Born Beaver Dam, October 13, 1980; married; 3 children. Graduate Green Bay Southwest 1999; B.S. UW-Madison 2003; legislative capstone graduate certificate from UW-Madison La Follette Inst. of Public Affairs. Full-time legislator. Former transit planning coordinator, communications dir., grant-writing consultant. Member: Green Bay Area Crimestoppers (bd. mbr.); Brown Co. Taxpayers Assn; Knights of Columbus; NRA. Former member: Brown Co. Teen Leadership (bd. mbr.); Brown Co. United Way (marketing and communications com.); Higher Educ. Aids Bd. 2001-03. Recipient: Wis. Coalition Against Domestic Violence Legislative Champion Award; Wis. Counties Assn. Outstanding Legislator Award; Pro-Life Wis. Legislator of the Year 2012; American Wis. Coalition of Virtual Schools Families Shining Star of Education Reform; Dairy Business Assn. Legislative Excellence Award; Phillips Foundation Distinguished Young Conservative Leader of the Year 2012; Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Henry S. Baird Legislator of the Year Award 2012.
Elected to Assembly 2010; reelected 2012.
Member of Domestic Abuse, Council on and Small Business Environmental Council
3/26/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: ethanol-blended gasoline.
3/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 674
Relating to: copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE)
3/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 668
Relating to: notifications to law enforcement officers and dissemination to the public when registered out-of-state sex offenders enter a community.
3/4/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 656
Relating to: defining prepared foods for purposes of imposing sales and use taxes. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 637
Relating to: eliminating voluntary intoxication as a defense to criminal liability. (FE)
2/28/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 644
Relating to: modifying the duties of a county clerk; the counties in which a board of election commissioners is required; and staffing of a board of election commissioners in populous counties. (FE)
2/17/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 605
Relating to: providing notice of firearm prohibition when serving notice for certain injunction hearings and process for surrendering firearms following the granting of certain injunctions. (FE)
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: procedures to preserve and determine the validity of certain liens and to make payments to prime contractors of public works contracts.
2/13/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 592
Relating to: the liability of an adult sponsor of a minor applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license.
2/6/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 573
Relating to: regulation of mobile dentistry and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/5/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 560
Relating to: regulation of hospitals, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
2/3/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 557
Relating to: exempting employers from keeping records of the hours of employment of an employee who is exempt from the overtime pay requirement and who is not compensated on an hourly rate basis.
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 531
Relating to: eligibility for a broker's or salesperson's license or a time-share salesperson's certificate of registration following a criminal conviction, immunity for employing real estate brokers in certain actions, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 536
Relating to: the regulation of motor vehicle air conditioners. (FE)
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 532
Relating to: placement of a child in a shelter care facility under a voluntary agreement. (FE)
1/30/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 525
Relating to: creating a Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 64
Relating to: commending the Iron Brigade.
1/22/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 508
Relating to: permitting an employee to voluntarily choose to work without one day of rest in seven.
1/21/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 503
Relating to: requiring the Family Care benefit and self-directed services option to be provided in certain northeastern Wisconsin counties. (FE)
1/15/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 498
Relating to: notifications concerning the assertion of rights under a patent or pending patent and providing a penalty. (FE)
1/10/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: entry on property in foreclosure. (FE)
1/9/2014: 2013 Senate Bill 478
Relating to: school district expenditures for community programs and services and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 469
Relating to: solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for a public record, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
12/20/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: commending Pope Francis.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 443
Relating to: use of the state's student information system by a private school participating in a parental choice program.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 448
Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in a fertilizer blending, feed milling, or grain drying operation. (FE)
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 449
Relating to: authorizing the transfer of certain tax credits earned in connection with economic development in this state.
12/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 444
Relating to: the number of nomination paper signatures required for city-wide offices in second class and third class cities.
12/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 435
Relating to: the sale of homemade baked goods and homemade canned goods.
11/21/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 407
Relating to: exempting certain one- and two-family dwellings from the requirements of having smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and from standards and rules relating to plumbing.
11/11/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 401
Relating to: reasonable accommodation of any condition of an employee that is related to pregnancy or childbirth and of an employee's inability to adequately undertake the job-related responsibilities of a particular job because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition.
11/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 392
Relating to: requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to create or implement a health benefit exchange. (FE)
11/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 382
Relating to: the definition of human trafficking.
10/29/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 375
Relating to: the use of an epinephrine auto-injector on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity.
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 57
Relating to: election of chief justice (first consideration).
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 354
Relating to: granting victims of certain offenses a right to be accompanied by a victim advocate.
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 355
Relating to: fees imposed on the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste at licensed solid waste and hazardous waste disposal facilities. (FE)
10/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 358
Relating to: exempting from the prevailing wage law public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for a school district or for a cooperative educational service agency. (FE)
10/9/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: proclaiming November 2013 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 335
Relating to: a tuition reimbursement program for apprentices and employers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 336
Relating to: local youth apprenticeship grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 325
Relating to: controlled substances, and providing a penalty. (FE)
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 329
Relating to: a cumulative preference system for sturgeon spearing permits and the transfer of a sturgeon spearing license to a minor. (FE)
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 320
Relating to: exemption of outside salespersons from the minimum wage law.
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 326
Relating to: relinquishing custody of a newborn child. (FE)
10/2/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 317
Relating to: race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names and making an appropriation. (FE)
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 314
Relating to: the effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations.
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 308
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who is not alleged to have committed certain violent offences or has not previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/24/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 51
Relating to: honoring Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Battle of Gettysburg.
9/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 300
Relating to: copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: development opportunity zones for areas experiencing mass layoffs or business closings. (FE)
9/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 290
Relating to: mortgage satisfaction and an exception to the real estate transfer fee. (FE)
9/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 281
Relating to: statutes of limitation on claims involving property damage and on claims arising from a motor vehicle accident and covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy.
9/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 284
Relating to: allowing pupils in grades 7 and 8 to earn high school credit.
9/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 283
Relating to: allowing representatives of certain protected individuals to restrict release of their credit reports, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
8/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 245
Relating to: applications for public assistance programs, offenses in public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
7/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 232
Relating to: aiding a felon and providing penalties. (FE)
7/31/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 238
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)
7/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 230
Relating to: motor vehicle registration, motor carrier appeals, rulemaking procedures, and modifying and repealing various rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE)
7/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 231
Relating to: corporate powers of Marine Corps League corporations. (FE)
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 229
Relating to: enrollment requirements for recipients of talent incentive grants. (FE)
7/9/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 226
Relating to: seizure of property used in the crime of child enticement.
6/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 221
Relating to: travel, association, and residency conditions of release before trial for individuals charged with felony sexual assault of a child.
6/14/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 217
Relating to: social and financial impact reports. (FE)
6/14/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 219
Relating to: maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. (FE)
6/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 209
Relating to: 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. (FE)
6/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 206
Relating to: requirements to perform abortions, requiring an ultrasound before informed consent for an abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 201
Relating to: civil liability for performing a sex-selective abortion, and providing a penalty. (FE)
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: religious liberty and the right of conscience (first consideration).
5/30/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 36
Relating to: proclaiming Gastroschisis Awareness Day.
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 191
Relating to: animals believed to have been involved in fighting or being held as evidence.
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 188
Relating to: the removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs along highways. (FE)
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 190
Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system.
5/23/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 192
Relating to: eligibility of certain employees who are affected by labor disputes for unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 185
Relating to: the authority to hunt certain animals with a crossbow, establishing open seasons for hunting with a crossbow, and information required to be included on certain hunting license applications and certain hunting tags. (FE)
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 182
Relating to: the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty.
5/16/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 183
Relating to: the applicability of a county shoreland zoning ordinance in a shoreland area annexed by, or incorporated as, a city or village.
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 179
Relating to: miscellaneous provisions related to rental and vehicle towing practices and eviction proceedings, prohibitions on enacting ordinances that place certain limitations or requirements on landlords, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority. (FE)
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 170
Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for tuition expenses paid for dependents who attend certain public and private elementary and secondary schools. (FE)
5/8/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 177
Relating to: creating an incentive program for reporting fraud to a state hotline, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/30/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 167
Relating to: actions for damages caused by wind energy systems. (FE)
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 153
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)
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 155
Relating to: the prohibition on telephone solicitations to residential customers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/25/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 154
Relating to: injunctions suspending or restraining the enforcement or execution statewide of a statute of this state.
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 24
Relating to: recall of elective officers and a code of ethics for government officials (first consideration).
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 150
Relating to: local ordinances regarding possession of marijuana or a synthetic cannabinoid. (FE)
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 151
Relating to: the homeownership mortgage loan program administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 147
Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by active duty members of the U.S. armed forces who die in a combat zone. (FE)
4/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 149
Relating to: payment of interest on advances made by the federal government to the unemployment reserve fund and making an appropriation. (FE)
4/15/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 22
Relating to: the life and public service of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
4/10/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 137
Relating to: the duty of physicians to inform patients of treatment options. (FE)
4/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 132
Relating to: increasing the amount of the supplement to the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
4/5/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 131
Relating to: fees for dental services.
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 129
Relating to: inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 122
Relating to: federalizing the treatment of capital losses. (FE)
4/3/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 130
Relating to: indemnification provisions in contracts for the sale of services.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 119
Relating to: ratification of the state and province emergency management assistance compact.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: commending Ms. Tasha Schuh for being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA.
4/1/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 120
Relating to: financial aid for service members and their immediate families and making an appropriation. (FE)
3/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 111
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain contributions to a Coverdell Education Savings Account. (FE)
3/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 110
Relating to: motor vehicle registration by the Department of Transportation, historic military vehicles, and Kei class vehicles. (FE)
3/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 113
Relating to: a property tax exemption for a nonprofit resale store. (FE)
3/27/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 109
Relating to: the regulation of oleoresin of capsicum in containers sold in this state. (FE)
3/22/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 104
Relating to: requiring congenital heart defect screening in newborns and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 94
Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities.
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 84
Relating to: eliminating the estate tax. (FE)
3/20/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 89
Relating to: sales tax holidays in August and in November. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 72
Relating to: reports by the Dwelling Code Council on the one- and two-family dwelling code. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 78
Relating to: trafficking food stamp program benefits. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 82
Relating to: expanding and increasing the tax exemption for retirement plan income received by an individual. (FE)
3/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 81
Relating to: increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. (FE)
3/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: bank service corporations and credit union service organizations. (FE)
3/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 62
Relating to: proof of motor vehicle liability insurance.
3/7/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 69
Relating to: providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties. (FE)
3/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 60
Relating to: penalties for operating-while-intoxicated offenses and providing a penalty. (FE)
3/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 57
Relating to: requiring persons accused of violating traffic laws and ordinances related to driving while intoxicated to appear in person in court. (FE)
3/4/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 58
Relating to: penalties for driving a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and providing a penalty. (FE)
2/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 40
Relating to: searches by a law enforcement officer of a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)
2/28/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 45
Relating to: indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
2/19/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 34
Relating to: sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations. (FE)
2/15/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 24
Relating to: extending the time period for counties to seek reimbursement from prisoners for expenses associated with confinement in jail. (FE)
2/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 21
Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Marinette. (FE)
2/13/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 19
Relating to: state agencies entering into contracts for legal services on a contingent fee basis. (FE)
2/6/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 7
Relating to: the exclusion of veterinarians from the prescription drug monitoring program.
1/31/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 8
Relating to: the retirement of Pam Shannon, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature.
1/28/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and public service of John C. Shabaz.
1/18/2013: 2013 Senate Bill 1
Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE)
1/18/2013: 2013 Senate Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (second consideration).
3/10/2014: 2013 AA1-AB259
2/20/2014: 2013 AA1-ASA1-AB725
2/13/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB725
Relating to: collection of certain municipal utility arrearages and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants.
2/11/2014: JR4 2013 AA1-AA4-AB1
2/6/2014: JR4 2013 AA4-AB1
1/16/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB422
Relating to: raffles that involve the racing of plastic or rubber ducks and other types of raffles.
1/16/2014: 2013 AA1-AB223
1/3/2014: 2013 ASA1-AB485
Relating to: the sale of eggs.
12/13/2013: 2013 AA1-AB74
10/3/2013: 2013 AA1-AB137
9/20/2013: 2013 AA1-AB206
6/4/2013: 2013 AA1-AB216
5/28/2013: 2013 AA1-AB96
5/28/2013: 2013 AA1-AB175
4/23/2013: 2013 AA2-AB61
4/23/2013: 2013 AA1-AB61