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Senator Chris Larson

Senate District 7

(D - Milwaukee)
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Madison Office:
 Room 18 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-7505
(800) 361-5487 Fax:
 (608) 282-3547
Staff:
 Justin Sargent Justin.Sargent@legis.wisconsin.gov
Justin Bielinski Justin.Bielinski@legis.wisconsin.gov
Nick Janis Nick.Janis@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, November 12, 1980; married; 2 children.
  • Graduate Thomas More High School, 1999; degree in Finance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007.
  • Full-time legislator. Former business manager.
  • Member: ACLU; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Alumni Association (former board member); League of Conservation Voters; Bay View Neighborhood Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Sierra Club; South Side Business Club of Milwaukee; Bay View Historical Society; Arbor Day Foundation; TriWisconsin; Badgerland Striders; Bay View Lions Club; Lake Park Friends; MPTV Friends; Voces de la Frontera; Citizen Action of Wisconsin (board of directors); Milwaukee Turners; Climate Power (national board member); Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin advisory board); Governor’s Bicycle Coordinating Council.
  • Former member: Airport Area Economic Development Group; Young Elected Officials; Coalition to Save the Hoan Bridge (cofounder); Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) campus intern.
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Conservation Voters Conservation Champion Award 2013–22; Shepherd Express Legislator of the Year Award 2012–22; Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislator of the Year Award 2019; Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Political Openness Award 2019; WEAC Friend of Education Award 2022.
  • Elected to Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, 2008–10.
  • Elected to Senate since 2010. Leadership positions: Minority Caucus Chair 2023; Minority Leader 2013.

Member of Educational Communications Board

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 165
    Relating to: eliminating daylight saving time in Wisconsin.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 149
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 150
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 150
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 145
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 67
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 63
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 48
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 21
    Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 208
    Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 217
    Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 31
    Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.

  • 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 187
    Relating to: study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 21
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 23
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 142
    Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Resolution 2
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 148
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 155
    Relating to: requiring periodic inspections of parking structures.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 135
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 99
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 114
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 73
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 74
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 54
    Relating to: requirements concerning assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not lawfully present in the United States.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 60
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 8
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 6
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 23
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 14
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 2
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 26
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 186
    Relating to: study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 175
    Relating to: requiring periodic inspections of parking structures.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 177
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 4/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

  • 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)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 160
    Relating to: eliminating daylight saving time in Wisconsin.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 147
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 142
    Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 125
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 97
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 92
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 79
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 80
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 57
    Relating to: requirements concerning assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not lawfully present in the United States.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 72
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 2/20/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 52
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 17
    Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 11
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

2025 Votes