Born Duluth, MN, February 3, 1974; married; 2 children. Graduate Esko H.S. 1992; B.S. U. of Minneso-ta-Duluth 1993; M.D. Mayo Medical School 2002; medical internship U. of North Dakota 2002-03; family medicine residency U. of Minnesota 2003-05. Physician. Member: NRA.
Elected to Assembly 2010; reelected 2012.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/25/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 815
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries and the possession and consumption of intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages on retail premises of wineries.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 597
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries and the possession and consumption of intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages on retail premises of wineries.
2/7/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: licensure of physicians; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 579
Relating to: licensure of physicians; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 636
Relating to: snowmobile safety program field training requirements.
1/13/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 619
Relating to: allowing health care providers licensed outside the state to participate in and requirements on nonprofit agencies in the volunteer health care provider program. (FE)
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 482
Relating to: snowmobile safety program field training requirements.
11/12/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: the use of an epinephrine auto-injector on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity.
11/11/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 500
Relating to: emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County. (FE)
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 391
Relating to: allowing health care providers licensed outside the state to participate in and requirements on nonprofit agencies in the volunteer health care provider program. (FE)
11/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 488
Relating to: involuntary commitment proceedings and limited appearance by corporation counsel. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 375
Relating to: the use of an epinephrine auto-injector on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity.
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 360
Relating to: uses and disclosures of protected health information. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 362
Relating to: grants for crisis intervention team training and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 453
Relating to: uses and disclosures of protected health information. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 450
Relating to: grants for crisis intervention team training and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 451
Relating to: creating a mechanism for an interested person to request an emergency stabilization and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 408
Relating to: a dental hygienist's administration of nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia and practice of dental hygiene. (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 311
Relating to: a dental hygienist's administration of nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia and practice of dental hygiene. (FE)
9/20/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 381
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.
9/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 358
Relating to: exclusion of certain independent contractors from coverage under the worker's compensation law and the unemployment insurance law.
8/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 276
Relating to: exclusion of certain independent contractors from coverage under the worker's compensation law and the unemployment insurance law.
6/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 247
Relating to: limitations on requiring and requesting vaccination against influenza. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 216
Relating to: prohibiting the group insurance board from contracting for or providing abortion services and exempting religious employers, religious organizations, and religious institutions of higher education from contraceptive insurance coverage.
4/5/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 139
Relating to: the duty of physicians to inform patients of treatment options. (FE)
4/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 120
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 129
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
3/14/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 73
Relating to: requiring certain information in state agency budget requests. (FE)
2/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 44
Relating to: creating an off-road vehicle council.
2/22/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 43
Relating to: age and speed restrictions on, and safety certification requirements for, the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 29
Relating to: creating an off-road vehicle council.
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 32
Relating to: age and speed restrictions on, and safety certification requirements for, the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
2/20/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 808
Relating to: authorizing out-of-state risk retention groups to provide health care liability insurance. (FE)
2/18/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 774
Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
2/4/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 728
Relating to: regulation of hospitals, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Football National Championship title.
1/31/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 709
Relating to: the property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to a tax incremental financing agreement. (FE)
1/21/2014: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.
1/10/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 617
Relating to: directing the Department of Public Instruction to establish model academic standards and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/3/2014: 2013 Assembly Bill 594
Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards.
11/19/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 514
Relating to: requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to create or implement a health benefit exchange. (FE)
11/8/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 499
Relating to: exempting certain one- and two-family dwellings from the requirements of having smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and from standards and rules relating to plumbing.
11/7/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 72
Relating to: proclaiming November as Runaway Prevention Month.
10/28/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and public service of Lary J. Swoboda.
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 461
Relating to: the refund setoff for state debt collections. (FE)
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 459
Relating to: individual placement and support program for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 458
Relating to: mental health benefits and reimbursement for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
10/21/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: grants to mental health mobile crisis units and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 455
Relating to: grants to counties to contract for peer-run respite centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 457
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer treatment and diversion programs to people with mental illnesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: reporting on county performance on providing core mental health services and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 452
Relating to: child psychiatry consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 454
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)
10/10/2013: 2013 Assembly Resolution 18
Relating to: commending the Honor Flight Network and its volunteers.
10/9/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: Disability Awareness Month.
5/29/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 224
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 217
Relating to: civil liability for performing a sex-selective abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/17/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 208
Relating to: special registration plates expressing support for the family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/13/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 200
Relating to: the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty.
5/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Relating to: the life and public service of Judge William J. Duffy.
4/25/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 166
Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE)
4/23/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
Relating to: recall of elective officers and a code of ethics for government officials (first consideration).
4/16/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: expressing prayers and condolences to the families, friends of the victims, and the injured from the bombings at the Boston Marathon and praising the first responders who rushed to their aid.
3/14/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 75
Relating to: the applicability of a county shoreland zoning ordinance in a shoreland area annexed by, or incorporated as, a city or village.
3/14/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 77
Relating to: reports by the Dwelling Code Council on the one- and two-family dwelling code. (FE)
3/4/2013: 2013 Assembly Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: proclaiming women's history month.
2/15/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 15
Relating to: payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. (FE)
2/1/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
1/18/2013: 2013 Assembly Bill 1
Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/20/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 625
Relating to: procedures for utility projects that require a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 609
Relating to: authorizing out-of-state risk retention groups to provide health care liability insurance. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 560
Relating to: regulation of hospitals, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 477
Relating to: emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County. (FE)
1/7/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 474
Relating to: renewable energy portfolio standards.
11/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 409
Relating to: individual placement and support program for employment of individuals experiencing mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 407
Relating to: exempting certain one- and two-family dwellings from the requirements of having smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and from standards and rules relating to plumbing.
11/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 410
Relating to: mental health benefits and reimbursement for mental health services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 392
Relating to: requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to create or implement a health benefit exchange. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 372
Relating to: creating a mechanism for an interested person to request an emergency stabilization and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 374
Relating to: providing grants to counties that offer treatment and diversion programs to people with mental illnesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
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)
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 368
Relating to: grants to counties to contract for peer-run respite centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 369
Relating to: reporting on county performance on providing core mental health services and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 361
Relating to: the refund setoff for state debt collections. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 359
Relating to: child psychiatry consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 201
Relating to: civil liability for performing a sex-selective abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 202
Relating to: prohibiting the group insurance board from contracting for or providing abortion services and exempting religious employers, religious organizations, and religious institutions of higher education from contraceptive insurance coverage.
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 182
Relating to: the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty.
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 183
Relating to: the applicability of a county shoreland zoning ordinance in a shoreland area annexed by, or incorporated as, a city or village.
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: recall of elective officers and a code of ethics for government officials (first consideration).
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 137
Relating to: the duty of physicians to inform patients of treatment options. (FE)
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 72
Relating to: reports by the Dwelling Code Council on the one- and two-family dwelling code. (FE)
2/15/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 26
Relating to: payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-sharing program. (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 Bill 1
Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 AA1-SB391
2/10/2014: 2013 AA1-AB742
11/26/2013: 2013 AA1-AB502
10/3/2013: 2013 AA1-AB381
5/31/2013: 2013 AA1-AB120
4/22/2013: 2013 AA1-SB32
4/8/2013: 2013 AA1-AB43