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Representative William Penterman

Assembly District 38

(R - Hustisford)
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Madison Office:
 Room 207 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9138
(888) 534-0038 Fax:
 (608) 282-3638 Voting Address:
Hustisford, WI 53034
Staff:
 Charlie Fahey Charlie.Fahey@legis.wisconsin.gov
Kathryn Heitman Kathryn.Heitman@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Kaukauna, Wisconsin, May 18, 1996; married; 1 child.
  • Graduate Fox Valley Lutheran High School, 2014; B.A. in Politics and Government, Ripon College, 2018.
  • Sergeant in the United States Army Reserve; Substitute Teacher.
  • Member: Dodge County Farm Bureau; Columbia County GOP Membership Chair; Columbus Kiwanis Club; Zion Lutheran Church (treasurer); Phi Beta Kappa; NRA; Adopt-A-Highway.
  • Elected to Assembly in July 2021 special election. Reelected 2022.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 10
    Relating to: access to public high schools for military recruiters.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 7
    Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 6
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

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

  • 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 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 2/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 27
    Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 25
    Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.

  • 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 Joint Resolution 4
    Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).

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

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