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Senator Joan Ballweg

Majority Caucus Vice-Chair

Senate District 14

(R - Markesan)
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Madison Office:
 Room 409 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-0751

Staff:
 Bethany Rasmussen Bethany.Rasmussen@legis.wisconsin.gov
Drew Hanstedt Drew.Hanstedt@legis.wisconsin.gov
David Specht-Boardman David.Specht-Boardman@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 16, 1952; married; 3 children, 3 grandchildren.
  • Graduate Nathan Hale High School (West Allis), 1970; attended University of Wisconsin-Waukesha; B.A. in Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1974.
  • Co-owner of farm equipment business. Former first grade teacher.
  • Member: Council of State Governments (chair 2021, 2020); Midwest Legislative Conference (chair 2016); Agricultural Exports Advisory Council; Markesan Chamber of Commerce (former treasurer); Waupun Chamber of Commerce; Green Lake County Farm Bureau; Waupun Memorial Hospital (board of directors, former chair); Agnesian HealthCare Enterprises LLC management committee (former secretary); volunteer, Markesan District Schools; Markesan PTA (former president); Markesan American Field Service Chapter (hosting coordinator, president, former host family, liaison).
  • Former member: FEMA V Regional Advisory Council.
  • Markesan City Council, 1987–91; mayor of Markesan, 1991–97.
  • Legislature: Elected to Assembly 2004-2018. Majority Caucus Chair 2013, 2011. Elected to Senate 2020. Majority Caucus Vice-Chair 2023.

Member of Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council, Building Commission, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, Council on Tourism, Midwestern Higher Education Commission and Wisconsin Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission

2023 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

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

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 29
    Relating to: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.

  • 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)

  • 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 37
    Relating to: a time limit for processing sexual assault kits. (FE)

  • 2/3/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 36
    Relating to: modifying the Department of Tourism's reporting duties and repealing requirements to distribute cheese, submit a financial statement, and use famous residents in marketing.

  • 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 1
    Relating to: establishing a flat individual income tax rate. (FE)

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

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 24
    Relating to: the distribution and labeling of fertilizers and soil or plant additives produced from manure. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: the appropriation authority of the legislature and the allocation of moneys Wisconsin receives from the federal government (second consideration).

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 7
    Relating to: use of epinephrine delivery systems and standing orders for epinephrine. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 12
    Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 13
    Relating to: eliminating the land recycling loan program. (FE)

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 21
    Relating to: the value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities.

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 16
    Relating to: tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (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 Co-authored Proposals

2023 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 9
    Relating to: use of epinephrine delivery systems and standing orders for epinephrine. (FE)

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

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 7
    Relating to: tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 16
    Relating to: the value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities.

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 10
    Relating to: eliminating the land recycling loan program. (FE)

  • 2/7/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 12
    Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (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 6
    Relating to: the appropriation authority of the legislature and the allocation of moneys Wisconsin receives from the federal government (second consideration).

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

  • 1/19/2023: 2023 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: establishing a flat individual income tax rate. (FE)

2023 Votes