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Representative Benjamin Franklin

Assembly District 88

(R - De Pere)
District map based on 2023 Wisconsin Act 94
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Historical information
Madison Office:
 Room 304 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9188
(888) 534-0088 Fax:
 (608) 282-3688 Voting Address:
 2230 Nick Lane
De Pere, WI 54115
Staff:
 Nolen Gutgesell Nolen.Gutgesell@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Carthage, Illinois, October 16, 1982; married; 2 children.
  • Graduate Keokuk High School 2001; BA in Human Resources Management, Trident University International 2020.
  • Director of operations, Papa Johns Pizza; Air Force Reserve.
  • Former owner and operator of Papa Johns Pizza franchises; medical/recruiting for US Air Force.
  • Elected to Assembly 2024.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 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)

  • 2/4/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 6
    Relating to: requiring a school board to spend at least 70 percent of its operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and annual pay increases for school administrators. (FE)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

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

  • 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 10
    Relating to: access to public high schools for military recruiters.

  • 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.

  • 1/24/2025: 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).