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Representative Jessie Rodriguez

Assembly District 21

(R - Oak Creek)
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Madison Office:
 Room 306 East
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9121
(888) 534-0021 Fax:
 (608) 282-3621 Voting Address:
 6633 S. Crane Dr.
Oak Creek, WI 53154
Staff:
 Mathew Jansen Mathew.Jansen@legis.wisconsin.gov
Kaitlyn Wender Kaitlyn.Wender@legis.wisconsin.gov

Current Committees

Biography

  • Born Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador, July 5, 1977; married.
  • Graduate Alexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee), 1996; B.A. Marquette University, 2002.
  • Full-time legislator. Former analyst for a supermarket company; outreach coordinator for a non-profit.
  • Elected to Assembly in November 2013 special election. Reelected since 2014.
  • Leadership positions: Majority Caucus Secretary 2019, 2017, 2015.

Member of State Fair Park Board and Wisconsin Center District Board

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 193
    Relating to: ratification of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 190
    Relating to: ratification of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact. (FE)

  • 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 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)

  • 2/17/2025: 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)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 223
    Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 211
    Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.

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

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 196
    Relating to: rehired annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System. (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 175
    Relating to: requiring periodic inspections of parking structures.

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 25
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 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 143
    Relating to: allowing an unlicensed person to use a motor vehicle and providing a penalty.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 139
    Relating to: a tax credit for relocating to this state due to Hurricane Helene or the Los Angeles wildfires. (FE)

  • 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 Resolution 6
    Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

  • 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 75
    Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (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 Joint Resolution 6
    Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.

  • 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 8
    Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

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

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

  • 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 220
    Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.

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

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 211
    Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 27
    Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.

  • 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)

  • 4/14/2025: 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.

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

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 141
    Relating to: allowing an unlicensed person to use a motor vehicle and providing a penalty.

  • 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 155
    Relating to: requiring periodic inspections of parking structures.

  • 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 118
    Relating to: a tax credit for relocating to this state due to Hurricane Helene or the Los Angeles wildfires. (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 115
    Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)

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

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

  • 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)

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 4
    Relating to: agreements for direct primary care.

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