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Biography

  • Born Tomahawk, Wisconsin, September 25, 1963; married; 5 children, 4 grandchildren.
  • Graduate Tomahawk High School, 1981; B.S. in Finance and Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1986.
  • Insurance agency owner.
  • Member: Tomahawk Main Street, Inc. (former president); Tomahawk Regional Chamber of Commerce; Tomahawk Child Care (former president); NRA (lifetime member); Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (former board member, secretary, treasurer, vice president, president, national director).
  • Former member: National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (board member).
  • Elected to Assembly 2012-18. Leadership positions: Assistant Majority Leader 2019. Elected to Senate 2020.

Member of Building Commission, Disability Board, Historical Society of Wisconsin Board of Curators and Presidential Preference Selection Committee

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 296
    Relating to: enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Resolution 3
    Relating to: notifying the assembly and the governor that Cyrus Anderson is elected senate chief clerk of the 2025-2026 senate.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 203
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 173
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 98
    Relating to: conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 117
    Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 116
    Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

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

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 5/23/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 280
    Relating to: interest earned on coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 213
    Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE)

  • 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.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 164
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 127
    Relating to: exempting certain persons from PFAS enforcement actions under the spills law. (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 Bill 128
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 4
    Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2
    Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Senate Resolution 1
    Relating to: notifying the assembly and the governor that the 2025-2026 senate is organized.

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 284
    Relating to: enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 286
    Relating to: interest earned on coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 154
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 131
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 130
    Relating to: exempting certain persons from PFAS enforcement actions under the spills law. (FE)

  • 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 107
    Relating to: conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations.

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 100
    Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 102
    Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

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

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).

  • 2/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 1
    Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).

2025 Votes