Wisconsin Legislative BranchWisconsin’s legislature makes state laws. The legislature has two houses: the Wisconsin Senate and the Wisconsin Assembly. Proposed laws (bills) can originate from either the state senate or assembly. Both houses must approve the bill before it is passed on to the governor for signature or veto. The legislature can override a veto with a two-thirds majority vote in each house. The legislature controls the spending of state funds through appropriation.Wisconsin AssemblyThe Wisconsin Assembly has ninety-nine representatives. Voters elect representatives to represent their assembly district for a two-year term. There is no term limit.__________Poder Legislativo de Wisconsin La legislatura de Wisconsin produce las leyes estatales. La legislatura consta de dos cámaras: el Senado de Wisconsin y la Asamblea de Wisconsin. Las propuestas de ley pueden originarse tanto en el Senado estatal como en la Asamblea. Ambas cámaras deben aprobar el proyecto de ley antes de transmitirla al gobernador para su firma o veto. La legislatura puede anular un veto con un voto mayoritario de dos tercios en cada cámara. La legislatura controla el gasto de los fondos estatales a través de las leyes de asignación. Asamblea de WisconsinLa Asamblea de Wisconsin tiene noventa y nueve representantes. Los votantes eligen representantes para representar a su asamblea de distrito por un término de dos años. No hay límite de términos.Nota: Las respuestas de los candidatos que aparecen en español se tradujeron de las respuestas originales de los candidatos en inglés.
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Next session, the legislature must work on protecting our democracy and fully funding our public schools. My office passed significant legislation last session, and I am confident we can make progress on both of these issues.
We are seeing attacks on people’s right to vote and attacks on our clerks’ ability to run an election. Serving on the Campaigns and Election Committee, I saw the harmful policies that could undermine the electoral process. I will do everything I can to make it easier, not harder to vote.
School districts are severely underfunded. Many districts are making dramatic cuts to staff, programming, or closing buildings. I will spend time working with legislative colleagues to find a long term solution to this issue. I spent the last two years as a State Representative making the connections to get this done.
Our biggest issue is the lack of affordable housing. In the last legislative session, we passed $525 million in housing funds that will help address this crisis. These bills will improve infrastructure for housing projects, improve housing located on the second or third floors of an existing building with commercial space on the ground level, and help convert a vacant commercial building to workforce housing or senior housing. These programs will be helpful in addressing our housing needs, but we still can do more.
Currently, a municipality can extend the life of a TIF district for one year to be used for affordable housing. I introduced a bill to allow the life of a TIF district to be extended for three years. This will give local governments another tool to help address the housing crisis.
The legislative districts we have now are much more fair than what we previously had. Now is the time for Wisconsin to adopt a non-partisan redistricting process. We have seen other states have non-partisan redistricting. I would like us to compare what other states do and make a model that best fits the needs of Wisconsin. A specific component that I believe must be in a redistricting process is addressing prison gerrymandering. Those that are incarcerated should be counted in the community which they came from. Not where they’re currently incarcerated at.
I would be more than willing to work with my colleagues across the aisle to finally make redistricting fair.
Promoting sustainability is incredibly important. I have co-authored numerous bills which would help support pollinators, address the rise of PFAS in our water, and fund county conservation staff who focus on climate change and climate change resiliency. Unfortunately these bills never reached the Assembly floor. The next generation is going to face the consequences of our state’s inaction. I will continue to work with my legislative colleagues to pass these bills and others which will promote sustainability in Wisconsin.
School funding is broken. This is apparent by the number of referendums proposed by school districts across the state. I would like us to look at the school funding formula similar to what we did with shared revenue this session.
The state is also dramatically underfunding special education reimbursements to school districts. Students with special needs need more services and with that comes a higher cost. We must fully fund special education. Right now the state only pays 33% of the costs. We must increase state aid to make sure our local school districts can meet these costs.
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