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Biography

  • Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April 16, 1972; married; 4 children, 2 grandchildren.
  • Graduate Eau Claire North High School, 1990; Associate degree in Police Science, Chippewa Valley Technical College, (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 2001; Emergency Medical Responder, 2015; Entry level, Fire I, Fire II Firefighter, 2016; University of Wisconsin-Madison Command College (Certified Public Manager), 2017; University of Virginia Darden School of Business Emerging Legislative Leaders Program Attendee, 2020; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD) Graduate, 2021.
  • Small business owner; part-time police officer, Cadott Police Department; State of Wisconsin Firearms Instructor; Former warehouse specialist; SWAT team member; firefighter. Served in the U.S. Army Air Defense, 1990-93; U.S. Army Reserves (Medic), 1993–96; Persian Gulf War veteran.
  • Member: Solis Circle Housing Project-Altoona (community representative); American Veterans Association Post 0654; American Legion Post 291 (Augusta, Wisconsin); American Legion Post 73 (Neillsville, Wisconsin); National Council of State Legislatiures Opioid Fellow, 2022.
  • Elected to Assembly 2018-20. Elected to Senate 2022.

Member of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Council on Military and State Relations and Human Trafficking Council

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 118
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 113
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 119
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 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 79
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 76
    Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health services. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 75
    Relating to: venue for actions in which there is a governmental party.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 73
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 83
    Relating to: utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 72
    Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health services. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 54
    Relating to: utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 67
    Relating to: venue for actions in which there is a governmental party.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 53
    Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 62
    Relating to: financing the operating costs and certain out-of-state projects of nonprofit institutions and compensation of employees of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 40
    Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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 Bill 41
    Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 39
    Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)

  • 2/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 23
    Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 17
    Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 21
    Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 17
    Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty.

  • 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 Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 93
    Relating to: recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (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.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 99
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 115
    Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)

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

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

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 66
    Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.

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

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 18
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 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

  • 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 120
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 92
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 85
    Relating to: recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 77
    Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.

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

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 75
    Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 63
    Relating to: financing the operating costs and certain out-of-state projects of nonprofit institutions and compensation of employees of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. (FE)

  • 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 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 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.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 34
    Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.

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

  • 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.

  • 1/31/2025: 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 Authored Amendments