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Republican Representative · Assembly District 34

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

Floor votes missed
0 of 1,279
Bills led
35 · 9 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 243 votes, 2025
Committees
5

Bills they led · 35

Bills where Rob Swearingen 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 35 bills they led: 9 became law, 1 were vetoed, 5 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

Became law 9 bills
  • AB 685 Individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE) 2025
  • AB 910 Remote sellers of cigars and pipe tobacco. (FE) 2023
  • AB 887 An addition to the 2021-23 Authorized State Building Program for the construction of additional columbarium units at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. (FE) 2021
  • AB 736 Town zoning in shorelands, the scope of county shoreland zoning ordinances, and authorizing partial county zoning. (FE) 2019
  • AB 754 Vehicle weight limits, and permits for vehicles transporting certain loads, on certain state trunk highways in Ashland County and Vilas County. (FE) 2017
  • AB 484 Changing the residency requirements for town sanitary district commissioners. 2017
  • AB 422 Funding for the Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center. (FE) 2015
  • AB 372 Membership of the board of commissioners of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. 2015
  • AB 359 Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease state forest land to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not exceeding 30 years. (FE) 2013
Vetoed 1 bills
  • AB 912 Emergency power to regulate businesses. 2021
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 1 Commending the Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby on its 50th anniversary. 2013
Died at session end 24 bills
  • AB 839 Allowing the Town of Three Lakes in Oneida County to create a tax incremental district in the same manner as a city or village. (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 748 Exemptions from food product licensing requirements for sale of pickled fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and other shelf-stable food products prepared in a person’s home and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2025
  • AB 606 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
  • AB 656 The regulation of wakesurfing and wakeboarding. 2023
  • AB 624 Funding for the Wisconsin department of the American legion for the operation of the Camp American Legion. (FE) 2023
  • AB 238 Software, communications equipment, and maps for nonprofit organizations that promote the operation of all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles. (FE) 2023
  • AB 217 Whip lights on all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles. 2023
  • AB 216 Passenger restrictions on all-terrain vehicles. 2023
  • AB 1171 A wakeboat study at the University of Wisconsin System. 2023
  • AB 919 The construction of bridges in a shoreland setback area and vegetative buffer zone requirements. 2021
  • AB 372 Passenger restrictions on all-terrain vehicles. 2021
  • AB 366 Snowmobile noise and the operation of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and utility terrain vehicles near highways. 2021
  • AB 365 Whip lights on all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles. 2021
  • AB 869 Creating a private event venue permit issued by the Department of Revenue; the issuance by the Department of Revenue of retail alcohol beverage permits for motor vehicle racetrack grounds and for the state fair park; authorizing caterers to make retail sales of alcohol beverages on racetrack grounds; closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers and wineries and hours for retail sales by brewers; and providing a penalty. (FE) 2019
  • AB 374 Authorizing the town of Minocqua in Oneida County, the city of Sturgeon Bay, and the city of Tomahawk to become premier resort areas. (FE) 2019
  • AB 531 Authorizing the Wisconsin Propane Education and Research Council to levy an assessment. 2017
  • AB 779 The method of sending notices by pawnbrokers. 2015
  • AB 598 Lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation. (FE) 2015
  • AB 421 An exemption from civil liability related to the placement of certain structures in navigable waters and wetlands. 2015
  • AB 409 The sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox. (FE) 2015
  • AB 511 Use of special identification cards for persons with physical disabilities. (FE) 2013
  • AB 212 Seizure of property used in the crime of child enticement. 2013
  • AB 154 Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. (FE) 2013

Coauthored · 419

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Rob Swearingen 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 419 coauthored bills
  • AJR 9 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • AJR 4 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 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 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 101 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 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 885 Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities. 2025
  • AB 864 Various changes to the state lottery. (FE) 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 751 Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan. 2025
  • AB 742 Regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action. 2025
  • AB 704 Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. (FE) 2025
  • AB 687 Establishing a statewide wolf population goal. 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 609 Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, 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 584 A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE) 2025
  • AB 511 The cigarette excise tax and cigarettes that involve heating tobacco without combustion. (FE) 2025
  • AB 501 Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE) 2025
  • AB 494 Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • AB 433 Newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices. 2025
  • AB 39 Requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. 2025
  • AB 367 Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players. 2025
  • AB 34 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths. 2025
  • AB 327 The weight limit for utility terrain vehicles. 2025
  • AB 326 Local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE) 2025
  • AB 308 Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE) 2025
  • AB 284 Enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE) 2025
  • AB 279 Talent recruitment grants. (FE) 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 219 A tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE) 2025
  • AB 214 Town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE) 2025
  • AB 210 Changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE) 2025
  • AB 208 An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE) 2025
  • AB 204 Creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 200 Applying the motor vehicle fuel tax supplier’s administrative allowance to diesel fuel, a motor vehicle fuel tax refund for evaporation losses, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 190 Obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court. 2025
  • AB 181 County forest administration grant eligibility. 2025
  • AB 131 Programs and requirements to address PFAS. 2025
  • AB 130 Exempting certain persons from PFAS enforcement actions under the spills law. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1009 Tourism promotion improvement districts. (FE) 2025
  • AJR 88 Declaring the brandy old-fashioned as Wisconsin's state cocktail. 2023
  • AJR 82 Condemning Hamas' barbaric attack against Israel. 2023
  • AJR 79 Recognizing October 17, 2023, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2023

Showing 50 of 419, see the full record

Cosponsored · 436

Bills from the other house that Rob Swearingen 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 436 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 9 Honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. 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 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 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second 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 998 Tourism promotion improvement districts. (FE) 2025
  • SB 959 Requirements for the use of a memory care designation by community-based residential facilities. (FE) 2025
  • SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • SB 873 Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities. 2025
  • SB 861 Various changes to the state lottery. (FE) 2025
  • SB 822 Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees. 2025
  • SB 821 Allowing the Town of Three Lakes in Oneida County to create a tax incremental district in the same manner as a city or village. (FE) 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 739 Exemptions from food product licensing requirements for sale of pickled fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and other shelf-stable food products prepared in a person’s home and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2025
  • SB 737 Regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action. 2025
  • SB 733 Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan. 2025
  • SB 700 Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. (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
  • SB 674 Individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE) 2025
  • SB 665 Establishing a statewide wolf population goal. 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 578 Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (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 498 Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE) 2025
  • SB 482 Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • SB 456 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
  • SB 440 Newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices. 2025
  • SB 374 Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players. 2025
  • SB 339 The weight limit for utility terrain vehicles. 2025
  • SB 337 Local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE) 2025
  • SB 311 Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE) 2025
  • SB 296 Enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE) 2025
  • SB 285 Talent recruitment grants. (FE) 2025
  • SB 27 Requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. (FE) 2025
  • SB 25 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths. 2025
  • SB 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
  • SB 215 Town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways. (FE) 2025
  • SB 213 A tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization. (FE) 2025
  • SB 210 Changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships. (FE) 2025
  • SB 204 Creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 194 Obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court. 2025
  • SB 179 Applying the motor vehicle fuel tax supplier’s administrative allowance to diesel fuel, a motor vehicle fuel tax refund for evaporation losses, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 176 An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE) 2025
  • SB 158 County forest administration grant eligibility. 2025
  • SB 128 Programs and requirements to address PFAS. 2025

Showing 50 of 436, 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 · 556

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 · 3

Roll calls where Rob Swearingen 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
  • Feb 19, 2025 AB 2 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 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
  • Nov 5, 2013 AB 68 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 7 Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–3 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 1,279 votes across 168 voting days, none missed.

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Vote history · 1,279

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