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Republican Representative · Assembly District 60

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

Floor votes missed
1 of 429
Bills led
28 · 4 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 242 votes, 2025
Committees
6

Bills they led · 28

Bills where Jerry O'Connor 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 28 bills they led: 4 became law, 2 were vetoed, 7 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

4 became law 2 vetoed 22 died at session end
Became law 4 bills
  • AB 666 Fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 459 County public works notice and competitive bidding thresholds. (FE) 2025
  • AB 217 Local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE) 2025
  • AB 978 Creation of a Human Trafficking Council and requiring the establishment of county sex trafficking task forces. (FE) 2023
Vetoed 2 bills
  • AB 152 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and authorizing the secretary of administration to transfer employees from any executive branch agency to the Department of Workforce Development for certain purposes. (FE) 2023
  • AB 151 Workforce metrics. (FE) 2023
Died at session end 22 bills
  • AJR 94 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AB 910 The amounts of fines and fees state agencies are authorized or required to impose by law. (FE) 2025
  • AB 909 An enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE) 2025
  • AB 834 Courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE) 2025
  • AB 833 A human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 832 Required human trafficking and sextortion prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking and sextortion. (FE) 2025
  • AB 779 Increasing jurisdictional amounts in small claims actions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 752 Using an absentee ballot drop box or the U.S. mail or a commercial carrier to commit election fraud and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 58 Flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule. 2025
  • AB 21 Technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. (FE) 2025
  • AB 207 Information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda. (FE) 2025
  • AB 174 Transmission facilities; installation of large wind energy, large solar energy, and battery energy storage systems; installation of light-mitigating technology systems; and prioritizing nuclear energy resources. (FE) 2025
  • AB 170 Prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE) 2025
  • AB 979 A human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 977 Required human trafficking prevention instruction in certain grades and teacher training related to identifying victims of child trafficking. (FE) 2023
  • AB 648 Domestic asset protection trusts. 2023
  • AB 617 The licensing and regulation by the Department of Financial Institutions of consumer lenders, payday lenders, money transmitters, sales finance companies, collection agencies, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers, adjustment service companies, community currency exchanges, and insurance premium finance companies; the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; modifying and repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 578 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. 2023
  • AB 370 Guaranteed admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges and requiring high schools to prepare class rankings for certain pupils. (FE) 2023
  • AB 262 Phase-in changes to individual income tax rates and brackets. (FE) 2023
  • AB 261 Payday loans. 2023

Coauthored · 939

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

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  • AR 9 Recognizing July 21, 2025, to July 27, 2025, as Probation and Parole Agent Appreciation Week. 2025
  • AR 8 Commemorating the victims of the Abundant Life Christian School tragedy, supporting the students, staff, families, and community of Abundant Life Christian School, and condemning violence. 2025
  • AR 7 Recognizing the achievements of women athletes in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AR 6 Proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months. 2025
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. 2025
  • AR 4 Proclaiming our appreciation and respect for our Grocery and Retail Food Employees. 2025
  • AR 3 Observing February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AR 17 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. 2025
  • AR 12 Observing February 28, 2026, as Rare Disease Day in Wisconsin. 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 92 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 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 80 Declaring May 2025 and May 2026 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 8 Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 72 Recognizing June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 2025
  • AJR 66 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 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 59 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 57 Urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. 2025
  • AJR 55 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 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 47 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month. 2025
  • AJR 4 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 2025
  • AJR 37 Declaring May 2025 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. 2025
  • AJR 35 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2025
  • AJR 34 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. 2025
  • AJR 32 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. 2025
  • AJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 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 24 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • AJR 23 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. 2025
  • AJR 22 Proclaiming April 26, 2025, as Shared Parenting Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 21 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 17 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 15 Proclaiming March 26, 2025, as Purple Day for epilepsy. 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 140 Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. 2025
  • AJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • AJR 139 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • AJR 138 Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 135 Paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 131 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 129 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 124 Requiring legislative approval for the expenditure or obligation, encumbrance, or other commitment of bond revenue for purposes of conservation and nature-based outdoor recreation in Wisconsin and for the expenditure of moneys from a fund created by law specially for any such purpose (first consideration). 2025

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Cosponsored · 930

Bills from the other house that Jerry O'Connor 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 930 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 90 Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 9 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 2025
  • SJR 89 Recognizing October as Vaccine Injury Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 88 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 2025
  • SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 74 Recognizing June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 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 65 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 2025
  • SJR 63 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • SJR 58 Urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 53 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 51 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month. 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 39 Declaring May 2025 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month. 2025
  • SJR 35 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend. 2025
  • SJR 34 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program. 2025
  • SJR 32 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. 2025
  • SJR 30 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 29 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months. 2025
  • SJR 28 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 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 24 Proclaiming April 26, 2025, as Shared Parenting Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 22 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 18 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 142 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. 2025
  • SJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 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 133 Reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile. 2025
  • SJR 132 Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 130 Celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. 2025
  • SJR 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • SJR 128 Paying tribute to the entire Polish community that has lived in Wisconsin for 180 years and contributed to its strength. 2025
  • SJR 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 123 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 121 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 114 Recognizing December 25 as the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2025
  • SJR 11 Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 105 The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 103 Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 2025
  • SJR 101 Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025

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Campaign money

$2,567 reported receipts across 9 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Jun 30, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Jul 9, 2025. 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 $1,592 in 2026 Q2.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2025 Q3: $450
  • 2026 Q1: $525
  • 2026 Q2: $1,592

Where it came from

  • Individuals: $2,567 (100%)

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

Top individual donors

within the selected period, grouped by CFIS donor identity

  • Jerry Lee O'Connor 1 receipts $1,592
  • Scott Kopp 1 receipts $250
  • David Feldhaus 1 receipts $250
  • Thomas Pamperin 1 receipts $150
  • Charles DuBois 1 receipts $100

Top occupations of individual donors

as reported by donors; individuals gave $2,567 in total

  • Legislator $1,592
  • Banker $975

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.

Votes against their party · 3

Roll calls where Jerry O'Connor 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 3 party-break votes
  • Jan 25, 2024 AB 975 SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND Voted Nay; Republicans split 55 Aye–9 Nay roll call
  • Jan 25, 2024 AB 975 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Nov 9, 2023 AB 552 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–9 Nay 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, 1 missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped) not in office
2026
2025
Missed-vote days in 2025 · 1
  • Sep 11: missed 1 of 8
2024
2023

Vote history · 428

Showing the most recent 200, see all 428 votes →