2024 WI Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2024 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military

Removes "gender-specific" language from Article 133 of the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, which prohibits "conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman."

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots

Would require persons seeking "indefinitely confined status" due to "frailty, physical illness, or a disability" to submit proof of voter indentation before receiving automatic absentee ballots.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes

3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy

Forbids a financial institution from requiring the use of a merchant category code that identifies the merchant as a firearms retailer and provides that no governmental entity may maintain a list of firearms owners.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes

4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers

Stopped the advancement of a bill that would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to become law enforcement officers.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes

5. Restoring Sound Money

Creates a sales and use tax exemption for gold, silver, and other precious metals.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes

6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits

Prohibits online retailers from selling cigars or pipe tobacco without a "remote" permit, including for the collection of state taxes, and mandates the use of an age verification system.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No

How did they vote?

Melissa Agard
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-016
1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. Restoring Sound Money
6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
Joan A. Ballweg
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-014
1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. Restoring Sound Money
6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
Robert L. Cowles
50% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-002
1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. Restoring Sound Money
6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
Duey Stroebel
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-020
1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. Restoring Sound Money
6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
Lena C. Taylor
N/A Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-004
1. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
2. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
4. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. Restoring Sound Money
6. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
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