Born Los Angeles, July 4, 1967; single. Graduate Rufus King H.S.; attended UW-Milwaukee. Full-time legislator. Former police aide and police officer. Member: Democratic Party; Harambee Ombudsman Project; Milwaukee Police Association; League of Martin; House of Peace (Love Committee); NAACP; Urban League; Social Development Commission Minority Male Forum on Corrections; National Black Caucus of State Legislators’ Task Force on African American Males; 100 Black Men; Milwaukee Metropolitan Fair Housing; Boy Scouts of America (Urban Emphasis Com.); Martin Luther King Community Center (Revitalization Com.).
Elected to Assembly since 1992.
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 936
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay certain monetary judgments. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 937
Relating to: racial profiling and other discriminatory policing practices and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 939
Relating to: creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 938
Relating to: admission of children of veterans to Milwaukee Public Schools.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming July 18, 2016, as Nelson Mandela Day in Wisconsin.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 729
Relating to: creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 726
Relating to: creation of an independent pardon council.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 96
Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2016, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin.
2/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
5/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 231
Relating to: prohibiting abusive work environments and permitting a person who has been subjected to such an environment to bring a civil action.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 3
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Annette Polly Williams.
3/10/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 988
Relating to: body cameras on law enforcement officers and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/18/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 925
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment on the basis of military service to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
2/16/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 28
Relating to: service of Honorable Harold B. Jackson Jr.
2/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 915
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 900
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 887
Relating to: destroying public records and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 879
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
2/3/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 746
Relating to: creation of a committee to study the model used by the state of Missouri to provide rehabilitation for juveniles adjudicated delinquent who are in need of restrictive custodial treatment and to prepare a plan for the development and implementation of a similar model for the rehabilitation of such juveniles in this state.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Resolution 22
Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on combatting racial intolerance.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 669
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 667
Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 656
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
1/6/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 93
Relating to: commending Officer Chris Litzkow and the Capitol Police.
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 628
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 604
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: commending the Milwaukee Area Technical College for their dedicated commitment to students, their families, and the Milwaukee area community through their outstanding work in creating the MATC Promise program.
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 570
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
12/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 555
Relating to: provision of feminine hygiene products in state buildings and school buildings. (FE)
11/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 529
Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Service. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 507
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
11/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 485
Relating to: going armed with a dangerous weapon at a college or university and providing a criminal penalty.
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 474
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 456
Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 437
Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 423
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 395
Relating to: lethal violence protective temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 375
Relating to: the right to a trial by jury for a juvenile for whom the petitioner has reserved the right to recommend placement in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program or in a juvenile correctional facility beyond the age of majority. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 379
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 354
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming September 2015 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 338
Relating to: creating a summer reading improvement program in the Milwaukee Public School District and making appropriations. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 329
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 316
Relating to: allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. (FE)
6/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 274
Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who commit multiple or violent misdemeanor offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 267
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 265
Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties. (FE)
6/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 264
Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 258
Relating to: removal of certain criminal record information from Internet sites without a fee and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 261
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
5/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 247
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 216
Relating to: community school start-up grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
5/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 211
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 172
Relating to: method for notifying parent or guardian of habitually truant pupil.
4/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 7
Relating to: reaffirming the Wisconsin Assembly's unwavering commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Wisconsin residents.
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 160
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 102
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 103
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
3/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 104
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
3/18/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 101
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 83
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 84
Relating to: creating a refundable earned income tax credit for individuals, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 70
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 4
Relating to: recognizing, and apologizing to, the members of Wisconsin's public sector who came to protest Act 10.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 36
Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/10/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 29
Relating to: limiting the authority of a law enforcement officer to arrest someone for sleeping or camping in a county park, authorizing local ordinances to prohibit overnight sleeping or camping in a county park, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/9/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 27
Relating to: the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways. (FE)
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: congratulating Melvin Gordon III on his remarkable college football career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers.
2/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 20
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: designating January as Mentoring Month in Wisconsin.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 18
Relating to: taste samples of intoxicating liquor provided on certain retail licensed premises.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 10
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child and at-risk adult abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 12
Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 8
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 766
Relating to: body cameras on law enforcement officers and providing criminal penalties. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 731
Relating to: destroying public records and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 700
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 675
Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 688
Relating to: eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance.
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 666
Relating to: collective bargaining for public employees, prohibiting employees other than public safety employees from bargaining collectively on insurance contributions and employee required contributions to retirement, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 670
Relating to: persons authorized to officiate at a marriage.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 648
Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 634
Relating to: establishing a nanotechnology information hub and a nanotechnology council. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 636
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 82
Relating to: designating November as a month recognizing women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Wisconsin.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 573
Relating to: providing fraudulent information to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 574
Relating to: model procedures for investigating reports of abuse or neglect involving children with disabilities. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 462
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 420
Relating to: grants to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University to conduct a summer reading improvement program in Milwaukee and making appropriations. (FE)
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 396
Relating to: waiver of University of Wisconsin System and technical college application fees and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 375
Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 365
Relating to: going armed with a dangerous weapon at a college or university and providing a criminal penalty.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 352
Relating to: paid sick leave. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 299
Relating to: lethal violence protective temporary restraining orders and injunctions and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 281
Relating to: voter registration; proving residence for registration and voting purposes; reviewing certain expenditures of the Government Accountability Board by the Joint Committee on Finance; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 270
Relating to: wrongful discharge from employment. (FE)
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 264
Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 220
Relating to: allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 200
Relating to: the investigation of a child abuse report in which a person who is not a caregiver of the child is suspected of permitting, allowing, or encouraging the child to engage in prostitution; and prohibiting prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution. (FE)
6/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 199
Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who commit multiple or violent misdemeanor offenses and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 194
Relating to: student loans, the individual income tax subtract modification for tuition and student fees, creating an authority to be known as the Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 184
Relating to: removal of certain criminal record information from Internet sites without a fee and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 174
Relating to: Medicaid expansion and eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 176
Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States. (FE)
5/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 166
Relating to: employment discrimination based on employment status. (FE)
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 159
Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 145
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 142
Relating to: waiver for prescription drug assistance for elderly program, use of excess moneys in prescription drug assistance for elderly program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 146
Relating to: community school start-up grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 32
Relating to: the right to vote (first consideration).
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: honoring the life and contributions of former Secretary of Administration and Chairman of the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Marc Marotta.
4/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 122
Relating to: method for notifying parent or guardian of habitually truant pupil.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 111
Relating to: allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 112
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: creation of a private retirement security plan and making appropriations. (FE)
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 30
Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 18
Relating to: the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products containing microbeads and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: the public service of Laura Rose.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 15
Relating to: the manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 2
Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 3
Relating to: accountability provisions for private schools participating in a parental choice program and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 AA4-ASA2-AB568
2/11/2016: 2015 AA3-ASA2-AB568
2/9/2016: 2015 AA3-ASA2-AB582
2/9/2016: 2015 AA2-ASA2-AB582
2/8/2016: 2015 AA4-AB456
2/1/2016: 2015 AA1-AB609
1/20/2016: 2015 AA10-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA9-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA8-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA7-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA6-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA5-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA4-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA3-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA2-ASA1-AB568
1/20/2016: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB568
1/19/2016: 2015 AA2-AB456
1/6/2016: 2015 AA7-AB568
1/6/2016: 2015 AA5-AB568
1/6/2016: 2015 AA6-AB568
1/6/2016: 2015 AA4-AB568
1/6/2016: 2015 AA3-AB568
1/6/2016: 2015 AA2-AB568
