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Representative Karen R. Hurd

Assembly District 69

(R - Withee)
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Madison Office:
 Room 321 East
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9169
(888) 534-0069 Fax:
 (608) 282-3669 Voting Address:
Thorp, WI 54771
Staff:
 Tyler Longsine Tyler.Longsine@legis.wisconsin.gov
Jon Minneci Jon.Minneci@legis.wisconsin.gov

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Biography

  • Personal: Born Houston, Texas, October 20, 1957; married; 5 children, 7 grandchildren.
  • Education: Kirkwood High School (Kirkwood, Missouri) 1976; BA in Spanish, Truman State University 1980; Diploma in Comprehensive Nutrition, Huntington College of Health Sciences 1994; MS in Biochemistry, University of Saint Joseph 2017; MPH George Washington University 2024.
  • Occupation: Nutritionist; owner of Karen R. Hurd Nutritional Practice 1994–present; restaurant owner; film producer. Served in US Army 1980–84 (Military Intelligence), retiring with the rank of Captain.
  • Member: American Legion Post 118 (Thorp).
  • Former member: Fall Creek Valley Housing/Fall Creek Retirement Housing Executive Board (former president); American Legion Post 376 (color guard commander, chaplain); Fall Creek Public Library Trustee; Fall Creek Lions Club; Fall Creek Historical Society; Faith Evangelical Free Church (director of music, worship leader, Sunday school teacher, women’s Bible study leader).
  • Recipient: Army Commendation Medal; Air Assault Badge; Expert Marksmanship Badge.
  • Previous office: Elected Fall Creek Village Trustee, 2021–24.
  • Elected to Assembly since 2022.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 283
    Relating to: making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 291
    Relating to: making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (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.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin.

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

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
    Relating to: proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 50
    Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

  • 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 231
    Relating to: creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/5/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 104
    Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 35
    Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 8
    Relating to: restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 6
    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.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 24
    Relating to: county sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)

  • 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 8
    Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

  • 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.

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 6/2/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 63
    Relating to: proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/20/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 55
    Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

  • 4/29/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 231
    Relating to: creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 157
    Relating to: prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 11
    Relating to: restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 57
    Relating to: county sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (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 34
    Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)

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

  • 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.

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

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 4
    Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

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