Born Moline, Ill., February 28, 1977; married; 3 children. Graduate Kettle Moraine Lutheran H.S. 1995; A.S. Fox Valley Tech. Coll. 1997; Certificate, firefighter and police recruit academy, Waukesha Co. Tech Coll. 1999; Certificate, EMT-Basic, Milwaukee Area Tech Coll. 1999. Pilot, small business owner, firefighter/EMT. Former emergency services dispatcher, flight instructor, airline captain, charter pilot. Served in Army National Guard, U.S. and Army Reserves 2002-10; Iraq War veteran. Member: Kewaskum Volunteer Fire Dept.; American Legion Fohl-Martin Post 483; National Rifle Association.
Elected to Assembly 2014.
Member of Highway Safety, Council on
3/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 794
Relating to: renewable portfolio standards applicable to certain electric utilities and cooperatives.
2/23/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 765
Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 758
Relating to: disclosure to law enforcement of attempted purchases of handguns by persons prohibited from possessing a firearm. (FE)
2/17/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: commending the ardent and remarkable service of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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 Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 716
Relating to: review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)
2/9/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 715
Relating to: creating the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 704
Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.
2/3/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 703
Relating to: the teacher loan program. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 669
Relating to: warning lights on school buses. (FE)
2/1/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 690
Relating to: credit union operations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 650
Relating to: nondiscriminatory insurance coverage of chiropractic services, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 615
Relating to: special needs scholarship program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 623
Relating to: permits issued to a state crime laboratory to possess, manufacture, or use a controlled substance.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 637
Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 603
Relating to: escheat of abandoned U.S. savings bonds. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 622
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain interest paid on qualified education loans. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 624
Relating to: assessing certain items as real property for property tax purposes. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 626
Relating to: injunctions against harrassment and abuse.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 628
Relating to: collection of health care information.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 629
Relating to: the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 631
Relating to: registration and other requirements for charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers, fund-raising counsel, and professional employer organizations and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 614
Relating to: capturing and distributing a representation of a nude child and providing a criminal penalty.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 618
Relating to: the crime of child sex trafficking, the inclusion of child sex trafficking in the definition of child abuse, 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 or of child sex trafficking for purposes of a commercial sex act, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 619
Relating to: proof of physical fitness requirement for certain local transit employees. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 601
Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 596
Relating to: consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 592
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/21/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 589
Relating to: possessing firearms on school grounds by persons with a license to carry a concealed weapon.
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 575
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 585
Relating to: burial or cremation and burial of a deceased prison inmate, cremation of an unclaimed corpse, and prohibition on cremation of an unclaimed corpse in cases of homicide. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 587
Relating to: advertising motor fuel prices by the half-gallon.
1/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 547
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 542
Relating to: the date on which the annual open season for hunting and trapping wolves begins. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 546
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 533
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 538
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates issued by the Department of Transportation and making appropriations. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 518
Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 522
Relating to: opioid treatment programs. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 516
Relating to: changing the permitted uses of room tax revenues. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 507
Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 505
Relating to: exempting from nonresident tuition at the University of Wisconsin System certain members of the Wisconsin National Guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 506
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for federal excise tax imposed on a sale of a heavy truck or trailer. (FE)
1/6/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 510
Relating to: compensating victims of crime. (FE)
1/5/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 499
Relating to: the use, possession, manufacture, distribution, and advertisement of a masking agent and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 482
Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment. (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 457
Relating to: trespass and damage to property owned or used by an energy provider and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 467
Relating to: accrediting entities for private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship program.
12/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 472
Relating to: an optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 448
Relating to: implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles operated or transported on highways.
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 449
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 452
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 453
Relating to: the authority of physical therapists to order X-rays and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 444
Relating to: authorizing a person to shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 438
Relating to: the location of operations of a collection agency and persons employed by a collection agency.
12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 435
Relating to: the sale, purchase, or possession of wild game bird feathers.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 409
Relating to: residency requirements for sexually violent persons on supervised release.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 421
Relating to: the sales tax exemption for occasional sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 401
Relating to: criminal penalties for fraud in obtaining unemployment insurance benefits and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 426
Relating to: the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to a county department of human services or social services for purposes of providing intake and depositional services. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 429
Relating to: determining equalized property values. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 433
Relating to: special registration plates that are military in nature. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 402
Relating to: establishment of a dietetic internship program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 405
Relating to: collateral source payments.
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 407
Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 410
Relating to: invasions of privacy and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 411
Relating to: funding for the Department of Transportation and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 374
Relating to: registration of special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/12/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 383
Relating to: providing immunity from civil and criminal liability to certain health care providers for performing a body cavity search.
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 390
Relating to: lines transporting manure within highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty. (FE)
11/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 371
Relating to: the minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (FE)
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: contributions of Bart Starr.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 369
Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 368
Relating to: creating a legislative office of inspector general and making appropriations. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 367
Relating to: decreasing auditor positions in the Department of Revenue. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 67
Relating to: proclaiming November 2015 as Adoption Month in Wisconsin.
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 355
Relating to: limitations on borrowing by school districts and the use by school districts of resolutions and referenda to authorize bonding for capital projects or increase revenue limits and scheduling of school district referendums to exceed revenue limits. (FE)
10/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 348
Relating to: registration of vehicles defined as autocycles. (FE)
10/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 343
Relating to: distribution of Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE)
10/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 338
Relating to: interfering with hunting, fishing, and trapping and providing criminal penalties.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 329
Relating to: increasing the minimum retirement age under the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 330
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
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 328
Relating to: determination of final average earnings for the purpose of calculating Wisconsin Retirement System annuities. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 333
Relating to: fees charged for initial credentials administered by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and its attached boards. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 306
Relating to: multiple county health departments. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 303
Relating to: Increasing prison terms upon conviction for gang-related crimes and creating a criminal penalty. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 294
Relating to: reorganizing the Government Accountability Board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/7/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 290
Relating to: requiring verification from court orders for eligibility for public assistance programs. (FE)
10/6/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 288
Relating to: requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy.
10/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 285
Relating to: the state civil service and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 283
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 273
Relating to: state payments for municipal services. (FE)
9/29/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).
9/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 263
Relating to: applying financial accountability provisions that currently apply to certain tax incremental districts to all tax incremental districts created by a city or village. (FE)
9/18/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 260
Relating to: sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a criminal penalty.
9/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 253
Relating to: eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 239
Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 243
Relating to: approval, reporting, and fee requirements for certain wells. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 242
Relating to: requiring approval by a municipal governing body before construction of highway roundabouts. (FE)
8/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 241
Relating to: the possession of certain wild animals and providing a penalty. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 238
Relating to: billing the Medical Assistance program for prescription drugs by certain entities. (FE)
8/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 237
Relating to: family planning and preventive health services grants and granting rule-making authority.
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 229
Relating to: regulation of columbaria maintained by religious associations. (FE)
8/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 228
Relating to: the amount of an academic excellence higher education scholarship, the number of those scholarships that may be awarded in an academic year, the eligibility criteria for those scholarships, and creating an individual income tax credit for certain academic scholarship recipients. (FE)
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 218
Relating to: limitations on requiring vaccination against influenza.
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 217
Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer coach or extracurricular activity supervisor.
7/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 212
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
6/17/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 196
Relating to: ratification of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and making appropriations. (FE)
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 193
Relating to: allowing a pupil's parent or guardian to opt out of certain statewide examinations and providing information about mandatory pupil examinations.
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 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 183
Relating to: elimination of sick leave for state senators and representatives to the assembly. (FE)
5/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 181
Relating to: competency determination hearings and commitment. (FE)
5/21/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 170
Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree or third-degree sexual assault.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 37
Relating to: declaring May 14 to be Apraxia Awareness Day.
5/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 164
Relating to: charging resident fees to nonresident veterans and their family members attending technical colleges. (FE)
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 143
Relating to: ambulance staffing by emergency medical technicians and first responders. (FE)
4/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 139
Relating to: supply and use of epinephrine auto-injectors by certain authorized entities. (FE)
4/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 140
Relating to: acts of concealment and misrepresentations in filing for or claiming unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 136
Relating to: a waiver to limit the number of FoodShare replacement cards. (FE)
4/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 137
Relating to: publication of certain legal notices on an Internet site maintained by a municipality. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 127
Relating to: variable rate loans.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 132
Relating to: regulating the use of vapor products.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 130
Relating to: adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators. (FE)
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 125
Relating to: access to investigational drugs, devices, and biological products and limitations on liability related to their use.
4/15/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 121
Relating to: various election law changes.
4/14/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 26
Relating to: proclaiming April 2015 as Forestry and Paper Products Month.
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 102
Relating to: going armed with a switchblade.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 92
Relating to: pleading requirements under the Wisconsin Consumer Act.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 91
Relating to: allowing each technical district board to authorize independent charter schools focused on occupational education and training or science, technology, engineering, and math. (FE)
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 88
Relating to: the authority of physician assistants and advanced practice nurse prescribers regarding testing and information required for making disability determinations under certain hunting and fishing approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
3/27/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
3/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 83
Relating to: operating implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles on highways and transporting implements of husbandry by trailer on highways. (FE)
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)
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 74
Relating to: prescriptions for controlled substances issued by optometrists and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures.
3/10/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 73
Relating to: instruments filed or recorded with, and fees charged by, the register of deeds. (FE)
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 66
Relating to: traffic control at nonfunctioning or malfunctioning traffic control signals.
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.
3/4/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 65
Relating to: online instruction provided by driver schools licensed by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 49
Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)
2/27/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 47
Relating to: responding to a request for an absentee ballot.
2/24/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 46
Relating to: causing harm to a child by cosleeping while intoxicated, providing information about safe sleep, and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 44
Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty.
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 43
Relating to: John Doe proceedings and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/19/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 40
Relating to: setoffs against tax refunds for debts related to providing ambulance services. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 34
Relating to: requiring certain persons to hold certificates of food protection practices in order to operate certain school lunchrooms participating in the National School Lunch Program. (FE)
2/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 35
Relating to: waiting period for handgun purchases.
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 29
Relating to: obtaining a search warrant for certain civil violations. (FE)
2/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 30
Relating to: the display and sale of novelty lighters and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 22
Relating to: unlawful use of a global positioning device and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 23
Relating to: regulating air pollution from residential and commercial wood heaters. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 20
Relating to: transfer of certain fish and game approvals to persons with disabilities and the transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded the Purple Heart or serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. (FE)
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 16
Relating to: taste samples of intoxicating liquor provided on certain retail licensed premises.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 17
Relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians. (FE)
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/28/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: deleting from the constitution the office of state treasurer (first consideration).
1/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 9
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)
1/16/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 4
Relating to: invading an individual's privacy by viewing under or through clothing and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: election of chief justice (second consideration).
2/22/2016: 2015 AA1-AA1-AB838
2/12/2016: 2015 AA1-AB838
1/26/2016: 2015 ASA1-AB226
Relating to: interest rates on past due amounts.
1/14/2016: 2015 AA1-AB562
12/15/2015: 2015 ASA1-AB469
Relating to: use of changing rooms by pupils.
11/16/2015: 2015 AA1-AB469
9/10/2015: 2015 AA1-AB222