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Senator Tim Carpenter

Senate District 3

(D - Milwaukee)
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Madison Office:
 Room 104 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707 Telephone:
 (608) 266-8535
 Fax:
 (608) 282-3543
Staff:
 Will Swassing Will.Swassing@legis.wisconsin.gov
Colin Barushok Colin.Barushok@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; lifelong South Side resident.
  • Graduate, Pulaski High School; B.A. in Political Science and History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.A. in Public Policy and Public Administration, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Milwaukee Police Department Citizen Academy, 2018.
  • Member: Menominee Valley Partners; Friends of Hank Aaron State Trail; Sierra Club; Jackson Park Neighborhood Association; Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home Advisory Council; Wisconsin Humane Society; Friends of the Mitchell Park Domes; Human Rights Campaign; Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
  • Recipient: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Legislator of the Year; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion; several Wisconsin Environmental Decade Clean 16 awards; Shepherd Express Best State Legislator; Wisconsin Public Health Association’s Champion of Public Health; Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups Award for Service to Seniors; Wisconsin Professional Fire Fighters Legislator of the Year.
  • Elected to Assembly 1984–2000. Elected to Senate since 2002. Leadership positions: Senate President Pro Tempore, 2013, 2011; Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, 1993–94.

Member of Migrant Labor Council, State Fair Park Board and Transportation Projects Commission

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Resolution 2
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

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

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

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 57
    Relating to: requirements concerning assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not lawfully present in the United States.

  • 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 54
    Relating to: requirements concerning assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not lawfully present in the United States.

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

  • 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 38
    Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)

  • 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.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 14
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 150
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 135
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 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 Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

  • 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 90
    Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)

  • 3/6/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 86
    Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use.

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

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 67
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 50
    Relating to: health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 63
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 60
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (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 10
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 8
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

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

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 12
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

  • 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.

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 145
    Relating to: passing legislation to reduce carbon emissions.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 19
    Relating to: honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • 3/13/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 18
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 125
    Relating to: special observance days in schools.

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

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 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 92
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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 80
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 69
    Relating to: the sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 72
    Relating to: ratification of the Driver License Compact. (FE)

  • 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 62
    Relating to: health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

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

  • 2/20/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 52
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 37
    Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 48
    Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 45
    Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact. (FE)

  • 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 Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day.

  • 2/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 5
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

  • 2/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

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

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 11
    Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

  • 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.