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Representative Nancy VanderMeer

Majority Caucus Secretary

Assembly District 70

(R - Tomah)
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Madison Office:
 Room 13 West
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9170
(888) 534-0070 Fax:
 (608) 282-3670 Voting Address:
Tomah, WI 54660
Staff:
 Mallory Green Mallory.Green@legis.wisconsin.gov
Jesse Johnson Jesse.Johnson@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Personal: Born Evergreen Park, Illinois; married.
  • Education: Evergreen Park Community High School 1976; BS in Psychology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1988; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD) 2017.
  • Occupation: Small business owner; family dairy farmer. Former franchised automobile dealer.
  • Member: Vietnam Veterans of America (honorary life member); Jackson County Local Emergency Planning Commission; Farm Bureau; Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (former council president); Tomah Chamber of Commerce (former member of board of directors); NRA; Sparta American Legion Auxiliary; Handishop Industries (former board member); Monroe County Mental Health Coalition; American Association of University Women—Tomah Chapter.
  • Former member: Tomah Memorial Hospital board of directors (officer); American Business Women’s Association (president).
  • Recipient: Sparta Area School District Certificate of Recognition 2015; Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association Legislative Award 2016; Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Friend of Family Medicine 2016; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2018, 2017, 2016; Wisconsin Library Association Wisconsin Library Champion 2016; National Foundation for Women Legislators Elected Women of Excellence Award 2017; U.S. Army War College Commandant’s National Security Program Certificate of Leader Development 2017; Tomah AAUW Mary E. Wedin Women’s History Month Award 2018; NCSL Early Learning Fellow 2018.
  • Elected to Assembly since 2014. Leadership positions: Majority Caucus Secretary 2025.

Member of Transportation Projects Commission

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 6/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 309
    Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

  • 6/4/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 309
    Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

  • 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 41
    Relating to: proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months.

  • 4/25/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 34
    Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 34
    Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 106
    Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 96
    Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 80
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE)

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

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 6/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 315
    Relating to: the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and a major land acquisitions program. (FE)

  • 6/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 308
    Relating to: prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 280
    Relating to: workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
    Relating to: proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 265
    Relating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.

  • 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 55
    Relating to: designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 217
    Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 216
    Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 214
    Relating to: town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE)

  • 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 208
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 198
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 197
    Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 199
    Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 181
    Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility.

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 154
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

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

  • 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.

  • 2/17/2025: 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.

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 6/10/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 316
    Relating to: the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and a major land acquisitions program. (FE)

  • 6/4/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 311
    Relating to: prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)

  • 6/2/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 63
    Relating to: proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/30/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 286
    Relating to: workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)

  • 5/20/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 266
    Relating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.

  • 5/13/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 53
    Relating to: designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

  • 5/9/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 45
    Relating to: proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months.

  • 4/25/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 218
    Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 216
    Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)

  • 4/16/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 215
    Relating to: town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 182
    Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 181
    Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 183
    Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 176
    Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 158
    Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 164
    Relating to: use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 117
    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.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 116
    Relating to: designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

  • 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.

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