2023 WI Legislative Scorecard

AB146 prevents political subdivisions from making expenditures “for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a guaranteed income program.”

The Assembly passed AB146 on April 25, 2023, by a vote of 60 to 34. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the concept of a “guaranteed income” (i.e., ‘universal basic income’) relies on the immoral and anti-constitutional act of government-imposed theft disguised as taxation, which takes from citizens the wages they have rightfully earned. This manifestly socialist wealth-redistribution scheme violates both the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, which were intended to protect against undue deprivation or disparagement of a person’s “property” and provide “equal protection of the laws” for all Americans.

AB176 would permit a pharmacist to dispense “self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives” without a prescription from a physician or other medical professional.   

The Assembly passed AB176 on June 21, 2023, by a vote of 82 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because hormonal birth control drugs, particularly high-dose prescription-only ‘morning-after’ pills, can and do prevent uterine implantation of developing pre-born children, causing them to function not only as “contraceptives,” but also as abortifacients, thereby resulting in ‘silent abortions.’ Given that the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government, Wisconsin should act to forbid all methods of abortion and secure the right to life for every pre-born child. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and protected by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

AB465 prohibits “gender transition medical intervention” for individuals under 18 years of age.

The House passed AB465 on October 12, 2023, by a vote of 63 to 35. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because sex mutilation violates the unalienable right to life and limb of minor children, while absurdly attempting to erase biological sex with fictional “gender” constructs. According to the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the States have a duty to protect the humanity of all people—male and female—who, as the Declaration of Independence affirms, are created by God and form the basis of individual and family self-government.

AB439 would appropriate $411,500,000 in state and local funds from FY 2023-24 to FY 2045-46, along with $50,000,000 in loans, for improvements to the Milwaukee Brewers professional baseball stadium.

There is no provision in the Wisconsin Constitution that authorizes either the creation of ‘special districts’ for Major League Baseball teams or the state and local subsidizing of professional sports. Privately-owned billion-dollar organizations, such as the Milwaukee Brewers, should be expected to pay for their own facilities, which they can more than afford. Forcing the people of Wisconsin to furnish proliferate amounts of taxpayer money to fund crony, corporate-sponsored spending bills violates their individual liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

AB394 establishes a driver education grant program for low-income individuals, including resident aliens and temporary visitors, who satisfy the “income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price meal in the federal school lunch program.”

The Assembly passed AB394 on October 17, 2023, by near-unanimous consent, with only 1 recorded “No” vote. We have assigned minuses to the ayes because driver education is not the role of government—rather, it is the responsibility of individual student-drivers and course instructors. Wisconsin has absolutely no duty to discriminatorily and unjustly provide “eligible” low-income residents, who have little or no tax liability, with government funds so that they may obtain a driver license at the expense of hard-working citizens.