Steffen, David
Born
1971
Contact
Email · Rep.Steffen@legis.wisconsin.gov
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10
Bills sponsored
this session · 620 all-time
132
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 132 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
901
Recorded votes
99%
Vote participation
voted in 99% of 901 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
January 2018 Special Session session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
100%
based on 10 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 10 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 10 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
620 billsCurrent session 10 bills
- AB 543 Relating to: the sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. (FE) To Executive
- AB 514 Relating to: authorizing additional circuit court and criminal justice system positions. (FE) Passed
- AB 222 Relating to: a sustainable aviation fuel production tax credit. (FE) Failed
- AB 132 Relating to: creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE) Failed
- AB 67 Relating to: venue for actions in which there is a governmental party. Failed
- AB 46 Relating to: flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule. Failed
- AB 35 Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) To Executive
- AJR 57 Relating to: urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. Introduced
- 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. Introduced
- AB 1071 Relating to: testing and labeling related to toxic heavy metals in baby food and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
Historical 610 bills
- AJR 63 Relating to: honoring the legacy of Old Abe, Wisconsin's Civil War eagle. Died
- AB 384 Relating to: an increase and expansion of the retirement income subtraction. (FE) Failed
- AB 567 Relating to: transmitting and canvassing absentee ballots, use of central counting locations, election night reporting, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, notifications and verifications concerning citizenship status, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died
- AB 75 Relating to: mistreating an animal and providing a penalty. Failed
- AB 420 Relating to: exempting from taxation certain pension payments received by an individual for service in the U.S. Foreign Service. (FE) Failed
- AB 252 Relating to: interception of oral communications by public bodies in public spaces. Failed
- AJR 55 Relating to: recognizing the many federal, state, and local contributions of the 115th Fighter Wing. Died
- AB 37 Relating to: expungement of records of certain crimes and discrimination based on expunged conviction. (FE) Died
- AB 273 Relating to: Department of Revenue enforcement and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 12 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) Failed
- AB 2 Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax. (FE) Failed
- AB 767 Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE) Failed
- AB 945 Relating to: standard industrial classification codes for linen supply and industrial launderers and modifying the manufacturing and agriculture tax credit. (FE) Failed
- AB 287 Relating to: talent attraction and retention initiatives focusing on active duty military personnel transitioning out of the U.S. armed forces and veterans and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 842 Relating to: privacy of lottery winner. Failed
- AB 418 Relating to: healthy aging grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 176 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) Died
- AB 974 Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child. Died
- AB 873 Relating to: reimbursing teachers for classroom supplies, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 373 Relating to: use of social media platforms by minors, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 59 Relating to: providing victim compensation for damage to a building by means of fire or explosives. (FE) Failed
- AB 622 Relating to: multijurisdictional business improvement districts, annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and certain notifications for neighborhood improvement districts and business improvement districts. (FE) Died
- AB 387 Relating to: creating a child care reimbursement account program, providing an income tax subtraction for certain contributions to a child care reimbursement account, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died
- AJR 52 Relating to: honoring 2023 as the 100th anniversary of the Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society. Died
- AB 960 Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty. Signed
Co-sponsored
132 billsCurrent session 132 bills
- AB 604 Relating to: coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE) To Executive
- AB 602 Relating to: participating in the federal tax credit program for contributions to scholarship granting organizations. Vetoed
- AB 595 Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE) Vetoed
- AB 587 Relating to: selling and reselling entertainment tickets and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- AB 583 Relating to: resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits and other assistance for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- AB 571 Relating to: a statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. (FE) Failed
- AB 549 Relating to: manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts. (FE) Vetoed
- AB 530 Relating to: the operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty. To Executive
- AB 521 Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing outdoor advertising signs. Failed
- AB 505 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program. Failed
- AB 501 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) Failed
- AB 494 Relating to: increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE) Failed
- AB 487 Relating to: meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues. Failed
- AB 477 Relating to: age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert. Failed
- AB 461 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) Vetoed
- AB 460 Relating to: pupil eligibility for parental choice programs based upon participation by a sibling or a dependent child of the pupil's parent or guardian. (FE) Vetoed
- AB 457 Relating to: the conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit. (FE) Vetoed
- AB 443 Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE) To Executive
- AB 438 Relating to: adopting the title of physician associate for physician assistants, independent practice of certain physician associates, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE) Failed
- AB 426 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. Passed
- AB 409 Relating to: passing certain vehicles stopped on or near a highway and providing a penalty. To Executive
- AB 400 Relating to: a civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure. Failed
- AB 398 Relating to: including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools. Failed
- AB 395 Relating to: equipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devices. Failed
- AB 382 Relating to: requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty. Failed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AB 411
Relating to: creation of a farmland link program. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | January 22, 2026 |
|
AB 279
Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | pass | January 15, 2026 |
|
AB 182
Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table |
Yea | pass | January 13, 2026 |
|
AB 156
Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | June 24, 2025 |
|
SJR 76
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Bruce S. Peloquin.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | February 12, 2026 |
|
SB 283
Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
SB 108
Relating to: sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
AR 6
Relating to: proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | March 13, 2025 |
|
AJR 58
Relating to: designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin.
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | September 11, 2025 |
|
AJR 38
Relating to: proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2025 |
|
AB 840
Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | February 19, 2026 |
|
AB 652
Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table |
Yea | pass | January 20, 2026 |
|
AB 648
Relating to: supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts. (FE)
Decision of the Chair upheld |
Yea | pass | November 19, 2025 |