James, Jesse
Born
1972
Contact
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108
Bills sponsored
this session · 483 all-time
75
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 75 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
797
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 797 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026S1 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Based on only 1 vote so far — treat these scores as early and low-confidence.
Party unity
100%
based on 1 vote
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
0%
based on 1 vote
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 1 vote
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
483 billsCurrent session 108 bills
- SB 171 Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE) Failed
- SB 163 Relating to: income change notifications for child support or maintenance orders. Failed
- SB 132 Relating to: classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 113 Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 83 Relating to: utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Failed
- SB 75 Relating to: venue for actions in which there is a governmental party. Failed
- SB 73 Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution. Failed
- SB 72 Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health services. (FE) Failed
- SB 41 Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Passed
- SB 39 Relating to: establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE) Failed
- SB 23 Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) To Executive
- SB 21 Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE) Failed
- SB 17 Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 929 Relating to: subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE) Failed
- SJR 132 Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. Passed
- SJR 123 Relating to: proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. Introduced
- SJR 96 Relating to: proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. Introduced
- SJR 95 Relating to: designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Introduced
- SJR 55 Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. Introduced
- SJR 53 Relating to: designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Introduced
- SJR 39 Relating to: declaring May 2025 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. Introduced
- SJR 34 Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. Passed
- SJR 24 Relating to: proclaiming April 26, 2025, as Shared Parenting Day in Wisconsin. Passed
- SB 1072 Relating to: the assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and Families, county departments of human and social services, and juvenile courts in referring, collecting, and ordering child support. (FE) Failed
- SB 1014 Relating to: expanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
Historical 375 bills
- SB 111 Relating to: the definition of “strip search” for the purpose of the prohibition against strip searching a pupil. Signed
- SB 318 Relating to: receipt of anatomical gifts by search and rescue organizations for human remains detection canines. Signed
- SB 753 Relating to: supervision of local bridge projects funded under certain local bridge maintenance programs. (FE) Signed
- SB 826 Relating to: town withdrawals from county zoning and the effect of a jurisdiction change on zoning provisions. Signed
- SB 804 Relating to: small law enforcement agency training grant pilot program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 754 Relating to: possession of a firearm by a licensee in a place of worship located on the grounds of a private school. Failed
- SB 987 Relating to: determining whether to hold or release a juvenile from custody. Failed
- SB 77 Relating to: recovery of damages for failure to wear a safety belt. Failed
- SB 277 Relating to: mental health consultation program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 746 Relating to: petroleum products, storage of dangerous substances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 286 Relating to: the number of signatures on nomination papers. Failed
- SB 914 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities and granting rule-making authority. Failed
- SJR 125 Relating to: proclaiming the month of March 2024 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. Died
- SJR 91 Relating to: supporting Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security. Died
- SJR 47 Relating to: recognizing May 2023 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Month in Wisconsin. Died
- SB 635 Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE) Failed
- SB 391 Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE) Died
- SB 749 Relating to: harboring or transporting a child runaway without the consent of the child's parent or guardian and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 82 Relating to: reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 356 Relating to: grants to prevent suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 959 Relating to: operation of all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and snowmobiles and revision of the Department of Transportation highway maintenance manual. Failed
- SB 843 Relating to: a University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE) Failed
- SB 220 Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project. (FE) Failed
- SB 911 Relating to: school safety grants for public and private schools and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 346 Relating to: a grant program for financial assistance for adoption and making an appropriation. (FE) Died
Co-sponsored
75 billsCurrent session 75 bills
- SB 183 Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) To Executive
- 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) To Executive
- SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) To Executive
- SB 180 Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 179 Relating to: applying the motor vehicle fuel tax supplier’s administrative allowance to diesel fuel, a motor vehicle fuel tax refund for evaporation losses, and making an appropriation. (FE) Passed
- SB 178 Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE) Failed
- SB 176 An Act to create 71.05 (1) (j), 71.26 (1) (j), 71.34 (1k) (q) and 71.45 (1) (dp) of the statutes; Failed
- SB 158 Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility. To Executive
- SB 152 Relating to: financial eligibility for the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program. (FE) To Executive
- SB 145 Relating to: the procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE) Failed
- SB 140 Relating to: provisional social worker certificates and licenses. Failed
- SB 119 Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE) Failed
- SB 115 Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE) Failed
- SB 105 Relating to: jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE) Failed
- SB 99 Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 93 Relating to: recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE) Failed
- SB 74 An Act to renumber 457.25 (1); to amend 46.90 (4) (ab) 4., 48.56 (2), 48.561 (2), 49.45 (30j) (a) 1., 51.03 (6) (a), 55.043 (1m) (a) 4., 146.81 (1) (hg), 146.89 (1) (r) 6., 146.89 (1) (r) 7., 146.997 (1) (d) 11., 252.14 (1) (ar) 7., 252.15 (1) (er), 253.10 (2) (f), 303.08 (1) (f), 440.03 (13) (b) (intro.), 440.15, 446.01 (1v) (m), 450.10 (3) (a) 10., 457.01 (1c), 457.01 (1r), 457.01 (10), 457.02 (5) and (5m), 457.03 (2), 457.033, 457.035 (2), 457.04 (1), 457.04 (2), 457.04 (4), 457.04 (7), 457.09 (4) (b) 1., 457.09 (4) (b) 2., 457.24 (1), 457.26 (2) (intro.) and 905.04 (1) (g); to repeal and recreate 632.89 (1) (dm); to create 14.898, 440.03 (11m) (c) 2v., 440.03 (13) (c) 1. id., 457.01 (5g), 457.01 (5j), 457.01 (12), 457.08 (4m), 457.25 (1g) and subchapter III of chapter 457 [precedes 457.70] of the statutes; Introduced
- SB 71 Relating to: ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact. (FE) Failed
- SB 66 Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty. To Executive
- SB 62 Relating to: financing the operating costs and certain out-of-state projects of nonprofit institutions and compensation of employees of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 42 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) Failed
- SB 18 Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE) Failed
- SB 12 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE) Failed
- SB 1 Relating to: onetime individual income tax rebates. (FE) Failed
- SB 291 Relating to: making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE) Vetoed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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AJR 5
Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
AB 663
Relating to: imposing certain prohibitions on foreign influence at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
AB 651
Relating to: various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
AB 614
Relating to: a teacher’s authority to manage the teacher’s class, parental notification of disruptive or violent behavior at school, and a school district’s code of conduct. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
AB 596
Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
AB 461
Relating to: an income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
AB 457
Relating to: the conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
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)
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
AB 415
Relating to: use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
AB 248
Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
AB 223
Relating to: residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
AB 182
Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
AB 180
Relating to: requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
AB 73
Relating to: statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
AB 35
Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
AB 5
Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
SR 7
Relating to: convening additional senate floor periods to address affordability for Wisconsin.
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SR 4
Relating to: congratulating the Wisconsin Lutheran Boys Basketball team on their 2025 Division 1 State Basketball Championship.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
SJR 125
Relating to: the life and public service of George Meyer.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SJR 111
Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SJR 108
Relating to: recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 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.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SJR 66
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Richard A. Flintrop.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | April 22, 2025 |
|
SJR 56
Relating to: proclaiming April 20 to 26 as 2025 National Infertility Awareness Week in Wisconsin.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SJR 45
Relating to: proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months.
Move to call the question |
Yea | pass | July 02, 2025 |
|
SJR 41
Relating to: celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SJR 36
Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SJR 10
Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SJR 7
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.
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SJR 4
Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
SB 799
Relating to: parental access to health records of minors.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
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SB 799
Relating to: parental access to health records of minors.
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
SB 622
Relating to: fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)
Read a third time and passed |
Yea | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
SB 485
Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
SB 467
Relating to: local wheel tax referenda. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SB 371
Relating to: explaining pregnancy, prenatal development, and childbirth as part of a human growth and development instructional program. (FE)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SB 337
Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Yea | pass | October 14, 2025 |
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SB 283
Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (FE)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
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SB 210
Relating to: changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 adopted |
Yea | pass | November 18, 2025 |
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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)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Yea | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SB 125
Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SB 111
Relating to: transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
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SB 108
Relating to: sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SB 106
Relating to: psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SB 66
Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | April 22, 2025 |
|
SB 56
Relating to: the use of federal capitalization grant funds for lead service line replacement. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SB 45
An Act;
Move to call the question |
Yea | pass | July 02, 2025 |
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SB 41
Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
SB 36
An Act to repeal 71.63 (6) (n) 1. and 71.63 (6) (n) 2.; to renumber and amend 71.63 (6) (n) (intro.); to amend 71.05 (6) (b) 19. cm., 71.05 (6) (b) 19. dm., 71.05 (6) (b) 28. e., 71.05 (6) (b) 28. f., 71.05 (6) (b) 32. b., 71.05 (6) (b) 32. c., 71.05 (6) (b) 33. b., 71.05 (6) (b) 33. c., 71.05 (6) (b) 35. c., 71.05 (6) (b) 35. d., 71.05 (6) (b) 38. c., 71.05 (6) (b) 38. d., 71.05 (6) (b) 42. c., 71.05 (6) (b) 42. d. and 71.05 (6) (b) 43. f.; to create 71.05 (1) (j) of the statutes;
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Yea | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SB 10
An Act to amend 119.04 (1); to create 118.40 (4) (ar) 3. and 120.12 (29) of the statutes;
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Yea | pass | June 18, 2025 |