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Republican Representative · Assembly District 69

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

Floor votes missed
0 of 429
Bills led
22 · 2 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 243 votes, 2025
Committees
4

Bills they led · 22

Bills where Karen Hurd 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 22 bills they led: 2 became law, 2 were vetoed, 6 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

2 became law 2 vetoed 1 passed one chamber 17 died at session end
Became law 2 bills
  • AB 616 Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease. (FE) 2023
  • AB 265 A main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE) 2023
Vetoed 2 bills
  • AB 956 Exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. 2025
  • AB 388 Creating a child care center renovations loan program. (FE) 2023
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AR 16 Proclaiming September 2023 to be National Service Dog Month in Wisconsin. 2023
Died at session end 17 bills
  • AB 995 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • AB 994 Review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; and the rule-making authority of certain agencies. (FE) 2025
  • AB 993 The expiration of administrative rules. (FE) 2025
  • AB 992 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • AB 896 Local governmental consultation related to federal refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE) 2025
  • AB 885 Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities. 2025
  • AB 615 Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 414 Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault. 2025
  • AB 283 Making certain child care expenditures eligible for the business development tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1115 The assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and Families, county departments of human and social services, and juvenile courts in referring, collecting, and ordering child support. (FE) 2025
  • AB 768 Water and sewerage system connections and annexation of territory and extraterritorial zoning in certain towns. (FE) 2023
  • AB 432 Eligibility of certain minors for licensure as emergency medical services practitioners and certification as emergency medical responders, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures. (FE) 2023
  • AB 259 100-day prescription drug supplies under SeniorCare and amending an administrative rule related to 100-day prescription drug supplies permitted under SeniorCare. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1115 Directional signs for the Chippewa Valley Veterans Tribute in Eau Claire County. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1015 Childhood obesity prevention and management grants and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1014 Childhood obesity prevention and management grants. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1004 Requiring local governments to designate an individual for consultation required under a federal program regarding refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE) 2023

Coauthored · 149

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Karen Hurd 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 149 coauthored bills
  • AJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 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 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 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 4 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 2025
  • AJR 3 Proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 20 Proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week. 2025
  • AJR 17 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (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 974 A public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 955 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • AB 918 Required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 903 Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE) 2025
  • AB 897 Elimination of a jury trial in a child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) proceeding and substitution of judge in a proceeding for the termination of parental rights. 2025
  • AB 840 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • AB 822 Administration of town road improvements under the local roads improvement program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 8 Agreements for direct primary care. 2025
  • AB 7 Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. 2025
  • AB 677 Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 604 Coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE) 2025
  • AB 599 Allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 598 Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE) 2025
  • AB 597 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE) 2025
  • AB 596 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 595 Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE) 2025
  • AB 546 Limitations on the definition of abortion. 2025
  • AB 524 Raising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products; providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices; and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 439 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • AB 416 A grant for modernization of a dam in the village of Rothschild. (FE) 2025
  • AB 412 Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) 2025
  • AB 398 Including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools. 2025
  • AB 391 The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025
  • AB 388 Grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE) 2025
  • AB 382 Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 350 The regulation of family and group child care centers. (FE) 2025
  • AB 35 Withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 349 Allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE) 2025
  • AB 348 The minimum age of assistant child care teachers. 2025
  • AB 24 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 231 Creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 104 Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age. 2025
  • AB 1020 Designating and marking memorial highways for state troopers. 2025
  • AB 1006 The definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits. 2025
  • AJR 98 Supporting Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security. 2023
  • AJR 91 Proclaiming November 13 to 19, 2023 as Wisconsin Apprenticeship Week. 2023
  • AJR 89 Mourning the loss of all Americans murdered by Hamas in its attack against Israel and calling for the swift and safe release of Americans held hostage and the return of Americans murdered. 2023
  • AJR 86 Designating October 2023 as Wisconsin Farm to School Month. 2023

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Cosponsored · 157

Bills from the other house that Karen Hurd 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 157 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 9 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 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 63 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in 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 23 Proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week. 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 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 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
  • SB 983 The definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits. 2025
  • SB 982 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • SB 981 Review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; and the rule-making authority of certain agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 980 The expiration of administrative rules. (FE) 2025
  • SB 979 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • SB 971 Exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. 2025
  • SB 940 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 893 Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE) 2025
  • SB 887 Required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 886 Elimination of a jury trial in a child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) proceeding and substitution of judge in a proceeding for the termination of parental rights. 2025
  • SB 877 Local governmental consultation related to federal refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE) 2025
  • SB 873 Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities. 2025
  • SB 819 Administration of town road improvements under the local roads improvement program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 671 Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 616 Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 609 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE) 2025
  • SB 608 A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 598 Coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE) 2025
  • SB 597 Allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 595 Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE) 2025
  • SB 578 Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE) 2025
  • SB 57 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 553 Limitations on the definition of abortion. 2025
  • SB 524 Raising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products; providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices; and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 447 Including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools. 2025
  • SB 443 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • SB 432 Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) 2025
  • SB 421 A grant for modernization of a dam in the village of Rothschild. (FE) 2025
  • SB 413 Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault. 2025
  • SB 407 Grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE) 2025
  • SB 4 Agreements for direct primary care. 2025
  • SB 389 The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025
  • SB 384 Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 364 The regulation of family and group child care centers. (FE) 2025
  • SB 363 Allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE) 2025
  • SB 359 The minimum age of assistant child care teachers. 2025
  • SB 34 Withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 3 Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. 2025

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Campaign money

$34,265 reported receipts across 248 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Jun 26, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Jan 28, 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 $12,092 in 2026 Q2.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2025 Q1: $761
  • 2025 Q2: $1,740
  • 2025 Q3: $4,425
  • 2025 Q4: $5,915
  • 2026 Q1: $9,332
  • 2026 Q2: $12,092

Where it came from

  • Individuals: $25,460 (74%)
  • Political committees: $8,750 (26%)
  • Anonymous: $55 (0%)

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

  • Lois J. Wuethrich 1 receipts $1,000
  • Bonnie Bolstad 1 receipts $1,000
  • Jeff Peterson 3 receipts $750
  • Scott Turner 1 receipts $675
  • Lorene Mueller 2 receipts $600

Top occupations of individual donors

as reported by donors; individuals gave $25,460 in total

  • Retired $8,409
  • Realtor $2,000
  • Irdk $1,960
  • Farmer $1,492
  • Business Owner $1,125

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 →