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Senator Dianne H. Hesselbein

Minority Caucus Vice-Chair

Senate District 27

(D - Middleton)
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Madison Office:
 Room 3 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-6670

Staff:
 Denise Stromme Denise.Stromme@legis.wisconsin.gov
Margie Berkowitz Margie.Berkowitz@legis.wisconsin.gov
Geoff Gaston Geoff.Gaston@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Madison, Wisconsin, March 10, 1971; married; 3 children.
  • Graduate La Follette High School (Madison), 1989; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1993; M.A. Edgewood College, 1996..
  • Full-time legislator.
  • Member: Dane County Democratic Party; Friends of Pheasant Branch; Middleton Action Team; VFW Auxiliary Council.
  • Former member: Parent Teacher Organization (president); Boy Scouts of America (cubmaster); Girl Scouts (troop leader); Monona Terrace Convention and Community Center Board.
  • Elected to Middleton-Cross Plains Area Board of Education, 2005—08; Dane County Board of Supervisors, 2008—14; Assembly 2012-20. Assistant Minority Leader 2021, 2019, 2017. Elected to Senate 2022. Minority Caucus Vice Chair 2023.

Member of Women's Council

2023 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 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 Co-authored Proposals

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

  • 1/27/2023: 2023 Senate Bill 14
    Relating to: fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to parents or guardians of 4th grade pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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)

2023 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 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 11
    Relating to: fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to parents or guardians of 4th grade pupils and making an appropriation. (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)

  • 2/6/2023: 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 Votes