Current Office: Assembly Member
First Elected:
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carol; 2 Children: John, Chris
Birth date: 06/05/1947
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Home City: WI
Religion:

Profession

Meteorologist, TMJ 4/WTMJ Radio, 1976-2006 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, 1977-1981 United States Army, Vietnam, 1970-1973 Instructor, Cardinal Stritch University Instructor, Carroll College Instructor, Marquette University Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Education

JD, Marquette University, 2000 MS, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975 BS, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1970

Committees

Administrative Rules
Education Reform
Fish and Wildlife
Judiciary and Ethics
Natural Resources

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

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

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

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

AJR 63 Limits Recalls of Elected Officials
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

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

AJR 63 Limits Recalls of Elected Officials
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

AB 426 Requirements for Mining Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 69 Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

AB 147 Inadmissibility of Apology Statements by Health Care Providers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 69 Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 147 Inadmissibility of Apology Statements by Health Care Providers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 69 Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 115 Presidential Primary Date
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

SB 93 Weapons Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

AB 7 Voter Identification Requirements
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

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

SB 10 Wetland Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 7 Small Business Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 5 Requiring a Two-Thirds Vote in the Legislature for Tax Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 7 Small Business Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2 Tax Benefits for Health Savings Accounts
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

AB 720 Statewide Smoking Ban Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
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 437 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 696 Landline Phone Service Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 6 Censuring Representative Jeffery Wood
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 1 Expelling Representative Jeffery Wood
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 484 BadgerCare Plus Basic Health Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

AB 696 Landline Phone Service Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 484 BadgerCare Plus Basic Health Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 530
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

AB 106 Authorizing Sale of Alcohol to 18-20 Year-Olds Under Parental or Spousal Supervision
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 612 Limiting Access to 9-1-1 Recordings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 106 Authorizing Sale of Alcohol to 18-20 Year-Olds Under Parental or Spousal Supervision
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 35 Complaint Process for Race-Based Names, Logos and Mascots of Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 447 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 415 Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

SB 372 Teacher Evaluation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 223 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Geographic Composition Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

SB 223 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Geographic Composition Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

SB 107 Electronics Sale and Disposal Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

AB 138 Board Appointment of the Secretary of Natural Resources
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 107 Electronics Sale and Disposal Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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

SB 185 State Regulation of Wind Energy Systems
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

SB 185 State Regulation of Wind Energy Systems
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

AB 281 Phosphorus in Cleaning Products
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

SB 181 Indoor Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 20 Discriminatory Pay Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 100 Restricting Health Insurance Companies' Ability to Exclude Individuals.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 27 Requires Insurance Coverage for Children's Hearing Aid Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 37 Allowing Drivers To Keep Licenses While Paying Fines
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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

AB 1 Wisconsin-Based Products and Services Purchasing Goals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 2 Mandatory State Contracting with Domestic Companies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 1 Wisconsin-Based Products and Services Purchasing Goals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 2 Mandatory State Contracting with Domestic Companies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 1 Wisconsin-Based Products and Services Purchasing Goals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 2 Mandatory State Contracting with Domestic Companies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

AB 1 Education Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Senior Health Care Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Transportation Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Education Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Transportation Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Education Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Transportation Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Senior Health Care Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Education Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AB 1 Transportation Line Item Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

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

AB 1 Budget Repair Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 862 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 482 Prohibiting Teacher Residency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 862 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 482 Prohibiting Teacher Residency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 862 Government Spending Database
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 47 Health Savings Account Tax Deductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 151 Financial Aid Ineligibility for Drug Offenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 901 Austism Treatment Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 346 Nuclear Power Plant Construction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 67 Business Education Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 901 Austism Treatment Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 151 Financial Aid Ineligibility for Drug Offenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 67 Business Education Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 346 Nuclear Power Plant Construction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 47 Health Savings Account Tax Deductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 901 Austism Treatment Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 710 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 2 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 770 Corporate Research and Development Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 710 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 2 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 870 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 2 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 710 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 2 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 710 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 2 Exemptions to Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 870 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Divestment Due to Genocide Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AB 695 John Doe Proceedings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A Amnd. 1 Divestment Due to Genocide Amendment
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

AR 13 Supporting the Individual's Right to Bear Arms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 695 John Doe Proceedings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AR 13 Supporting the Individual's Right to Bear Arms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

AB 363 Limiting the Scope of Citizen-Proposed Ordinances
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

AB 363 Limiting the Scope of Citizen-Proposed Ordinances
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

AJR 5 State Christmas Tree
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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

ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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

ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

AJR 5 State Christmas Tree
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

ASA 1 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Victims
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

AB 427 Prevention of Coercive Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

AB 506 2007-2009 Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 507 2008 Levy Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 506 2007-2009 Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AS SB 40 2007-2009 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

AB 30 Felon Employment in Educational Agencies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 260 Employment Discrimination Exception for Sexual or Violent Offenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 207 Telecommunication Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AB 205 Restrictions on Off-Reservation Native American Casinos
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AJR 17 Voter Identification Constitutional Amendment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AJR 1 Partial Veto by Alteration Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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