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Representative Todd Novak

Assembly District 51

(R - Dodgeville)
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Madison Office:
 Room 310 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9151
(888) 534-0051 Fax:
 (608) 282-3651 Voting Address:
 202 W. Division St.
Dodgeville, WI 53533
Staff:
 Sam Kussow Sam.Kussow@legis.wisconsin.gov
Morgan O'Flahrity Morgan.O'Flahrity@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Cobb, Wisconsin, April 23, 1965; 2 children.
  • Graduate Iowa-Grant High School, 1983; attended Southwest Technical College, 1983–85.
  • Former government/associate newspaper editor, 1990–2014.
  • Member: Wisconsin League of Municipalities; NRA; Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
  • Former member: Iowa County Humane Society (founding member, treasurer); Wisconsin Newspaper Association; National Newspaper Association.
  • Recipient: Gathering Waters Policymaker of the Year; WISCAP William Steiger Human Services Award; MMAC Champion of Commerce; WMC Working for Wisconsin Award; WNA Legislative Service Award; WCA Outstanding Legislator Award; WPHCA Friend of Community Health Centers; WAFP Friend of Family Medicine Award; LWM Municipal Champion Award; CEF (Clean Energy Service) Clean Energy Champion; University of Wisconsin-Platteville Friend of the University Award 2024; Wisconsin Public Health Association Friend of Public Health 2024; Wisconsin Towns Association Friend of Towns 2024; Wisconsin Grocers Association Friend of Grocers 2024; Wisconsin Water Alliance Water Legislator of the Year 2020; Wisconsin Builders Association Friend of Housing 2024; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2019-2024; Wisconsin Counties Association Outstanding Legislator Award 2024; Create Wisconsin Creative Community Champion Award 2024; Wisconsin Propane Gas Association Friend of Propane Award 2024.
  • Elected mayor of Dodgeville, 2012–2024. Southwest Regional Planning Commission, 2012–present.
  • Elected to Assembly since 2014.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 219
    Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 213
    Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 203
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 198
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (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 185
    Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)

  • 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.

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 173
    Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 173
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 159
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 137
    Relating to: maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 9 in the village of DeForest and the total value of taxable property that may be included in tax incremental financing districts created in the village of DeForest. (FE)

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 129
    Relating to: providing safe drinking water in public and private schools. (FE)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 120
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

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

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

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

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

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 22
    Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)

  • 1/31/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 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 217
    Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

  • 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)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 207
    Relating to: information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 201
    Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 200
    Relating to: applying the motor vehicle fuel tax supplier’s administrative allowance to diesel fuel, a motor vehicle fuel tax refund for evaporation losses, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 196
    Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 194
    Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 188
    Relating to: reduction of penalty surcharge when certain fines or forfeitures reduced. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/4/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 161
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 155
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 158
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 148
    Relating to: interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 141
    Relating to: provisional social worker certificates and licenses.

  • 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 Bill 131
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 130
    Relating to: exempting certain persons from PFAS enforcement actions under the spills law. (FE)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 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 91
    Relating to: the requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 83
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

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

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 78
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (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)

  • 2/17/2025: 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 Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 26
    Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

  • 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 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)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 3
    Relating to: observing February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in Wisconsin.

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 4/25/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 218
    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)

  • 4/25/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 222
    Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 205
    Relating to: information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 28
    Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 216
    Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 29
    Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 188
    Relating to: reduction of penalty surcharge when certain fines or forfeitures reduced. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 182
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 184
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 185
    Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)

  • 4/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 180
    Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 179
    Relating to: applying the motor vehicle fuel tax supplier’s administrative allowance to diesel fuel, a motor vehicle fuel tax refund for evaporation losses, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 170
    Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (FE)

  • 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)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 168
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 160
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 147
    Relating to: interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 140
    Relating to: provisional social worker certificates and licenses.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 127
    Relating to: exempting certain persons from PFAS enforcement actions under the spills law. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 128
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 133
    Relating to: maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 9 in the village of DeForest and the total value of taxable property that may be included in tax incremental financing districts created in the village of DeForest. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 100
    Relating to: the requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 14
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 104
    Relating to: providing safe drinking water in public and private schools. (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)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 82
    Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

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

  • 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)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 65
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (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 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)

  • 2/5/2025: 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 Joint Resolution 6
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 24
    Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)

  • 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 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.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 5
    Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

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

2025 Authored Amendments