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Republican Representative · Assembly District 35

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

Floor votes missed
0 of 648
Bills led
41 · 4 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 240 votes, 2025
Committees
5

Bills they led · 41

Bills where Calvin Callahan 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 41 bills they led: 4 became law, 4 were vetoed, 7 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

4 became law 4 vetoed 1 passed one chamber 32 died at session end
Became law 4 bills
  • AB 954 Provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery for internationally trained physicians and physician assistants and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 437 Various changes to insurance laws and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 825 Records of battery in prisons. 2021
  • AB 251 Impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty. 2021
Vetoed 4 bills
  • AB 936 Failure to accept employment to remain eligible for Medical Assistance. 2021
  • AB 832 Increasing the law enforcement training reimbursement. (FE) 2021
  • AB 824 Battery of a corrections employee by a person in custody and providing a penalty. 2021
  • AB 238 Allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for local highways and bridges. 2021
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 60 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
Died at session end 32 bills
  • AB 623 Various changes to insurance laws. 2025
  • AB 494 Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • AB 473 Postloss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 358 Requiring reports on disturbed burial sites. (FE) 2025
  • AB 261 Certification of surgical technologists. 2025
  • AB 243 Regulation of amusement rides located at campgrounds. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1122 Certain motor vehicle entry devices, liability for damages to rental vehicles, and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 107 Conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations. 2025
  • AJR 27 Proclaiming May 1, 2023, as Loyalty Day in Wisconsin. 2023
  • AB 982 The maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 4 in the city of Antigo. (FE) 2023
  • AB 968 Appropriating money for grants to schools to acquire proactive threat detection equipment and software and making an appropriation. 2023
  • AB 693 Eliminating references to registered weight for commercial motor vehicles and modifying Department of Transportation administrative rules. 2023
  • AB 679 Modifying administrative rules of the Department of Transportation relating to applications for vehicle titles by nonresident insurance carriers. 2023
  • AB 650 Issuance of an electronic credential by the Department of Transportation and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 649 Seasonally maintained highways. 2023
  • AB 629 Driver education instruction related to work zone safety. (FE) 2023
  • AB 542 Grants to schools to acquire proactive firearm detection software and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 401 Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE) 2023
  • AB 354 Warning lights on public utility, telecommunications carrier, or cooperative vehicles. 2023
  • AB 315 Possession of child pornography and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 130 Modifying administrative rules related to supplemental aid for snowmobile trail maintenance and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 852 The sale, transfer, or conversion of property acquired with certain grants under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2021
  • AB 835 Waivers for hunting, fishing, camping, and state park admission fees for law enforcement officers. (FE) 2021
  • AB 676 Requiring the repeal of hunting, trapping, and fishing administrative rules in conjunction with promulgation of new rules. (FE) 2021
  • AB 656 Qualification of international medical graduates to practice medicine and surgery. (FE) 2021
  • AB 642 Modifying the permit for certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products. (FE) 2021
  • AB 53 Shot shell restrictions and the hunting of fur-bearing animals. 2021
  • AB 507 Vehicle owner's liability for failure to yield the right-of-way to persons in a work zone and providing a penalty. 2021
  • AB 506 Warning lamps on highway vehicles. 2021
  • AB 361 Exempting cooperative educational service agency employees from wage payment frequency requirements. 2021
  • AB 214 Refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty. 2021
  • AB 211 Operation of drones over correctional institutions. 2021

Coauthored · 395

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Calvin Callahan 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 395 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 94 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 92 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 91 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 84 Recognizing National Propane Day. 2025
  • AJR 6 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 29 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 25 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 127 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 112 The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). 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 97 Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025
  • AB 968 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • AB 955 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • AB 838 Making a grant for dredging of the Deerskin River in the town of Washington in Vilas County and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 83 Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. 2025
  • AB 822 Administration of town road improvements under the local roads improvement program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 819 Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees. 2025
  • AB 704 Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. (FE) 2025
  • AB 687 Establishing a statewide wolf population goal. 2025
  • AB 683 Prohibiting critical telecommunications infrastructure from including equipment manufactured by a foreign adversary. (FE) 2025
  • AB 681 The use of oral fluids for preliminary screening of a person suspected of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. 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 674 Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE) 2025
  • AB 673 Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 672 Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 669 Race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE) 2025
  • AB 664 Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances. 2025
  • AB 663 Imposing certain prohibitions on foreign influence at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 662 Prohibiting state contracting with certain business entities and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 657 A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE) 2025
  • AB 627 Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) 2025
  • AB 619 A tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 610 A sales and use tax exemption for firearms, bows and arrows for archery, crossbows, and ammunition sold during certain times of the year. (FE) 2025
  • AB 61 Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 609 Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 574 Verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) 2025
  • AB 560 Prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes for any election. 2025
  • AB 555 Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 53 Special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 511 The cigarette excise tax and cigarettes that involve heating tobacco without combustion. (FE) 2025
  • AB 51 Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations. 2025
  • AB 461 An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) 2025

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Cosponsored · 416

Bills from the other house that Calvin Callahan 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 416 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 90 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 80 Recognizing National Propane Day. 2025
  • SJR 7 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • SJR 59 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 4 The freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 27 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 116 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 105 The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). 2025
  • SB 98 Conversion of cooperative associations organized to establish and operate nonprofit plans or programs for health care into service insurance corporations. 2025
  • SB 975 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • SB 940 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • SB 822 Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees. 2025
  • SB 82 Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. 2025
  • SB 819 Administration of town road improvements under the local roads improvement program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 816 Making a grant for dredging of the Deerskin River in the town of Washington in Vilas County and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 71 Ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact. (FE) 2025
  • SB 700 Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. (FE) 2025
  • SB 678 The use of oral fluids for preliminary screening of a person suspected of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. 2025
  • SB 673 School board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE) 2025
  • SB 672 Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. (FE) 2025
  • SB 671 Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 665 Establishing a statewide wolf population goal. 2025
  • SB 653 Imposing certain prohibitions on foreign influence at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 652 Race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE) 2025
  • SB 651 Prohibiting critical telecommunications infrastructure from including equipment manufactured by a foreign adversary. (FE) 2025
  • SB 650 Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 649 Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 648 Prohibiting state contracting with certain business entities and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 645 Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances. 2025
  • SB 64 Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 636 A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE) 2025
  • SB 622 Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) 2025
  • SB 607 Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 606 A sales and use tax exemption for firearms, bows and arrows for archery, crossbows, and ammunition sold during certain times of the year. (FE) 2025
  • SB 593 Various changes to insurance laws. 2025
  • SB 57 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 567 Verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. (FE) 2025
  • SB 554 Prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes for any election. 2025
  • SB 533 Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 531 Postloss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 51 Flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule. 2025

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Campaign money

Receipt history has not been collected for this legislator's verified committees. This is a coverage gap, not zero fundraising.

Key votes · 197

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.

Votes against their party · 2

Roll calls where Calvin Callahan voted opposite the majority of Republicans casting an Aye or Nay on that roll call. Ties within the party are excluded; absences never count. Each row links to the official roll call.

Show all 2 party-break votes
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 438 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 46 Aye–16 Nay roll call
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 439 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 46 Aye–16 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 648 votes across 76 voting days, none missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped)
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Vote history · 648

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