2/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 37
    Relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and discrimination based on expunged conviction. (FE)

  • 2/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion law and restoring the constitutional rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade.

  • 2/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 33
    Relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation. (FE)

  • 2/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 26
    Relating to: the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 8
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 18
    Relating to: rehired teacher annuitants. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 17
    Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 19
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 20
    Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)

  • 2/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and prevention month.

  • 2/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2023 to be American Heart Month in Wisconsin.

2023 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 5/24/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 315
    Relating to: prohibiting food and beverages from being served in foam polystyrene packaging and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 5/18/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 298
    Relating to: eliminating certain abortion prohibitions.

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 282
    Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 291
    Relating to: an election official's personal information, battery against election officials, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, county clerks, and election officials who witness and report election fraud or irregularities, and providing a penalty.

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 42
    Relating to: proclaiming November 20, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Remembrance.

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 41
    Relating to: recognizing October 26, 2023, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 272
    Relating to: refundable income tax credit for bicycle purchases and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 268
    Relating to: Department of Revenue enforcement and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 261
    Relating to: regulation of tanning facilities. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 269
    Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 35
    Relating to: proclaiming May 2023 as Jewish American Heritage Month.

  • 4/17/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 32
    Relating to: proclaiming April 2023 as Donate Life Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 219
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 246
    Relating to: prohibiting discrimination based on traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 26
    Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison women's hockey team on winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Hockey National Championship.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: commemorating the exemplary life and service of R. Richard “Dick” Wagner.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: proclaiming May 19, 20, and 21, 2023, Syttende Mai Weekend.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 222
    Relating to: a pre-disaster flood resilience grant program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 240
    Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 243
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 244
    Relating to: expanding Wisconsin Works eligibility for at-risk pregnancy. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 31
    Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 148
    Relating to: the sale or rental of soda water beverage equipment and coin-operated vending machines. (FE)

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 153
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Governor Anthony S. Earl.

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 144
    Relating to: entering into an agreement among the states to elect the president of the United States by means of a national popular vote.

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 146
    Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. (FE)

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 152
    Relating to: coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions and benefit limits under health plans.

  • 3/23/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 138
    Relating to: the distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE)

  • 3/23/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 22
    Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.

  • 3/23/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 133
    Relating to: sexual assault by a health care provider and providing a penalty.

  • 3/16/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: designating June 2023 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month.

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 129
    Relating to: participation in the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 128
    Relating to: expanding the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 16
    Relating to: proclaiming the month of March 2023 as American Red Cross Month throughout the state of Wisconsin.

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Dr. Rebecca M. Blank.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 114
    Relating to: the establishment of November 11 as a day on which the offices of the agencies of state government are closed. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 117
    Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state's public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2023, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility.

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 116
    Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 120
    Relating to: the design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 121
    Relating to: coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 110
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 111
    Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip searching a pupil.

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 90
    Relating to: penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 93
    Relating to: grants to technical college and tribal college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 99
    Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 100
    Relating to: application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 102
    Relating to: reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)

  • 3/1/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 92
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses.

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 73
    Relating to: prostitution crime surcharge and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 78
    Relating to: appointment of certain lawfully present aliens as law enforcement officers.

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 52
    Relating to: creating a deicer applicators certification program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 55
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 59
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 58
    Relating to: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 62
    Relating to: the timing of equalization aid payments to school districts. (FE)

  • 2/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2023 as Black History Month.

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 35
    Relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 38
    Relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and discrimination based on expunged conviction. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion law and restoring the constitutional rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade.

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 11
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2023 to be American Heart Month in Wisconsin.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 9
    Relating to: rehired teacher annuitants. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2023 as human trafficking awareness and prevention month.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 11
    Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 17
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 27
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 8
    Relating to: the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 22
    Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)

2023 Authored Amendments

2023 Votes