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Representative Travis Tranel

Assembly District 49

(R - Cuba City)
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Madison Office:
 Room 302 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9149
(888) 872-0049 Fax:
 (608) 282-3649 Voting Address:
 2231 Louisburg Rd.
Cuba City, WI 53807
Staff:
 Jeff Curry Jeff.Curry@legis.wisconsin.gov
Zach Oswald Zach.Oswald@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Dubuque, Iowa, September 12, 1985; married to Stephanie; 5 children.
  • Graduate Wahlert Catholic High School (Dubuque, Iowa) 2004; BA Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa) 2007.
  • Dairy farmer, small business owner.
  • Member: St. Joseph Sinsinawa Parish Council 2010–12 (president 2011–12); Wisconsin Farm Bureau; Knights of Columbus; NRA; Platteville Regional Chamber of Commerce; Grant County Republican Party.
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Agri-Business Association Friend of WABA Award 2024; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012; Dairy Business Association Legislative Champion Award 2023-24; Wisconsin Cheese Makers Cheese Champion Award 2024, 2023; Wisconsin Builders Association Friend of Housing 2022; Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Building Wisconsin Award 2024, 2022, 2020; Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Working for Wisconsin Award 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012; Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Champion of Commerce Award 2024, 2022, 2014, 2012; Friend of Wisconsin Towns Award 2020; American Conservative Union Foundation Conservative Excellence Award 2022; Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Friends of Family Medicine 2014; Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association Ambassador Award 2015; University of Wisconsin-Platteville Friend of the University Award 2022, 2018; Wisconsin Economic Development Association Champion of Economic Development Award 2020, 2018. Wisconsin Water Alliance Oustanding Water Legislator of the Year Award 2020.
  • Elected to Assembly since 2010.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 219
    Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE)

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 173
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 120
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 118
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 7
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 3
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 190
    Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 185
    Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 174
    Relating to: transmission facilities; installation of large wind energy, large solar energy, and battery energy storage systems; installation of light-mitigating technology systems; and prioritizing nuclear energy resources. (FE)

  • 4/4/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 161
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 154
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 155
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 159
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 137
    Relating to: maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 9 in the village of DeForest and the total value of taxable property that may be included in tax incremental financing districts created in the village of DeForest. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 83
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 38
    Relating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 31
    Relating to: repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty.

  • 2/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 1
    Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 26
    Relating to: celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 213
    Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 203
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 184
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 185
    Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 194
    Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 173
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 160
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 164
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 133
    Relating to: maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 9 in the village of DeForest and the total value of taxable property that may be included in tax incremental financing districts created in the village of DeForest. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 113
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 119
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 82
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 36
    Relating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 8
    Relating to: repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty.

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2
    Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).

2025 Votes