Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/1982
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sandy
Birth date: 02/21/1941
Birthplace: Neenah, WI
Home City: Neenah WI
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Teacher, Saint Mary's High School, 1965-1970 Farmer

Education

BS, Secondary Education, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1965

Committees

Employment Relations
Ethics Reform and Government Operations
Legislative Council
Legislative Organization
Senate Organization

SB 306 Requires Physicians Performing Abortions to Determine if the Woman's Consent is Voluntary
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 21 Prohibits mandated health insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 386 Removes Voter Registration at High Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 21 Prohibits mandated health insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 386 Removes Voter Registration at High Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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SB 306 Requires Physicians Performing Abortions to Determine if the Woman's Consent is Voluntary
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 21 Prohibits mandated health insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 386 Removes Voter Registration at High Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 21 Prohibits mandated health insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 386 Removes Voter Registration at High Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 21 Prohibits mandated health insurance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 368 Amends Wetland Development Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 202 Repeals Punitive Damages for Workplace Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 237 Amending Sexual Education Guidelines
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 23 Amends Tax Enforcement System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 12 Limits Attorney Fees in Consumer Cases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 45 Administration of Medications to Students
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 92 Prohibits Abortion Coverage through Healthcare Insurance Exchanges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 95 Evaluating Teacher Performance Using Standardized Test Scores
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 92 Prohibits Abortion Coverage through Healthcare Insurance Exchanges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 95 Evaluating Teacher Performance Using Standardized Test Scores
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 149 Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting 2011
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 148 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 149 Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting 2011
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 148 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 40 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 93 Weapons Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 116 Relating to Overseas Absentee Voting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 13 Repealing Regulations for Telecommunications Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 11 State Finances and Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Employees
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 10 Wetland Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 3 Tax Incentives for Job Creation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2 Tax Benefits for Health Savings Accounts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Tort Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 434 Legalizing Sale of Unpasteurized Milk
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 437 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 434 Legalizing Sale of Unpasteurized Milk
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 530 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 263 Expanding Access to Public Defenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 458 Sex Education Curriculum Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 263 Expanding Access to Public Defenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 458 Sex Education Curriculum Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 263 Expanding Access to Public Defenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 371 Higher Education Student Data System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 372 Teacher Evaluation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 119 Requiring Kindergarten for First Grade Enrollment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 75 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

AB 75 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 107 Electronics Sale and Disposal Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 167 Decreasing the Minimum Hunting Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 107 Electronics Sale and Disposal Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 181 Indoor Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 20 Discriminatory Pay Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 62 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 1 Budget Repair Plan
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

AB 1 Budget Repair Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 523 Great Lakes Water Resources Compact
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 537 John Doe Proceedings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 377 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 581 Gun Possession During Emergencies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 377 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 581 Gun Possession During Emergencies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 377 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 178 Insurance Coverage for Autism Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 171 Financing of Judicial Campaigns
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 396 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S Amnd. 1 Virtual Charter School Enrollment Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

S Amnd. 1 Virtual Charter School Enrollment Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 396 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S Amnd. 1 Virtual Charter School Enrollment Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

S Amnd. 1 Virtual Charter School Enrollment Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 130 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 176 Compensation for Discharged Police Officers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 5 Limiting Governor's Partial Veto Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 176 Compensation for Discharged Police Officers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 5 Limiting Governor's Partial Veto Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 299 School Tax Credit Formula
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AS SB 40 2007-2009 Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 2 Transportation Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 2007-2008 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2 Transportation Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SS SB 40 2007-2009 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 129 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 77 Financial Disclosure For Issue Based Groups
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 5 Advisory Referendum on the Death Penalty
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SSA 1 Spending Limit
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SJR 63 Spending Limit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 414 Smoking Ban Expansion
Stage: Nonconcurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 4 Tax Deduction for Health Savings Account
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

ASA 3 Ethanol Bill
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

SJR 5 Advisory Referendum on the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 1073 Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Caps
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 618 School Voucher Program Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 567 Limit Public Assistance to Citizens or Legal Residents of the United States
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 403 Concealed Weapons
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 403 Concealed Weapons
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

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