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Representative Kevin Petersen

Speaker Pro Tempore

Assembly District 57

(R - Waupaca)
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Madison Office:
 Room 309 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9157
(888) 534-0057 Fax:
 (608) 282-3657 Voting Address:
 N1433 Drivas Rd.
Waupaca, WI 54981
Staff:
 BJ Dernbach BJ.Dernbach@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Personal: Born Waupaca, Wisconsin, December 14, 1964; married; 2 children.
  • Education: Waupaca High School 1983; BSME University of New Mexico 1989.
  • Occupation: Owner of family-run electronics corporation. Served in U.S. Navy submarine service 1983–94; Persian Gulf War veteran; U.S. Naval Reserve member 1994–2008.
  • Member: VFW Post 1037 (life member); AMVETS Post 1887 (life member); American Legion Post 161; Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce.
  • Previous office: Elected to Town of Dayton Board (supervisor) 2001–07.
  • Elected to Assembly since 2006. Leadership positions: Speaker Pro Tempore 2025, 2023; Assistant Majority Leader 2021.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 12/2/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 683
    Relating to: an appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 12/2/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 684
    Relating to: a long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit. (FE)

  • 11/26/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 699
    Relating to: a long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit. (FE)

  • 11/26/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 700
    Relating to: an appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 10/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 576
    Relating to: a property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE)

  • 10/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 584
    Relating to: a property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE)

  • 10/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 491
    Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.

  • 9/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 91
    Relating to: recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday.

  • 9/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 86
    Relating to: recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday.

  • 2/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 25
    Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 28
    Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.

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