The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 04/1987
Next Election:
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Divorced
Birth date: 07/31/1950
Birthplace: Green Bay, WI
Home City: Green Bay WI
Religion: Episcopalian

Profession

Former Director, Alternative Energy Division, Communications Construction Company

Education

Graduate Work, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay BS, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1975

Committees

Audit
Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail
Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection
Information Policy and Technology
Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism

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: Yea

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: 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 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: Nay

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: Nay

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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