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Biography

  • Born Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 1979.
  • Education: BA in Criminal Justice, St. Cloud State University, 2001; JD, Marquette University Law School, 2005.
  • Occupation: Attorney and small business owner; operates a family-owned candy store in Lakewood and a law practice. Former long-haul truck driver, Schneider National; bartender. Served as Captain, US Marine Corps, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 2006-10.
  • Member: Green Bay Packers season ticket holder and shareholder; Cloud Family Foundation (board member).
  • Elected to the Senate since 2020.

Member of Commission on Uniform State Laws

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 189
    Relating to: an optional final hearing by affidavit for the dissolution of a marriage.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 198
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 189
    Relating to: an optional final hearing by affidavit for the dissolution of a marriage.

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 170
    Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)

  • 4/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 167
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 151
    Relating to: a presumption that equalizing physical placement to the highest degree is in the child’s best interest.

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 152
    Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 162
    Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 161
    Relating to: a presumption that equalizing physical placement to the highest degree is in the child’s best interest.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 144
    Relating to: eliminating a judgeship from district IV of the court of appeals and establishing an additional judgeship for district III of the court of appeals.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 144
    Relating to: eliminating a judgeship from district IV of the court of appeals and establishing an additional judgeship for district III of the court of appeals.

  • 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 Bill 128
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

  • 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)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 82
    Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 84
    Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 80
    Relating to: statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 51
    Relating to: flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 55
    Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 46
    Relating to: flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 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 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)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 176
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 157
    Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 18
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

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

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 5
    Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 208
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (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)

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

  • 3/5/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 104
    Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

  • 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 Bill 73
    Relating to: statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 26
    Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

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

  • 1/31/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

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

2025 Authored Amendments

2025 Votes