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Representative Shelia Stubbs

Assembly District 78

(D - Madison)
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Madison Office:
 Room 7 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9178
(888) 534-0078 Fax:
 (608) 282-3678 Voting Address:
Madison, WI 53713
Staff:
 Danesha Bonds Danesha.Bonds@legis.wisconsin.gov
Grace Johnson Grace.Johnson@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born February 22, 1971, Camden, Arkansas; married; 6 children.
  • Graduate Beloit Memorial High School; B.A. in Political Science, Tougaloo College; B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration, magna cum laude, Mount Senario College; Masters of Science & Management, Cardinal Stritch University.
  • Full-time legislator; member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, serving the 23rd district; first African American woman to chair a Dane County standing committee and to hold the leadership position of vice chair of the Board, Currently serving on the following committees: Personnel & Finance Committee (chair); UW-Extension Committee (co-chair); Racial Disparities Sub-Committee; Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Board of Directors; Tamara D. Grigsby Office of Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board; Alliant Energy Center Redevelopment Committee; Dane County Youth in Government (mentor). Former special education teacher; adjunct professor; probation and parole agent; match support specialist.
  • Member: National Association of Counties (NACo) (Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee, Vice chair of Law Enforcement Committee); first African American woman to serve on a NACo committee representing Wisconsin; Women of NACo (WON) Secretary; Bridge-Lake Point Neighborhood Association (president); Madison Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; NAACP Dane County Branch; End Time Ministries International (co-founder and ordained pastor).
  • Former member: Black Caucus Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Counties Association (Board of Directors, chair and vice chair of the Judicial and Public Safety Steering Committee, first African American woman to serve as steering committee chair); NAACP Madison Branch (first vice president); Wisconsin NAACP Conference of Branches (third vice president); Madison Youth Council of the NAACP (chartering member, youth advisor).
  • Recipient: 2021 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award; Who’s Who Among High School Students; Wisconsin Women of Color Network, Inc. Woman of Achievement Award 2014; National Dean’s List; Broadway-Simpson-Waunona Neighborhood Center Fifth Annual Pride Festival Spirit Award 1998; Dane County Human Services Friends of Joining Forces for Families Award; “MISS NAACP” 1992 at Tougaloo College; NAACP Madison Branch W.E.B. DuBois Advocates Award 2004; Now Faith Ministries 100 Women in White Award; Genesis Social Services Corporation & The Black Women’s Expo Award 2008; 100 Black Men of Madison Award 2015; Democratic Party of Wisconsin Eleanor RooseveltAward 2014; Madison 365 Black Power The 44 Most Influential African Americans in Wisconsin 2016; Community Building and Advocacy for Social Justice Building the Generation Gap Community Leader Champion Award 2018; Madison Metropolitan Chapter of the Links, Inc. Community Award 2017; Democratic Party of Dane County Midge Miller Award for Outstanding Elected Official 2019; YWCA Woman of Distinction Award 2019; BRAVA Magazine Woman to Watch 2020; Kujichagulia-Madison Center for Self Determination Harambee Award 2022; Wisconsin Counties Association Legislator of the Year 2022, IIDA Government Affairs Award 2022; American College of Physicians Wisconsin Chapter Legislator of the Year Award 2023; Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County Champion for Children 2023; HBCU Alumni United Milwaukee Community Service Award 2023; Daughters of Destiny Network Award of Appreciation 2023; Wisconsin Counties Association Outstanding Legislator Award 2024; Wisconsin Conservation Voters Conservation Champion 2024.
  • Elected to Assembly 2018.

Member of Governor's Council on Workforce Investment

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 101
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 103
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 102
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

  • 3/6/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 89
    Relating to: requiring school districts to report information related to American Indian children attending school in the school district.

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 101
    Relating to: requiring school districts to report information related to American Indian children attending school in the school district.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 94
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 95
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 96
    Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 35
    Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
    Relating to: declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 34
    Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 32
    Relating to: designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 213
    Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 30
    Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 206
    Relating to: the procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 201
    Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 26
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 186
    Relating to: study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 177
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 176
    Relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 4/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 147
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 150
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 145
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 125
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 6
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 120
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 99
    Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 98
    Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 97
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 79
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 80
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 74
    Relating to: parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 68
    Relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 61
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 62
    Relating to: health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 5
    Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025.

  • 2/20/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 52
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 43
    Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 48
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 40
    Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
    Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 23
    Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 20
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 12
    Relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 10
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 11
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 3
    Relating to: observing February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in Wisconsin.

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/17/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 32
    Relating to: designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 30
    Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 208
    Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 22
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 187
    Relating to: study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 21
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 23
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 149
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 145
    Relating to: the procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 150
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 148
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 152
    Relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 135
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 97
    Relating to: parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 114
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 119
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 3/6/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 85
    Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event.

  • 3/6/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 86
    Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 73
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 68
    Relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 67
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 50
    Relating to: health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 60
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 8
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 42
    Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 31
    Relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 39
    Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 41
    Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 20
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 23
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 12
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 14
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

2025 Votes