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Representative Warren Petryk

Assembly District 93

(R - Town of Washington)
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Madison Office:
 Room 103 West
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9193
(888) 534-0093 Fax:
 (608) 282-3693 Voting Address:
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Staff:
 BJ Dernbach BJ.Dernbach@legis.wisconsin.gov
Chase Matthews Chase.Matthews@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, January 24, 1955; married.
  • Eagle Scout, November 1969; Badger Boys State, 1972; Graduate and valedictorian, Boyceville High School, 1973; attended University of Wisconsin-Stout; earned B.A. with highest honors University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1978.
  • Worked 15 years in community relations for United Cerebral Palsy of West Central Wisconsin; cofounder of musical entertainment group “The Memories” (started 1972).
  • Member: Eau Claire, Menomonie, Ellsworth, and Prescott Chambers of Commerce; National Rifle Association; Eau Galle-Rush River, Ellsworth, Durand, Rock Falls, and Arkansaw Sportsmen’s Clubs; Wisconsin Farm Bureau; Cleghorn Lions Club; Chippewa Valley Council of Boy Scouts of America (board of directors).
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars Legislator of the Year 2013; Wisconsin AMVETS Veteran’s Advocate of the Year 2014; Wisconsin Electrical Cooperative Association Most Enlightened Legislator 2016; Wisconsin School Nutrition Association Legislator of the Year 2018, 2016; Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Working for Wisconsin Award (every term); Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award (every term);Wisconsin Economic Development Association Champion of Economic Development Award 2018; Wisconsin Town’s Association Friend of Towns Award 2020, 2018; Wisconsin Counties Association Outstanding Legislator Award 2020; Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted Outstanding Legislator Award 2020
  • Elected to Assembly since 2010.

2023 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 9/19/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 432
    Relating to: eligibility of certain minors for licensure as emergency medical services practitioners and certification as emergency medical responders, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures. (FE)

  • 9/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 409
    Relating to: designating a bridge in Pierce County as the Eisenhower Bridge of Valor. (FE)

  • 8/25/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 399
    Relating to: designating a bridge in Pierce County as the Eisenhower Bridge of Valor. (FE)

  • 8/4/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 375
    Relating to: Wisconsin and Minnesota income tax reciprocity. (FE)

  • 7/27/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 372
    Relating to: funding for the Farm and Industry Short Course program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 7/20/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 370
    Relating to: funding for the Farm and Industry Short Course program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Resolution 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Arthur L. Peterson.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 232
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 150
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 3/31/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 136
    Relating to: financial assistance limits for dam removal. (FE)

  • 3/23/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 140
    Relating to: financial assistance limits for dam removal. (FE)

2023 Co-authored Proposals

  • 9/19/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 418
    Relating to: healthy aging grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 387
    Relating to: creating a child care reimbursement account program, providing an income tax subtraction for certain contributions to a child care reimbursement account, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 390
    Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child care teachers.

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 388
    Relating to: creating a child care center renovations loan program. (FE)

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 389
    Relating to: the regulation of large family child care centers. (FE)

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 391
    Relating to: modifying administrative rules regarding the number of child care workers and children in group child care centers.

  • 9/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 392
    Relating to: allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE)

  • 8/29/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 66
    Relating to: requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration).

  • 8/29/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 386
    Relating to: lowering the individual income tax rates in the third bracket and increasing and expanding the retirement income subtraction. (FE)

  • 7/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 356
    Relating to: grants for incumbent local exchange carriers for costs associated with Next Generation 911 and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 7/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 63
    Relating to: honoring the legacy of Old Abe, Wisconsin's Civil War eagle.

  • 6/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 56
    Relating to: proclaiming June 2023 as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 6/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Daniel LeMahieu.

  • 6/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 55
    Relating to: recognizing the many federal, state, and local contributions of the 115th Fighter Wing.

  • 6/2/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 303
    Relating to: the broadband expansion grant program. (FE)

  • 6/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 302
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for data center equipment or software. (FE)

  • 6/1/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
    Relating to: celebrating the 175th year of Wisconsin's statehood.

  • 5/25/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 287
    Relating to: talent attraction and retention initiatives focusing on active duty military personnel transitioning out of the U.S. armed forces and veterans and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 274
    Relating to: a commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/17/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 272
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants. (FE)

  • 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 268
    Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (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)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 47
    Relating to: recognizing May 2023 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 39
    Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan Freedom Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
    Relating to: celebrating May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 259
    Relating to: 100-day prescription drug supplies under SeniorCare and amending an administrative rule related to 100-day prescription drug supplies permitted under SeniorCare. (FE)

  • 5/3/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 245
    Relating to: county and municipal aid; imposing a city sales tax and an additional county sales tax to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of city and county retirement systems; requiring newly hired city and county employees of certain city agencies and counties to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System; fire and police commissions of first class cities; eliminating the personal property tax; reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation; advisory referenda; local health officers; local public protection services; exceptions to local levy limits; local regulation of certain quarry operations; emergency services; local approval of projects and activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; requiring a referendum; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 244
    Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/28/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 243
    Relating to: designating and marking the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 219
    Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)

  • 4/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: proclaiming May 1, 2023, as Loyalty Day in Wisconsin.

  • 4/13/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 26
    Relating to: honoring and commending the National Wild Turkey Federation upon its 50th anniversary.

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 149
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 147
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 151
    Relating to: workforce metrics. (FE)

  • 4/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 152
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and authorizing the secretary of administration to transfer employees from any executive branch agency to the Department of Workforce Development for certain purposes. (FE)

  • 3/31/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 140
    Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 106
    Relating to: grants to technical college and tribal college students for apprenticeship expenses and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/14/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 109
    Relating to: requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation. (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)

  • 3/6/2023: 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: declaring March 5, 2023, to March 11, 2023, as Women in Construction Week and celebrating the countless contributions of women in construction.

  • 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 64
    Relating to: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program. (FE)

  • 2/10/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 28
    Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. (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)

2023 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 9/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 452
    Relating to: designating and marking the Deputy Kaitie Leising Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 9/20/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 435
    Relating to: lowering the individual income tax rates in the third bracket and increasing and expanding the retirement income subtraction. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 407
    Relating to: healthy aging grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 420
    Relating to: eligibility of certain minors for licensure as emergency medical services practitioners and certification as emergency medical responders, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 422
    Relating to: the regulation of large family child care centers. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 423
    Relating to: modifying administrative rules regarding the number of child care workers and children in group child care centers.

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 425
    Relating to: allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 426
    Relating to: creating a child care reimbursement account program, providing an income tax subtraction for certain contributions to a child care reimbursement account, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 421
    Relating to: creating a child care center renovations loan program. (FE)

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 424
    Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child care teachers.

  • 9/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 63
    Relating to: requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration).

  • 8/9/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 374
    Relating to: Wisconsin and Minnesota income tax reciprocity. (FE)

  • 7/20/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 371
    Relating to: grants for incumbent local exchange carriers for costs associated with Next Generation 911 and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 6/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 55
    Relating to: recognizing the many federal, state, and local contributions of the 115th Fighter Wing.

  • 6/13/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 53
    Relating to: proclaiming June 2023 as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 6/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 52
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Daniel LeMahieu.

  • 5/24/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 308
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for data center equipment or software. (FE)

  • 5/24/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 47
    Relating to: recognizing May 2023 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/18/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 301
    Relating to: county and municipal aid; imposing a city sales tax and an additional county sales tax to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of city and county retirement systems; requiring newly hired city and county employees of certain city agencies and counties to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System; fire and police commissions of first class cities; eliminating the personal property tax; reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation; advisory referenda; local health officers; local public protection services; exceptions to local levy limits; local regulation of certain quarry operations; emergency services; local approval of projects and activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; requiring a referendum; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 294
    Relating to: a main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 295
    Relating to: commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 293
    Relating to: residential housing infrastructure revolving loan fund and revolving loan program. (FE)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 297
    Relating to: housing rehabilitation loans awarded by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

  • 5/15/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 284
    Relating to: talent attraction and retention initiatives focusing on active duty military personnel transitioning out of the U.S. armed forces and veterans and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 38
    Relating to: celebrating May 5, 2023, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.

  • 5/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 271
    Relating to: a commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 263
    Relating to: 100-day prescription drug supplies under SeniorCare and amending an administrative rule related to 100-day prescription drug supplies permitted under SeniorCare. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 266
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants. (FE)

  • 5/2/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 37
    Relating to: proclaiming June 12, 2023, as Ronald Reagan Freedom Day in Wisconsin.

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 247
    Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/20/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 249
    Relating to: designating and marking the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 231
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 237
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 30
    Relating to: proclaiming May 1, 2023, as Loyalty Day in Wisconsin.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 218
    Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: honoring and commending the National Wild Turkey Federation upon its 50th anniversary.

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 234
    Relating to: workforce metrics. (FE)

  • 4/14/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 235
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and authorizing the secretary of administration to transfer employees from any executive branch agency to the Department of Workforce Development for certain purposes. (FE)

  • 4/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 161
    Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 115
    Relating to: requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation. (FE)

  • 3/8/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: declaring March 5, 2023, to March 11, 2023, as Women in Construction Week and celebrating the countless contributions of women in construction.

  • 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 102
    Relating to: reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/21/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 71
    Relating to: grants to independent living centers and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 28
    Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. (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)

2023 Votes