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Senator LaTonya Johnson

Senate District 6

(D - Milwaukee)
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Madison Office:
 Room 131 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-2500
(877) 474-2000 Fax:
 (608) 282-3546 District Phone:
 (414) 313-1241
Staff:
 Ryan Lashua Ryan.Lashua@legis.wisconsin.gov
Shannon McCoy Shannon.McCoy@legis.wisconsin.gov
Casey Steinau Casey.Steinau@legis.wisconsin.gov
Jacob Taylor Jacob.Taylor2@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Somerville, Tennessee, June 22; 1 child.
  • Graduate Bay View High School, 1990; B.S. in Criminal Justice, Tennessee State University, 1997; attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1990—92.
  • Full-time legislator. Former family child care provider and owner, 2002—12; insurance agent, 2000—02; financial employment planner, 1997—2000.
  • Member: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together Local 502 (former president); AFSCME District Council 32 (former vice president); AFSCME People; Emerge Wisconsin, Class of 2012; Milwaukee Democratic Legislative Caucus (former chair); Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus; University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (advisory board member); Wisconsin Legislative Children's Caucus (cochair); BLOC (Black Leaders Organizing for Communities) cofounder; NAACP; College Savings Program Board.
  • Former member: African American Chamber of Commerce; Wisconsin Women in Government (former board member); Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU); Midwestern Legislative Conference (executive committee member).
  • Elected to Assembly 2012-2014. Elected to Senate since 2016.

Member of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski.

  • 3/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 156
    Relating to: requiring first responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems. (FE)

  • 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 Resolution 2
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

  • 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.

  • 3/7/2025: 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 105
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

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

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 74
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 64
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 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)

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

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate 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 Cosponsored Proposals

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

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 138
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

  • 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 128
    Relating to: requiring first responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems. (FE)

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

  • 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 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 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.

  • 2/24/2025: 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 Joint Resolution 11
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski.

  • 2/20/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 52
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (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 Bill 49
    Relating to: a minor’s authority to consent to health care.

  • 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.

  • 2/6/2025: 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.

2025 Votes