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Representative Bob G. Donovan

Assembly District 61

(R - Greenfield)
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Madison Office:
 Room 3 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9161
(888) 529-0061 Fax:
 (608) 282-3661 Voting Address:
Greenfield, WI 53228
Staff:
 Stephan Gieschen Stephan.Gieschen@legis.wisconsin.gov
Dan Posca Dan.Posca@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 4, 1956; married; 5 children, 11 grandchildren.
  • Thomas More High School (Milwaukee); St. Francis De Sales Seminary; University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee.
  • Occupation: Former foreman, Milwaukee Solvay Coke Company; life insurance agent, Prudential Insurance.
  • Member: Shamrock Club of Wisconsin; Emerald Society.
  • Elected to City of Milwaukee Common Council 2000–20. Elected to Assembly 2022.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 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 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 78
    Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)

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

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

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

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

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 100
    Relating to: designating athletic sports and teams operated or sponsored by public schools or private schools participating in a parental choice program based on the sex of the participants.

  • 3/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 102
    Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

  • 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 89
    Relating to: theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 88
    Relating to: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement responses to riot or vandalism activity, and providing a penalty.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 66
    Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 71
    Relating to: school district operating referenda.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 61
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 64
    Relating to: an income tax subtraction for certain expenses paid by a school teacher. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 65
    Relating to: entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty.

  • 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).

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 5
    Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025.

  • 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 27
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

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

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

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 31
    Relating to: repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty.

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

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 19
    Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 2
    Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 3
    Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 4
    Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria. (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 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 81
    Relating to: school district operating referenda.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 69
    Relating to: an income tax subtraction for certain expenses paid by a school teacher. (FE)

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 77
    Relating to: entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty.

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 76
    Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 64
    Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 55
    Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 57
    Relating to: county sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 30
    Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria. (FE)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 29
    Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.

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

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 15
    Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

  • 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 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)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 23
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 13
    Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 8
    Relating to: repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty.

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

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 2
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

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