Representative Ben DeSmidt

2025 Co-authored Proposals

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 272
  Relating to: eligibility for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind. (FE)

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 58
  Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 266
  Relating to: the fee for filing limited liability company articles of organization with the Department of Financial Institutions. (FE)

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 267
  Relating to: waiver of fees for admission to state parks on Earth Day. (FE)

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 263
  Relating to: coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

• 5/19/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 264
  Relating to: certain limitations on claiming the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)

• 5/12/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 257
  Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 246
  Relating to: cost-sharing caps on prescription drugs and medical supplies to treat asthma under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 250
  Relating to: funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 256
  Relating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 53
  Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy.

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 52
  Relating to: proclaiming April 20 to 26 as 2025 National Infertility Awareness Week in Wisconsin.

• 5/8/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
  Relating to: observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.

• 5/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 48
  Relating to: commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War.

• 5/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 49
  Relating to: congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025.

• 5/7/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 50
  Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 36
  Relating to: the right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration).

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 45
  Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 38
  Relating to: proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 40
  Relating to: celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 46
  Relating to: congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 39
  Relating to: recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.

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

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 42
  Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
  Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 44
  Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler.

• 5/2/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 233
  Relating to: grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 227
  Relating to: inducements to sign or refrain from signing nomination papers, recall petitions, and certain other petitions.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 35
  Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 33
  Relating to: declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.

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

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 224
  Relating to: the form of referendum questions.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 220
  Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 213
  Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 215
  Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 30
  Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 31
  Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 29
  Relating to: celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 28
  Relating to: commending the IBS Patient Support Group on its recognition of April 17 through April 19, 2025, as World IBS Days.

• 4/23/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 205
  Relating to: serving maple syrup in a public eating place.

• 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 26
  Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen.

• 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 194
  Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

• 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 186
  Relating to: study of guaranteed employment grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

• 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
  Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.

• 4/15/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 24
  Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 15
  Relating to: proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy.

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

• 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.

• 2/24/2025: 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.

• 2/24/2025: 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.

• 2/24/2025: 2025 Assembly Resolution 5
  Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025.

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