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Senator Howard L. Marklein

Senate District 17

(R - Spring Green)
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Madison Office:
 Room 316 East
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-0703
 Fax:
 (608) 282-3557
Staff:
 Peter Hienz Peter.Hienz@legis.wisconsin.gov
Connor Buss Connor.Buss@legis.wisconsin.gov
Samantha Marshall Samantha.Marshall@legis.wisconsin.gov
Eileen O'Neill Eileen.O'Neill@legis.wisconsin.gov
Vincent Williams Vincent.Williams@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Madison, Wisconsin, October 3, 1954; married; 2 children, 3 stepchildren, 7 grandchildren.
  • Graduate River Valley High School (Spring Green), 1972; BBA University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1976.
  • Retired certified public accountant (CPA); retired certified fraud examiner (CFE).
  • Member: St. John’s Catholic Church Spring Green (finance committee member); NRA; Knights of Columbus.
  • Former member: Taliesin Preservation Inc. Board of Trustees (treasurer); University of Wisconsin-Whitewater National Alumni Association (president); University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Foundation (board of directors president); Fort Health Care Board of Directors (chair, treasurer); Fort Atkinson Rotary Club (president); Fort Atkinson Chamber of Commerce (president); Whitewater Chamber of Commerce (president); Dodgeville Chamber of Commerce (vice president).
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Working for Wisconsin Award 2022, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012; Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Champion of Commerce Award 2022, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012; Wisconsin Pork Association Distinguished Service Award 2019, 2013; Wisconsin Newspaper Association Badger Award 2013; Wisconsin Aquaculture Association Legislator of the Year 2013; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2018, 2016, 2012; Wisconsin Auto Collision Technicians Association Legislator of the Year 2016; Wisconsin Towns Association Friend of Towns 2022, 2020, 2016; Associated General Contractors Legislator of the Year 2016; Wisconsin Counties Association Outstanding Legislator 2022, 2018, 2016; Wisconsin Builders Association Friend of Housing 2018, 2016, 2015; Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards & Wisconsin Public Health Association Friend of Public Health 2018, 2016; Wisconsin Hospitals Association Health Care Advocate Award 2018; Associated Builders and Contractors Building Wisconsin Award 2018, 2014; League of Wisconsin Municipalities Municipal Champion Award 2018, 2016; National Federation of Independent Businesses Guardian of Small Business Award 2018; University of Wisconsin-Platteville Friend of the University Award 2022, 2018; Wisconsin Grocers Association Friend of Grocers 2020, 2018; Wisconsin Agri-Business Association Friend of Wisconsin Agri-Business 2018; Wisconsin ATV/UTV Association President’s Award 2017; Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association Excellence in Legislative Leadership Award 2022, 2018; Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives Enlightened Legislator of the Year 2018; Wisconsin Cooperative Network Friend of Cooperatives 2020; Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Friend of Family Medicine 2022; Wisconsin Economic Development Association Champion of Economic Development 2022; Wisconsin Association for Home Health Care Friend of Home Health Care 2022; University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Distinguished Alumni Award 2022; Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Cheese Champion Award 2022.
  • Elected to Assembly 2010, 2012. Elected to Senate since 2014. Leadership positions: President Pro Tempore 2019, 2017.

Member of State Fair Park Board

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 221
    Relating to: all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles with out-of-state registrations.

  • 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)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 198
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 197
    Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 196
    Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 199
    Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 182
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 22
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 181
    Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 183
    Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 168
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 170
    Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 172
    Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE)

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

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 126
    Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126.

  • 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 106
    Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 96
    Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (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.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 84
    Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (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

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 210
    Relating to: changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 215
    Relating to: town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 196
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 158
    Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility.

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

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 166
    Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 16
    Relating to: recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 71
    Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 64
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 42
    Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 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 28
    Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.

  • 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 18
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

  • 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 Bill 12
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 225
    Relating to: determination of where a defendant resides or does substantial business for purposes of venue.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 223
    Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 214
    Relating to: town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 210
    Relating to: changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 181
    Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 21
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 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)

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 172
    Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 4/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 169
    Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 157
    Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 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 158
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 134
    Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126.

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

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 16
    Relating to: recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin.

  • 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 82
    Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 61
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 43
    Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 45
    Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact. (FE)

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

  • 2/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 25
    Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.

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

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 10
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

  • 1/31/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

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

2025 Votes