Pfaff, Brad
Born
1967
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24
Bills sponsored
this session · 331 all-time
195
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 195 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
681
Recorded votes
100%
Vote participation
voted in 100% of 681 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)
331 billsCurrent session 24 bills
- SB 477 Relating to: implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 438 Relating to: requiring certain sales invoices and sales receipts to include tariff costs. Failed
- SB 437 Relating to: automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 425 Relating to: an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 408 Relating to: an agricultural purchase program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 298 Relating to: ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources. Failed
- SB 297 An Act to amend 20.370 (1) (fs), 20.395 (5) (cj), 25.29 (1) (f), 341.14 (6r) (c), 341.14 (6r) (e) and 341.14 (6r) (fm) 7.; to create 25.40 (1) (a) 38., 341.14 (6r) (b) 23. and 341.14 (6r) (f) 70. of the statutes; Introduced
- SB 148 Relating to: the right to repair agricultural equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 50 Relating to: health care costs omnibus, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SJR 145 Relating to: state contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration). Introduced
- SJR 125 Relating to: the life and public service of George Meyer. Passed
- SJR 61 Relating to: designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Introduced
- SJR 36 Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse women’s gymnastics team on winning the 2025 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championship. Passed
- SB 1149 Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 1139 Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 1138 Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 1125 Relating to: priorities for siting certain electric transmission facilities. Failed
- SB 1109 Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 1089 Relating to: creating a Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 901 Relating to: cost-sharing cap on insulin. Failed
- SB 770 Relating to: farm to fork grants, farm to school grants, matching funds for the federal farm to school program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 740 Relating to: online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE) Failed
- SB 618 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Failed
- SB 601 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for payments on education loans. (FE) Failed
Historical 307 bills
- SB 782 Relating to: epinephrine for ambulances and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 1032 Relating to: prescription drug cost reporting by manufacturers and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 804 Relating to: small law enforcement agency training grant pilot program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 497 Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SJR 86 Relating to: proclaiming the month of October 2023 as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month. Died
- SB 855 Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 491 Relating to: prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in contracts relating to design professional services. Failed
- SB 1042 Relating to: creating a Civic Information Consortium Board and a grant program administered by a nonprofit corporation to support local journalism and media projects and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 147 Relating to: membership in county land conservation committees. Failed
- SB 698 Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for acts of violence related to sex, gender, or sexuality. Failed
- SB 507 Relating to: race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names; providing an exemption from rule-making and emergency rule procedures; and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 511 Relating to: establishing minimum salaries for public school teachers. (FE) Failed
- SB 712 Relating to: farm to fork grants, farm to school grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SJR 25 Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Governor Anthony S. Earl. Died
- SB 1069 Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Failed
- SB 732 Relating to: public funding for pregnancy counseling organizations. Failed
- SB 391 Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE) Died
- SB 372 Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 713 Relating to: creating a food security grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 699 Relating to: prohibiting sending unsolicited obscene or sexually explicit images by electronic means, establishing a private civil cause of action for sending unsolicited obscene or sexually explicit images by electronic means, and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 714 Relating to: the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotion and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 1065 Relating to: prohibiting conversion therapy. Failed
- SB 361 Relating to: special registration plates to support protecting pollinators and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 534 Relating to: training to address student mental health and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 505 Relating to: pupil discrimination and private school participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty. Failed
Co-sponsored
195 billsCurrent session 195 bills
- SB 501 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. To Executive
- SB 496 Relating to: verification of a pupil’s family income for participation in a parental choice program. Failed
- SB 495 Relating to: application of the public records and open meetings laws to charter schools and private schools participating in school choice programs. Failed
- SB 491 Relating to: general equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 490 Relating to: prevailing wage, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 488 Relating to: requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Failed
- SB 483 Relating to: including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts. (FE) Failed
- SB 476 Relating to: a workforce home loan program. (FE) Failed
- SB 466 Relating to: age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert. To Executive
- SB 465 Relating to: project labor agreements and public contracts. (FE) Failed
- SB 464 Relating to: state preemption of local employment regulations. (FE) Failed
- SB 463 Relating to: local minimum wage ordinances. (FE) Failed
- SB 458 Relating to: eliminating the right-to-work law. (FE) Failed
- SB 457 Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period. Failed
- SB 445 Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin. Failed
- SB 440 Relating to: newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices. To Executive
- SB 436 Relating to: the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 418 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for ski lifts. (FE) Failed
- SB 404 Relating to: creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 387 Relating to: indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE) To Executive
- SB 385 Relating to: the veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE) Failed
- SB 380 Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation. Failed
- SB 375 Relating to: the use of speed safety camera systems and traffic control photographic systems in a first class city and providing a penalty. (FE) Failed
- SB 372 Relating to: crime victim notification cards. (FE) Failed
- SB 366 Relating to: technical education equipment grants. (FE) To Executive
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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AJR 73
Relating to: recognizing June 2025 as Black Music Month in the state of Wisconsin.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Nay | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
AJR 35
Relating to: proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | pass | October 14, 2025 |
|
AJR 5
Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
AB 415
Relating to: use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | pass | February 18, 2026 |
|
AB 248
Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | February 11, 2026 |
|
AB 182
Relating to: changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SJR 10
Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month.
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
SB 799
Relating to: parental access to health records of minors.
Read a third time and passed |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | March 17, 2026 |
|
SB 467
Relating to: local wheel tax referenda. (FE)
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | January 21, 2026 |
|
SB 337
Relating to: local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | 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 |
|
SB 210
Relating to: changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE)
Senate Amendment 1 adopted |
Nay | pass | November 18, 2025 |
|
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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SB 111
Relating to: transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |
|
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 |
Nay | 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 |
Nay | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
SB 45
An Act;
Move to call the question |
Yea | pass | July 02, 2025 |
|
SB 41
Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Senate Amendment 2 rejected |
Nay | pass | June 18, 2025 |