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Biography

  • Lifelong resident of St. Croix County, Wisconsin; 1 child.
  • Graduate New Richmond Public Schools; attended University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
  • Farmer; owner of waste disposal company; owner of residential rental and real estate investment company; volunteer coach for the New Richmond-Somerset High School trap team. Former co-owner of a salad and food dressings manufacturing and sales company; mortgage loan originator.
  • Member: Farm Bureau; NRA (life member); New Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
  • Former Member: Erin Prairie Township Planning Commission; Wisconsin Bear Hunters’ Association (board of directors); Wisconsin Association of Mortgage Brokers.
  • Elected to Assembly 2016-18. Elected to Senate 2020.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 218
    Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 216
    Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 212
    Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 214
    Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)

  • 4/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 163
    Relating to: redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE)

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

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

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

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 206
    Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (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.

  • 4/14/2025: 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 176
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 105
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

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

  • 2/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 27
    Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. (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 208
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)

  • 4/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 202
    Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE)

  • 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 181
    Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 138
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

  • 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 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 39
    Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer.

  • 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 Votes