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Representative Joy L. Goeben

Assembly District 5

(R - Hobart)
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Madison Office:
 Room 209 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9105
(888) 534-0005 Fax:
 (608) 282-3605 Voting Address:
Hobart, WI 54155
Staff:
 Meagan Matthews Meagan.Matthews@legis.wisconsin.gov
Antonio Patz Antonio.Patz@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 16, 1972; married; 4 children.
  • Graduate Green Bay East High School 1990; BS in Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay 1997; MS in Education, Walden University 2009.
  • Occupation: Elementary school teacher, Ashwaubenon School District. Former owner of a child care center.
  • Member: Green Bay Area Christian Homeschoolers (former board member); Christ Alone Church (former deacon and church elder); Kaukauna Sportsman Club; NRA.
  • Elected to Assembly 2022.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 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.

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

  • 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

  • 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 Bill 12
    Relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE)

  • 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.

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 7
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 5
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

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

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 Bill 22
    Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

  • 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).

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 12
    Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (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 3
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 7
    Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.

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

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