Born Racine, January 25, 1973; married; 2 daughters, 1 son. Graduate Case H.S. (Racine); B.A. in philosophy UW-Madison. Full-time legislator. Member: River Alliance of Wis. (fmr. bd. mbr.); UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (fmr. bd. mbr.); League of Conservation Voters; Racine Heritage Museum; Root River Council; Wild Root Co-op; I-94 Labor Development Com. (fmr. co-chp.). Former member: Wis. Coastal Management Bd.; Racine Rotary West. Redevelopment Authority of Racine 2005-11 (commissioner).
Elected to Assembly 2006; reelected since 2008.
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 774
Relating to: physical education in public schools. (FE)
3/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 784
Relating to: the Special Transfer Program (Chapter 220). (FE)
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: proclaiming April 17, 2016, to April 23, 2016, as National Environmental Education Week in Wisconsin.
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 763
Relating to: increasing the motor vehicle fuel tax rate to pay debt service on transportation bonding and adjusting the rate by the annual average change in the consumer price index. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: proclaiming July 18, 2016, as Nelson Mandela Day in Wisconsin.
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 745
Relating to: the Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 106
Relating to: congratulating the National Park Service on its centennial and celebrating the recreation and conservation benefits to our state and nation.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 723
Relating to: damages in personal injury claims involving asbestos trusts.
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 721
Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products and an exemption from requirements for certain dairy farms. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 724
Relating to: requiring coverage of dispensing of an extended supply of contraceptives.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 96
Relating to: recognizing June 19, 2016, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 92
Relating to: proclaiming October 2016 National Bullying Prevention Month in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: Proclaiming November 2016 as Mental Health Screening Month in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 98
Relating to: proclaiming December 1, 2016, through December 7, 2016, as National Tolerance Week in Wisconsin.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 101
Relating to: proclaiming September 2016 as Healthy Aging Month in Wisconsin.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 700
Relating to: prohibiting sales or leases of municipal water or sewer utilities to investor-owned utilities.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 705
Relating to: civil cause of action for financial exploitation. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 665
Relating to: aids to individuals and organizations related to the arts and making an appropriation. (FE)
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)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 646
Relating to: nonemergency medical transportation for Medical Assistance recipients in certain counties. (FE)
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 653
Relating to: medically accurate information, conscientious beliefs of reproductive health care providers, health care provider liability insurance, eliminating certain abortion requirements, prohibiting employment retribution and discrimination, actions against a person seeking or providing health care, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 621
Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
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 609
Relating to: reports of incidents between inmates and prison employees and between inmates.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 610
Relating to: limiting overtime at the Department of Corrections.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 85
Relating to: fiscal estimate requirements for bills containing penalty provisions.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 636
Relating to: making unemployed veterans eligible for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 612
Relating to: first responders on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 613
Relating to: staff required to be on duty at prisons. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 625
Relating to: alternate sites for absentee voting in person.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 628
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 630
Relating to: reporting of contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 607
Relating to: training for newly hired correctional officers. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 611
Relating to: administration of prescription drugs by correctional officers.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 590
Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for commercial radio and television station property. (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 Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 580
Relating to: disconnection devices for certain distributed generation facilities.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 576
Relating to: monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 577
Relating to: regulating and monitoring airborne particulate matter and respirable silica and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 579
Relating to: collective bargaining over workplace safety for employees of the Department of Corrections.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 78
Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to immediately appoint a committee, to be known as the Commission on Debt-Free College, to study and report on the feasibility of providing a debt-free college education to all residents of this state.
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 77
Relating to: proclaiming January 2016 as National Blood Donor Month in Wisconsin.
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 483
Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 462
Relating to: suspension of operating privilege for failure to pay monetary judgment.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 469
Relating to: control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 439
Relating to: the creation of a Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 74
Relating to: prohibiting official action on proposals that financially benefit a legislator's campaign organization (first consideration).
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 394
Relating to: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a special wild turkey hunting program for certain disabled veterans. (FE)
11/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 397
Relating to: district board membership for the Milwaukee Area Technical College. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 384
Relating to: designating and marking a specified highway route in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland as the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 73
Relating to: Department of Veterans Affairs' 70 years of service to veterans.
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 385
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to permit an employee to take family or medical leave; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 370
Relating to: health care aid for certain veterans and their family members. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 364
Relating to: eliminating the requirement that the Natural Resources Board offer certain land for sale.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 350
Relating to: a requirement that all employers in this state grant a paid leave of absence on Veterans Day to employees who are veterans. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 356
Relating to: providing additional funding for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 359
Relating to: a trapping mentorship program, restrictions on taking or appropriating a trap or its contents, and requirements for tagging traps.
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: Proclaiming October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 342
Relating to: the exemption of bona fide administrative, executive, and professional employees from the overtime pay requirements of the wage and hours laws, 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)
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 340
Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 327
Relating to: regulation of persons that own or operate dental practices and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 323
Relating to: granting victims of certain crimes the right to be accompanied by a victim advocate. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: the life and service of Marty Beil.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 61
Relating to: proclaiming October as Polish-American Heritage Month.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 322
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)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 311
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain expenses for household and dependent care services. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 307
Relating to: standards and ordinances regulating shoreland zoning. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 297
Relating to: reports to the Department of Justice from special units maintained by law enforcement agencies. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 296
Relating to: no-knock search warrants. (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)
9/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 265
Relating to: membership of certain federated public library system boards.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: the public's right to access governmental records (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 53
Relating to: public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings.
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 49
Relating to: commemorating the 160th anniversary of Miller Brewing Company in the state of Wisconsin.
9/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 258
Relating to: issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
9/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 245
Relating to: the return of federal funds to the federal government.
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 235
Relating to: highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations.
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 236
Relating to: temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 47
Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of adopting a nonpartisan system for redistricting.
7/31/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 46
Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 220
Relating to: allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 215
Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 216
Relating to: increase funding for special education. (FE)
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 214
Relating to: a Grow Wisconsin pilot program providing benefits to FoodShare recipients for purchasing Wisconsin-grown foods and making an appropriation.
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 201
Relating to: political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law.
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)
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 195
Relating to: authorizing limited residency requirements for a city operating under the city manager plan. (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 Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: recognizing June 2015 as LGBT Pride Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 187
Relating to: task force on issues concerning service members returning home from war. (FE)
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 189
Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.
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 162
Relating to: entrepreneurial tax credit access grants.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 163
Relating to: grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and students and making appropriations. (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 Joint Resolution 33
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team on its outstanding 2014-15 basketball season and reaching the NCAA championship game.
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.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 124
Relating to: grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 112
Relating to: entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 115
Relating to: an exemption for disabled veterans and recipients of the purple heart medal from the cumulative preference system for issuing wild turkey hunting licenses and tags.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 23
Relating to: declaring June 9, 2015, as Les Paul Day.
3/31/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 106
Relating to: regulation of transportation network companies, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 78
Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to employ certain special education staff and to comply with certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 79
Relating to: authorizing reimbursement to counties for the costs incurred in processing and donating certain wild turkeys. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 68
Relating to: premium and cost-sharing assistance for health plans through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
3/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: commending Pope Francis.
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 58
Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 48
Relating to: the appointment and term of service of the secretary of natural resources and vacancies on the Natural Resources Board.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 12
Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: the life and public service of Jerry Van Sistine.
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)
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 14
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 5
Relating to: the provision by employers to employees of written disclosure statements of the terms of employment, the filing and investigation of wage claims, the statute of limitations for filing a wage claim action, the payment of interest, penalties, and surcharges on wage claims, occupational or professional licensing of employers that owe wages under wage claim judgments, and making an appropriation. (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)
2/18/2016: 2015 AA2-SB615
2/18/2016: 2015 AA6-AB804
2/16/2016: 2015 AA1-SB436
2/16/2016: 2015 AA4-AB640
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA3-AB740
Relating to: state aid to technical colleges, Wisconsin grants for technical college students, Medicaid expansion, eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, and making appropriations.
2/16/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB744
Relating to: Medicaid expansion, eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core, funding for the University of Wisconsin System, and making an appropriation.
2/5/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB548
Relating to: establishing a Wisconsin conservation corps program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
1/22/2016: 2015 AA1-AB488
9/23/2015: 2015 AA2-ASA1-AB325
9/23/2015: 2015 AA1-ASA1-AB325
7/8/2015: 2015 AA8-SB21
7/8/2015: 2015 AA3-SB21
4/14/2015: 2015 AA5-AB143
4/6/2015: 2015 AA1-AB143
3/5/2015: 2015 AA9-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA7-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA3-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA2-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA1-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA12-SB44
3/5/2015: 2015 AA11-SB44
3/4/2015: 2015 AA5-AB61
3/4/2015: 2015 AA4-AB61
3/3/2015: 2015 AA3-AB61
2/27/2015: 2015 AA2-AB61
2/27/2015: 2015 AA1-AB61
2/11/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB11
Relating to: exemptions from the newspaper recycling fee.