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Republican Representative · Assembly District 57

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

Floor votes missed
6 of 1,494
Bills led
43 · 8 became law
Votes with their party
99% · 233 votes, 2025
Committees
5

Bills they led · 43

Bills where Kevin Petersen 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 43 bills they led: 8 became law, 1 were vetoed, 6 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

8 became law 1 adopted 1 vetoed 1 passed one chamber 32 died at session end
Became law 8 bills
  • AB 700 An appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 699 A long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • AB 663 Guaranteed asset protection products sold in connection with vehicle credit sales, loans, and consumer leases. 2017
  • AB 668 Rights under certain agreements or qualified financial contracts. 2015
  • AB 384 Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants and changes to the state's energy priorities policy. 2015
  • AB 733 An addition to the 2013-15 Authorized State Building Program. (FE) 2013
  • AB 454 Creation of a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program, exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2013
  • AB 96 The composition of the Board of Veterans Affairs, the appointment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and promulgating rules for the Department of Veterans Affairs. 2011
Adopted 1 bills
  • AJR 68 The life and public service of Richard Peterson. 2011
Vetoed 1 bills
  • AB 569 Law enforcement investigative services and making an appropriation. (FE) 2021
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 91 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
Died at session end 32 bills
  • AB 584 A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE) 2025
  • AB 25 An incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. 2025
  • AB 580 Admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE) 2023
  • AB 470 An incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. 2023
  • AB 365 Permits for the overweight transport of pig iron. (FE) 2023
  • AJR 139 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Joseph Leean. 2021
  • AB 870 Indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (FE) 2021
  • AB 654 Best interest in annuity transactions. 2021
  • AB 622 Various changes to insurance laws, including issuance of funding agreements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 2021
  • AB 574 The sales tax exemption for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE) 2021
  • AB 147 Imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 1008 Whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. 2021
  • AB 1000 State agency compliance with election laws. (FE) 2021
  • AB 819 Imposing requirements related to insurance data cybersecurity and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2019
  • AB 811 Reimbursement to the village of Redgranite for local law enforcement investigation services to a correctional institution and making an appropriation. (FE) 2019
  • AB 665 Authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment. 2019
  • AB 550 Various changes to insurance laws. 2019
  • AB 1 Coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions. 2019
  • AB 944 A sales and use tax rebate for certain dependent children, a sales tax holiday in August 2018, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2017
  • AB 525 A property tax exemption for a winter sports club. (FE) 2015
  • AB 509 Directional signage for the Iola Old Car Show in Marathon, Portage, and Waupaca Counties. 2015
  • AB 420 Various miscellaneous changes to the insurance statutes and granting rule-making authority. 2015
  • AB 736 Rule-making procedures and modifying and creating administrative rules related to long-term care insurance. 2013
  • AB 735 Own risk and solvency assessments, supervisory colleges, consolidated hearings for mergers of insurance companies, proxy voting by mutual policyholders, a presumption and exceptions with respect to the disclosure of insurance-related information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2013
  • AB 604 Surplus lines insurance, insurance security fund, automobile insurance, and granting rule-making authority. 2011
  • AB 387 A sales and use tax exemption for coins, currency, and commemorative medallions. 2011
  • AB 210 Implementing health insurance reform, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 2011
  • AB 121 Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. 2011
  • AJR 115 Expressing the sense of the legislature that Congress should return State of Wisconsin Nuclear Waste Fund contributions. 2009
  • AB 804 Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college. 2009
  • AB 491 Requirements for employment as the commandant at a veterans home. 2009
  • AB 126 Purchase of creditable service under the Wisconsin Retirement System for active service in the U.S. armed forces. 2009

Coauthored · 517

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Kevin Petersen 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 517 coauthored bills
  • 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 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 29 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 12 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • AJR 1 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • AB 97 Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025
  • AB 955 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • AB 840 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • AB 814 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • AB 491 Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. 2025
  • AB 461 An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 412 Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) 2025
  • AB 391 The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025
  • AB 259 Criminal trespass at a campground and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 24 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 154 Use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AJR 82 Condemning Hamas' barbaric attack against Israel. 2023
  • AJR 77 Prohibiting state and local governments from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (second consideration). 2023
  • AJR 76 Eligibility to vote in Wisconsin (second consideration). 2023
  • AJR 66 Requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration). 2023
  • AJR 23 Honoring the public service of Commissioner Ellen Nowak. 2023
  • AB 847 An electric vehicle infrastructure program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 846 Exemptions from public utility regulation regarding electric vehicle charging stations, installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by state agencies or local governmental units, and imposing an excise tax on electric vehicle charging. (FE) 2023
  • AB 632 Defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes. 2023
  • AB 486 Outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects. (FE) 2023
  • AB 394 A driver education grant program. (FE) 2023
  • AB 392 Allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE) 2023
  • AB 391 Modifying administrative rules regarding the number of child care workers and children in group child care centers. 2023
  • AB 390 Modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child care teachers. 2023
  • AB 389 The regulation of large family child care centers. (FE) 2023
  • AB 388 Creating a child care center renovations loan program. (FE) 2023
  • AB 387 Creating a child care reimbursement account program, providing an income tax subtraction for certain contributions to a child care reimbursement account, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 386 Lowering the individual income tax rates in the third bracket and increasing and expanding the retirement income subtraction. (FE) 2023
  • AB 29 A sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE) 2023
  • AB 26 The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 245 County and municipal aid; imposing a city sales tax and an additional county sales tax to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of city and county retirement systems; requiring newly hired city and county employees of certain city agencies and counties to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System; fire and police commissions of first class cities; eliminating the personal property tax; reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation; advisory referenda; local health officers; local public protection services; exceptions to local levy limits; local regulation of certain quarry operations; emergency services; local approval of projects and activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; requiring a referendum; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 153 The amount of benefits received under the unemployment insurance law. (FE) 2023
  • 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
  • AB 150 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 149 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE) 2023
  • AB 148 Disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) 2023
  • AB 147 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE) 2023
  • AB 146 Local guaranteed income programs. 2023
  • AB 1079 Employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. (FE) 2023
  • AJR 89 Recognizing October 28, 2021, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2021
  • AJR 54 Eligibility to vote in Wisconsin (first consideration). 2021

Showing 50 of 517, see the full record

Cosponsored · 466

Bills from the other house that Kevin Petersen 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 466 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 9 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 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 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 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 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • SJR 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • SB 940 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 843 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • SB 812 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • SB 684 A long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • SB 683 An appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 576 A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE) 2025
  • SB 57 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 485 Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. 2025
  • SB 432 Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE) 2025
  • SB 28 An incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. 2025
  • SB 235 Criminal trespass at a campground and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 23 Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025
  • SB 164 Use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SJR 78 Prohibiting state and local governments from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (second consideration). 2023
  • SJR 74 Condemning Hamas' barbaric attack against Israel. 2023
  • SJR 71 Eligibility to vote in Wisconsin (second consideration). 2023
  • SJR 63 Requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration). 2023
  • SJR 24 Honoring the public service of Commissioner Ellen Nowak. 2023
  • SB 88 Whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. 2023
  • SB 8 The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • SB 792 An electric vehicle infrastructure program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • SB 791 Exemptions from public utility regulation regarding electric vehicle charging stations, installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by state agencies or local governmental units, and imposing an excise tax on electric vehicle charging. (FE) 2023
  • SB 587 Defining muzzle-loading firearm for hunting purposes. 2023
  • SB 546 Admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE) 2023
  • SB 481 An incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line. 2023
  • SB 467 Outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects. (FE) 2023
  • SB 435 Lowering the individual income tax rates in the third bracket and increasing and expanding the retirement income subtraction. (FE) 2023
  • SB 426 Creating a child care reimbursement account program, providing an income tax subtraction for certain contributions to a child care reimbursement account, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • SB 425 Allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children. (FE) 2023
  • SB 424 Modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child care teachers. 2023
  • SB 423 Modifying administrative rules regarding the number of child care workers and children in group child care centers. 2023
  • SB 422 The regulation of large family child care centers. (FE) 2023
  • SB 421 Creating a child care center renovations loan program. (FE) 2023
  • SB 396 A driver education grant program. (FE) 2023
  • SB 363 Permits for the overweight transport of pig iron. (FE) 2023
  • SB 33 A sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE) 2023
  • SB 301 County and municipal aid; imposing a city sales tax and an additional county sales tax to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of city and county retirement systems; requiring newly hired city and county employees of certain city agencies and counties to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System; fire and police commissions of first class cities; eliminating the personal property tax; reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation; advisory referenda; local health officers; local public protection services; exceptions to local levy limits; local regulation of certain quarry operations; emergency services; local approval of projects and activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; requiring a referendum; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • SB 245 Disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) 2023
  • SB 237 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE) 2023
  • SB 236 Local guaranteed income programs. 2023
  • SB 235 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

Showing 50 of 466, see the full record

Campaign money

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. No receipts collected for this selection. Missing records do not establish zero fundraising. Filings and amendments may be missing; totals cover collected records.

Key votes · 683

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.

Showing the 300 most recent; the full record is in Vote history below.

Votes against their party · 14

Roll calls where Kevin Petersen 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 14 party-break votes
  • May 13, 2025 AB 43 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 43 Aye–10 Nay roll call
  • May 13, 2025 AB 140 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Nov 7, 2019 AB 304 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 49 Aye–13 Nay roll call
  • Feb 15, 2018 AB 547 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 58 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Apr 6, 2017 AB 109 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 57 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2016 AB 713 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 1 Voted Nay; Republicans split 61 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2016 SB 87 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 65, Noes 29 Voted Nay; Republicans split 39 Aye–22 Nay roll call
  • Oct 27, 2015 AB 394 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 90, Noes 2 Voted Nay; Republicans split 55 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Feb 20, 2014 AB 407 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 89, Noes 6 Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Mar 15, 2012 SB 219 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 80, Noes 12 Voted Nay; Republicans split 45 Aye–12 Nay roll call
  • Mar 15, 2012 SB 464 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 68, Noes 26, Paired 2 Voted Nay; Republicans split 54 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Mar 13, 2012 AB 110 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39, Paired 4 Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–5 Nay roll call
  • Feb 21, 2012 SB 383 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 73, Noes 21 Voted Nay; Republicans split 40 Aye–19 Nay roll call
  • Feb 21, 2012 AB 529 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39 Voted Aye; Republicans split 23 Aye–36 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 1,494 votes across 197 voting days, 6 missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped) not in office
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2025
Missed-vote days in 2025 · 2
  • Jun 18: missed 1 of 2
  • Sep 11: missed 2 of 8
2024
2023
Missed-vote days in 2023 · 2
  • May 17: missed 1 of 1
  • Jun 21: missed 1 of 8
2022
2021
Missed-vote days in 2021 · 1
  • Oct 27: missed 1 of 7
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Vote history · 1,488

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