Born Oconto Falls, June 12, 1954; married; 4 sons, 8 grandchildren. Graduate Coleman H.S. 1972; attended UW-Oshkosh. Small business owner; electrical contractor. Member: Crivitz Ski Cats waterski team (advisor, former pres.); Crivitz Lions Club; Crivitz, WI – Crivitz, Germany Sister City Organization (fmr. dir.); Wings over Wisconsin; St. Mary’s Catholic Church; 4th Degree Knights of Columbus; Friends of Gov. Thompson State Park; Master Loggers Certifying Bd. Recipient: Crivitz Business Association Citizen of the Year 1994. Crivitz Village President 1991-2004. Elected to Assembly 2004; reelected since 2006.
3/26/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: ethanol-blended gasoline.
3/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 663
Relating to: classifying county jailers, detention officers, and correctional officers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: proclaiming April 2014 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
2/18/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 612
Relating to: emergency heating assistance loan guarantees.
2/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 574
Relating to: energy emergencies and vehicle weight limits. (FE)
1/27/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 523
Relating to: tests administered to newborns for congenital disorders. (FE)
1/24/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 514
Relating to: the registration of antique snowmobiles. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 509
Relating to: operation of agricultural vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer substance abuse treatment and diversion from incarceration and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: commending the Iron Brigade.
12/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 469
Relating to: solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for a public record, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 448
Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in a fertilizer blending, feed milling, or grain drying operation. (FE)
12/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 435
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 397
Relating to: county payments to public libraries in adjacent counties. (FE)
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: early childhood brain development.
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 366
Relating to: creation of a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program, exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 354
Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate.
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 351
Relating to: programs for the disposal of drugs, including controlled substances, and certain medical or drug-related items, and the regulation of prescription drugs. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 355
Relating to: fees imposed on the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste at licensed solid waste and hazardous waste disposal facilities. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 352
Relating to: training and agreements for administering the drug naloxone, requiring emergency medical technicians to carry naloxone, and immunity for certain individuals who administer naloxone. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 353
Relating to: identification presentation and monitoring for certain prescription drugs. (FE)
10/14/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 341
Relating to: the maximum width of, and projecting loads on, vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 330
Relating to: purchase of military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 328
Relating to: changing the method by which a municipality may collect the costs of razing a building from a property owner. (FE)
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 310
Relating to: the definitions of an all-terrain vehicle and a utility terrain vehicle, restrictions on operating an all-terrain vehicle or a utility terrain vehicle on a roadway, and seating requirements for utility terrain vehicles.
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 314
Relating to: the effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations.
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 316
Relating to: the school district levy for community programs and services. (FE)
9/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 301
Relating to: changes to the local room tax. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: development opportunity zones for areas experiencing mass layoffs or business closings. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 289
Relating to: the net worth method of providing proof of financial responsibility for certain solid waste facilities.
8/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 270
Relating to: motorcycle operator's licenses and rider courses. (FE)
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 226
Relating to: seizure of property used in the crime of child enticement.
6/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 205
Relating to: board of directors, powers and duties, including reporting requirements, and financial audits of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 197
Relating to: the late payment of property taxes because of a medical emergency. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 190
Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system.
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 185
Relating to: the authority to hunt certain animals with a crossbow, establishing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, and information required to be included on certain hunting license applications and certain hunting tags. (FE)
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 186
Relating to: annual financial audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 182
Relating to: the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty.
5/13/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: recognizing the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 178
Relating to: hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals issued to recipients of the purple heart medal. (FE)
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 153
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 155
Relating to: the prohibition on telephone solicitations to residential customers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 149
Relating to: payment of interest on advances made by the federal government to the unemployment reserve fund and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/17/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 146
Relating to: assessing property used for aging cheese as manufacturing property. (FE)
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 135
Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. (FE)
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 122
Relating to: federalizing the treatment of capital losses. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: the payment of travel expenses of national guard members on state active duty. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 120
Relating to: financial aid for service members and their immediate families and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 110
Relating to: motor vehicle registration by the Department of Transportation, historic military vehicles, and Kei class vehicles. (FE)
3/27/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 106
Relating to: creating a veterans-themed lottery game, changing the primary source of funding for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making appropriations. (FE)
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 103
Relating to: municipal utility customer information.
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 104
Relating to: requiring congenital heart defect screening in newborns and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 97
Relating to: prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, rules for requesting a listing in the nonsolicitation directory, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 82
Relating to: expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. (FE)
3/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 62
Relating to: proof of motor vehicle liability insurance.
3/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: commending the Samoset Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
2/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 31
Relating to: creating a local freight bridge program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 21
Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Marinette. (FE)
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: the retirement of Pam Shannon, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature.
1/18/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (second consideration).
3/20/2014: 2013 AA1-AB694
3/20/2014: 2013 AA1-ASA1-AB700
3/20/2014: 2013 ASA2-AB700
Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, grants for land acquisition for certain outdoor activities, payments to counties for designated county forest lands, distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
3/3/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB700
Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, grants for land acquisition for certain outdoor activities, payments to counties for designated county forest lands, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
3/3/2014: 2013 AA1-AB836
2/28/2014: 2013 AA1-AB672
2/18/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB732
Relating to: payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands.
2/14/2014: 2013 AA1-AB732
1/28/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB679
Relating to: high capacity well approvals. (FE)
1/23/2014: 2013 AA3-AB369
1/23/2014: 2013 AA2-AB369
1/23/2014: 2013 AA1-AB369
11/11/2013: 2013 ASA2-AB75
Relating to: shoreland zoning ordinances that apply to shorelands that are annexed by a city or village or that are part of a town incorporated as a city or village and making an appropriation.
9/20/2013: 2013 AA1-AB355
4/22/2013: 2013 AA1-AB30