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Biography

  • Born Chicago, Illinois, December 16, 1986, married.
  • Graduate Northside College Preparatory High School (Chicago, Illinois), 2005; B.A. in Political Science, Beloit College, 2009; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, 2017; State Legislative Leaders Foundation Emerging Leaders Program, 2017.
  • Full-time legislator. Former assistant director of alumni and parent relations and annual support, Beloit College.
  • Member: United Church of Beloit (finance and facilities board); Welty Environmental Center (board member); National Caucus of Environmental Legislators; Great Lakes Legislative Caucus; Wisconsin Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus; Wisconsin Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus; Major, Wisconsin Wing, Civil Air Patrol Legislative Squadron (official Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force).
  • Former member: Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties (board member); City of Beloit Appointment Review Committee (chair).
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans Elected Official Award 2022; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion 2021-22, 2017–18, 2015–16; Wisconsin Economic Development Association Champion of Economic Development Award 2019-20, 2017–18; Wisconsin Farmers Union Friend of the Family Farmer 2017; Rock River Coalition Protector Award 2017; Fair Wisconsin Community Advocate of the Year 2014.
  • Beloit City Council, 2011–15 (president, 2014–15).
  • Elected to Assembly 2014-2020. Minority Caucus Chair 2021, 2019, 2017. Elected to Senate 2022.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 149
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 13
    Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month.

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 12
    Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month.

  • 2/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 60
    Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)

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

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 26
    Relating to: technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. (FE)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 20
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 4/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 180
    Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 168
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 172
    Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 174
    Relating to: coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions and benefit limits under health plans.

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 171
    Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)

  • 4/3/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 173
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski.

  • 3/27/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 160
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

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

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 142
    Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.

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

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 145
    Relating to: the procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

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

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 155
    Relating to: requiring periodic inspections of parking structures.

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 152
    Relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE)

  • 3/21/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 148
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/14/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 136
    Relating to: school bus back-up lamps.

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

  • 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 Bill 96
    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 113
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 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 Bill 105
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 114
    Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

  • 3/7/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 119
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 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 73
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

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

  • 2/26/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 71
    Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian 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 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.

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

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

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 10
    Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.

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

  • 2/12/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 41
    Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

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

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 24
    Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)

  • 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 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 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

  • 4/10/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 20
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week.

  • 4/9/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 173
    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)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 156
    Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 157
    Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 155
    Relating to: designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 158
    Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)

  • 4/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 159
    Relating to: creating a rural creative economy development grant program. (FE)

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

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 147
    Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 150
    Relating to: requiring the legislature to convene an extraordinary session if an executive order of the president of the United States freezes federal aid to the state.

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

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 142
    Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.

  • 3/17/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 138
    Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE)

  • 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 126
    Relating to: school bus back-up lamps.

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

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 17
    Relating to: proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 15
    Relating to: proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy.

  • 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 Bill 120
    Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE)

  • 3/11/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 118
    Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (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 92
    Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 79
    Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution.

  • 2/28/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 80
    Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure 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 Joint Resolution 11
    Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski.

  • 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 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)

  • 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 40
    Relating to: school safety grants 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 Joint Resolution 9
    Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker.

  • 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.

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

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 22
    Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 21
    Relating to: technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. (FE)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 20
    Relating to: allowing certain married persons to claim the earned income tax credit when filing a separate return. (FE)

  • 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.

2025 Authored Amendments