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Republican Representative · Assembly District 61

Source: Wisconsin Legislature , Wisconsin Ethics Commission · pulled · record through

Floor votes missed
0 of 429
Bills led
27 · 6 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 243 votes, 2025
Committees
4

Bills they led · 27

Bills where Bob Donovan is the lead author, the first name on the bill. Sponsoring a bill means putting it forward: the text itself is drafted by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Bills they signed onto behind another member are listed below, and bills they only voted on are in Vote history. What these roles mean

Of the 27 bills they led: 6 became law, 0 were vetoed, 9 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

6 became law 21 died at session end
Became law 6 bills
  • AB 78 Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE) 2025
  • AB 768 Operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 75 Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE) 2025
  • AB 573 A law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program. (FE) 2023
  • AB 55 Penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 394 A driver education grant program. (FE) 2023
Died at session end 21 bills
  • AJR 116 Congratulating the Greendale High School Marching Band on winning the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship for the 20th consecutive year. 2025
  • AB 947 Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE) 2025
  • AB 91 The requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE) 2025
  • AB 803 Workforce training grants. (FE) 2025
  • AB 791 Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 77 Registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 624 Increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 360 Small law enforcement agency grant pilot program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 278 Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms. 2025
  • AB 138 Jailers and protective occupation annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1098 Depositing tires on private property and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 852 Small law enforcement agency training grant pilot program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 622 Multijurisdictional business improvement districts, annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and certain notifications for neighborhood improvement districts and business improvement districts. (FE) 2023
  • AB 620 Training expenses for officers. 2023
  • AB 56 Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. 2023
  • AB 536 Fleeing an officer and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 433 Bail for criminal defendants who have a previous conviction for bail jumping and Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE) 2023
  • AB 345 Prohibiting a judge from seeking or holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office to which the judge was elected or appointed. 2023
  • AB 120 The design of health care coverage plans for public safety employees. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1084 Determining whether to hold or release a juvenile from custody. 2023
  • AB 1011 Pill tableting devices, pill encapsulation devices, and providing a penalty. 2023

Coauthored · 353

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Bob Donovan signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 353 coauthored bills
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. 2025
  • AJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 96 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 9 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • AJR 83 Recognizing September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 48 Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War. 2025
  • AJR 16 Recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 141 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence. 2025
  • AJR 129 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 127 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 122 Recognizing December 25 as the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2025
  • AJR 109 Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic and Latino veterans. 2025
  • AJR 107 Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 102 Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 101 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 2025
  • AJR 10 The freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 1 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • AB 990 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • AB 984 Requirements for the use of a memory care designation by community-based residential facilities. (FE) 2025
  • AB 974 A public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 970 Grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 97 Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025
  • AB 968 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • AB 964 Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) 2025
  • AB 948 Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools. 2025
  • AB 946 Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation. 2025
  • AB 894 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 89 Theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 88 Civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement responses to riot or vandalism activity, and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 85 Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE) 2025
  • AB 841 Sex offender registration for certain crimes. 2025
  • AB 820 The practice of audiology, licensure of audiologists, the composition of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, and repealing an administrative rule related to the practical examination of audiologists. (FE) 2025
  • AB 814 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • AB 802 A onetime grant to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information, funding to support increased operational costs for the Wisconsin Health Information Organization, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 801 Mandatory participation in the Wisconsin Health Information Organization. (FE) 2025
  • AB 799 A health professional assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 796 Grants to nonprofit religious organizations for security purposes and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 792 Excluding costs funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining general equalization aids for school districts. (FE) 2025
  • AB 778 Eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 750 Admission of students to technical college programs. 2025
  • AB 720 Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE) 2025
  • AB 711 Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 71 School district operating referenda. 2025
  • AB 702 Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses. (FE) 2025
  • AB 678 School board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE) 2025
  • AB 677 Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 66 Dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes. 2025
  • AB 659 Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE) 2025
  • AB 65 Entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 64 An income tax subtraction for certain expenses paid by a school teacher. (FE) 2025

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Cosponsored · 357

Bills from the other house that Bob Donovan signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 357 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 94 Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 91 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 88 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 2025
  • SJR 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • SJR 49 Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War. 2025
  • SJR 4 The freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 16 Recognizing May 1 of each year as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin and recognizing and appreciating the dignity of all working men and women in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 135 Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the contributions of Irish Americans in the struggle for independence. 2025
  • SJR 121 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 116 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 114 Recognizing December 25 as the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2025
  • SJR 106 Congratulating the Greendale High School Marching Band on winning the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship for the 20th consecutive year. 2025
  • SJR 101 Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SB 998 Tourism promotion improvement districts. (FE) 2025
  • SB 976 Grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 975 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • SB 959 Requirements for the use of a memory care designation by community-based residential facilities. (FE) 2025
  • SB 957 Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools. 2025
  • SB 953 Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) 2025
  • SB 94 Civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement responses to riot or vandalism activity, and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 93 Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE) 2025
  • SB 928 Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE) 2025
  • SB 926 Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation. 2025
  • SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • SB 92 Theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 900 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 866 Sex offender registration for certain crimes. 2025
  • SB 860 The practice of audiology, licensure of audiologists, the composition of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, and repealing an administrative rule related to the practical examination of audiologists. (FE) 2025
  • SB 812 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • SB 81 School district operating referenda. 2025
  • SB 803 Workforce training grants. (FE) 2025
  • SB 802 A health professional assistance program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 8 Repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty. 2025
  • SB 797 A onetime grant to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information, funding to support increased operational costs for the Wisconsin Health Information Organization, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 796 Mandatory participation in the Wisconsin Health Information Organization. (FE) 2025
  • SB 789 Grants to nonprofit religious organizations for security purposes and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 782 Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 781 Excluding costs funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining general equalization aids for school districts. (FE) 2025
  • SB 77 Entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 767 Eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 766 Operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 76 Dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes. 2025
  • SB 750 Admission of students to technical college programs. 2025
  • SB 711 Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE) 2025
  • SB 701 Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 69 An income tax subtraction for certain expenses paid by a school teacher. (FE) 2025
  • SB 687 Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses. (FE) 2025
  • SB 681 Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025

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Campaign money

$5,000 reported receipts across 5 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Aug 8, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Aug 2, 2026. Filings and amendments may be missing; totals cover collected records.

2025
Receipts by quarter in the selected period. Gold bars with a tick under them are election quarters; peak $5,000 in 2026 Q3.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2026 Q3: $5,000

Where it came from

  • Individuals: $3,000 (60%)
  • Political committees: $2,000 (40%)

Source types exactly as the committee reported each receipt to CFIS.

Top contributing committees

PACs, party and other political committees

Top individual donors

within the selected period, grouped by CFIS donor identity

  • James Kitzinger 1 receipts $1,000
  • Diane Hendricks 1 receipts $1,000
  • Andrea Bryant 1 receipts $1,000

Top occupations of individual donors

as reported by donors; individuals gave $3,000 in total

  • retired $1,000
  • Investment advisor $1,000
  • Business owner $1,000

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission campaign finance filings (campaignfinance.wi.gov), refreshed nightly. Wisconsin law bars corporations from contributing to candidates; money comes from individuals and political committees. Totals cover verified candidate committees, including runs for other offices. Receipts can include loans, transfers, refunds, and in-kind support. All available history starts no earlier than July 2008 and may have gaps. Full methodology

Key votes · 153

Selected by rule, not judgment: the final recorded passage vote of every bill that became law, any floor vote decided by five or fewer, and every veto-override vote. Each row links to the official roll call.

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 429 votes across 50 voting days, none missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped) not in office
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Vote history · 429

Showing the most recent 200, see all 429 votes →