Bare, Mike
Born
1983
Contact
Email · Rep.Bare@legis.wisconsin.gov
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32
Bills sponsored
this session · 361 all-time
369
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 369 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
467
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 467 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026S1 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Based on only 2 votes so far — treat these scores as early and low-confidence.
Party unity
100%
based on 2 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 2 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 2 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
361 billsCurrent session 32 bills
- AB 567 Relating to: covenants not to compete in employment contracts. Failed
- AB 378 Relating to: prohibiting the state from sharing data with the federal government that contains personally identifiable information if the data is not first masked or otherwise anonymized and authorizing a civil cause of action for negligent violations of that prohibition. (FE) Failed
- AB 52 Relating to: expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE) Failed
- AB 829 Relating to: the state superintendent’s power to issue a subpoena in a license revocation investigation. Failed
- AB 815 Relating to: creating a blue envelope program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 784 Relating to: creating a multifamily housing innovation council and allowing a multifamily dwelling up to six stories to be served by a single stairway. (FE) Failed
- AB 756 Relating to: local health officer authority to mandate business closure to control communicable disease. Failed
- AB 755 Relating to: coverage of sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling under health insurance policies and plans. (FE) Failed
- AB 754 Relating to: coverage of tests for sexually transmitted diseases by health insurance policies and plans. (FE) Failed
- AB 753 Relating to: grants to match county investments in the health care, public health, and care provider workforce and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 626 Relating to: electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE) Failed
- AJR 118 Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Introduced
- AB 1230 Relating to: qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE) Failed
- AB 1229 Relating to: prohibitions on nondisparagement clauses in employment contracts. Failed
- AB 1228 Relating to: incorporating awareness about fentanyl and the use of an opioid antagonist into school district educational goals. (FE) Failed
- AB 1184 Relating to: grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1183 Relating to: grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1182 Relating to: leadership in energy and environmental design certification grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1181 Relating to: the school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE) Failed
- AB 1180 Relating to: prohibitions on postemployment nonsolicitation clauses in employment contracts. Failed
- AB 1179 Relating to: creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1178 Relating to: regional transit authorities and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1163 Relating to: unfair sales practices at publicly funded stadiums. Failed
- AB 1141 Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the offices of justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1118 Relating to: refundability of the additional child and dependent care tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
Historical 329 bills
- AB 1158 Relating to: disclaimer required when interacting with generative artificial intelligence that simulates conversation. Failed
- AB 1163 Relating to: the age of juvenile court jurisdiction and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 1202 Relating to: the veterans outreach and recovery program and making an appropriation. Failed
- AJR 144 Relating to: the right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). Died
- AB 691 Relating to: attorney general enforcement authority for civil rights violations and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 1114 Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state. (FE) Failed
- AB 1179 Relating to: prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program. Failed
- AB 699 Relating to: information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. (FE) Failed
- AJR 35 Relating to: commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy. Died
- AB 449 Relating to: rural creative economy grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 436 Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee's child to express breast milk for the child. (FE) Failed
- AB 340 Relating to: coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. Failed
- AJR 140 Relating to: equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration). Died
- AB 506 Relating to: legalizing the possession of marijuana; medical marijuana; regulating the production, processing, and sale of marijuana; expunging or redesignating past convictions for marijuana-related crimes; equity grants; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 445 Relating to: identification presentation for certain prescription drugs. Failed
- AJR 138 Relating to: recognizing February 2024 as Black History Month. Died
- AJR 133 Relating to: proclaiming March 2024 to be Kidney Month in Wisconsin. Died
- AB 1014 Relating to: childhood obesity prevention and management grants. (FE) Died
- AJR 142 Relating to: state contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration). Died
- AJR 95 Relating to: proclaiming the month of October 2023 as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month. Died
- AB 1212 Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual's name with the individual's gender identity. Failed
- AB 949 Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions. Failed
- AB 1061 Relating to: public health campaign for prevention of tobacco and electronic cigarette use, grants to organizations working on youth vaping and cessation services, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AJR 10 Relating to: providing for an advisory referendum on the question of repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion law and restoring the constitutional rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade. Died
- AB 743 Relating to: value-added agricultural practices, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
Co-sponsored
369 billsCurrent session 369 bills
- AB 600 Relating to: faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- AB 593 Relating to: collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 591 Relating to: remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 589 Relating to: elimination of certain abortion-related regulations. Failed
- AB 588 Relating to: statutory right to contraception. Failed
- AB 586 Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions. Failed
- AB 579 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System tuition grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 571 Relating to: a statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. (FE) Failed
- AB 570 Relating to: payments for pupils who withdraw from a parental choice program, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, or an independent charter school. (FE) Failed
- AB 568 Relating to: coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- AB 536 Relating to: accessibility training for election officials. (FE) Failed
- AB 535 Relating to: polling place accessibility. (FE) Failed
- AB 532 Relating to: unemployment insurance benefits. (FE) Failed
- AB 531 Relating to: grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 528 Relating to: school district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 527 Relating to: eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12. Failed
- AB 522 Relating to: use of skateboards on roadways. Failed
- AB 520 Relating to: highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE) Failed
- AB 517 Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Failed
- AB 513 Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. (FE) Failed
- AB 512 Relating to: prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 508 Relating to: allowing Social Security Disability Insurance recipients to receive concurrent unemployment insurance benefits. (FE) Failed
- AB 507 Relating to: the state civil service system. (FE) Failed
- AB 506 Relating to: authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. (FE) Failed
- AB 504 Relating to: including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts. (FE) Failed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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AB 411
Relating to: creation of a farmland link program. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | February 17, 2026 |
|
AB 315
Relating to: the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and a major land acquisitions program. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 22, 2026 |
|
AB 279
Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
AB 269
Relating to: delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers, Department of Financial Institutions’ approval to offer portable benefit accounts, providing for insurance coverage, modifying administrative rules related to accident and sickness insurance, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Read a third time and passed |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
AB 226
Relating to: prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing food containing certain ingredients in free or reduced-price meals.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | January 15, 2026 |
|
AB 182
Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 13, 2026 |
|
AB 156
Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | November 19, 2025 |
|
AB 96
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AB 95
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AB 94
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AB 91
Relating to: the requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AB 85
Relating to: recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AB 66
Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AB 58
Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | September 11, 2025 |
|
AB 50
Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 23 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table |
Nay | pass | July 02, 2025 |
|
AB 39
Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | September 11, 2025 |
|
AB 38
Relating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 15, 2026 |
|
AB 6
Relating to: requiring a school board to spend at least 70 percent of its operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and annual pay increases for school administrators. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AB 4
Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AB 453
Relating to: required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | October 07, 2025 |
|
SJR 108
Relating to: recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SJR 106
Relating to: congratulating the Greendale High School Marching Band on winning the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship for the 20th consecutive year.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SJR 76
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
SB 498
Relating to: free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 12, 2026 |
|
SB 283
Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SB 214
Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | January 15, 2026 |
|
SB 182
Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
SB 108
Relating to: sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SB 106
Relating to: psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SB 76
Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
AR 6
Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AR 4
Relating to: proclaiming our appreciation and respect for our Grocery and Retail Food Employees.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AJR 96
Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months.
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AJR 95
Relating to: designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AJR 94
Relating to: proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
AJR 91
Relating to: recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AJR 85
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AJR 66
Relating to: congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AJR 58
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | September 11, 2025 |
|
AJR 50
Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.
Assembly Amendment 23 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table |
Nay | pass | July 02, 2025 |
|
AJR 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.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | September 11, 2025 |
|
AJR 38
Relating to: proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 15, 2026 |
|
AJR 6
Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AJR 4
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AB 840
Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 20, 2026 |
|
AB 673
Relating to: banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | January 22, 2026 |
|
AB 672
Relating to: penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | January 22, 2026 |
|
AB 659
Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
AB 652
Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Nay | pass | January 20, 2026 |
|
AB 648
Relating to: supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Nay | pass | November 19, 2025 |