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Chris Kapenga

Chris Kapenga

State Senator
Wisconsin SD-033
Republican
C
70%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records

Reports

2025-2026 Sessions

Wisconsin: Senate
Score: 83

Funding Government Schools

Would establish new funding for special education and pregnant-teen programs, as part of a $532.5 million annual increase in "state aid" to K-12 public schools.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: No Annual cost per household: -$210.04
AB1 Rejected 15 to 18 on 5/13/2026

Legalizing Online Gambling

Makes online sports betting legal in Wisconsin under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: No
AB601 Passed 21 to 12 on 3/17/2026

Covering Prisoners Under Medicaid

Provides Medicaid coverage for certain healthcare services to "incarcerated individuals" for up to 90 days before their release.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$3.43
AB604 Passed 32 to 1 on 3/17/2026

Occupational Licenses for Illegal Aliens

Allows recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to obtain occupational licenses.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB759 Passed 31 to 2 on 3/17/2026

Prohibiting “Rights of Nature” Ordinances

Would have prohibited a city, village, town, or county from enacting a "rights of nature ordinance."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SB420 Passed 19 to 14 on 2/11/2026

Protecting Children From Sex Mutilation

Would have banned "gender transition medical intervention" for individuals under 18 years of age.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
AB104 Passed 18 to 15 on 2/11/2026

Repealing the Governor's 400-Year Veto

Would repeal Governor Tony Evers' 2023 "partial veto" that provides an annual $325 per-pupil adjustment in the school-district revenue formula until 2425.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes Annual benefit per household: +$98.96
SB389 Roll Call 1609464 Passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025

Limiting the Definition of Abortion

Would exempt from the definition of abortion a "medical procedure or treatment designed or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman and not designed or intended to kill the unborn child."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SB553 Roll Call 1609468 Passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025

Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens

Would have prohibited public funding of healthcare services for any person who is not lawfully present in the United States.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
AB308 Roll Call 1609484 Passed 21 to 12 on 11/18/2025

Ban on Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs

Would have banned political subdivisions from making "regular periodic cash payments that are unearned" to individuals under a "guaranteed income program."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
AB165 Roll Call 1609481 Passed 18 to 15 on 11/18/2025

Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers"

Creates a "data center" exception to the 12% maximum property-value rule for certain Tax Incremental Districts (TIDs).
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: No
AB140 Roll Call 1592596 Passed 29 to 3 on 6/18/2025

Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Women

Would expand Medicaid to offer up to 12 months of postpartum coverage.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: No Annual cost per household: -$7.46
SB23 Roll Call 1553523 Passed 32 to 1 on 4/22/2025
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