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Democratic Representative · Assembly District 96

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Floor votes missed
0 of 245
Bills led
4 · 0 became law
Votes with their party
95% · 208 votes, 2025
Committees
2

Bills they led · 4

Bills where Tara Johnson 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 4 bills they led: 0 became law, 0 were vetoed, 4 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

Died at session end 4 bills
  • AB 205 Serving maple syrup in a public eating place. 2025
  • AB 1207 Creating a Civic Information Consortium Board and a grant program administered by a nonprofit corporation to support local journalism and media projects and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1159 Weight limits for certain vehicles transporting maple sap or syrup. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1153 BadgerCare purchase option, basic plan, state-based insurance exchange, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2025

Coauthored · 326

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Tara Johnson 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 326 coauthored bills
  • 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 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
  • AJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 98 Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 95 Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month 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 90 Recognizing August as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 89 Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic veterans. 2025
  • AJR 88 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • AJR 86 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Rooney. 2025
  • AJR 85 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • AJR 79 Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month. 2025
  • AJR 78 Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day. 2025
  • AJR 77 Honoring the dedication and service of Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. 2025
  • AJR 76 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 7 Proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day. 2025
  • AJR 66 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 2025
  • AJR 63 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • AJR 62 Designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 61 Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 60 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 59 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 58 Designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 55 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 54 Observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 53 Commemorating the Bay View labor strike and tragedy. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 5 Proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month. 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 44 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. 2025
  • AJR 42 An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2025
  • AJR 41 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • AJR 40 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people. 2025
  • AJR 39 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 2025
  • AJR 38 Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake. 2025
  • AJR 36 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). 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 33 Declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights. 2025
  • AJR 31 Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility. 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 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 27 Condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 2025
  • AJR 26 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen. 2025
  • AJR 21 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 20 Proclaiming the week of April 28 to May 2, 2025, as School Nutrition Professionals Appreciation Week. 2025

Showing 50 of 326, see the full record

Cosponsored · 316

Bills from the other house that Tara Johnson 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 316 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 98 Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 97 Recognizing September 25, 2025, as First Amendment Day for all people of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 96 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 2025
  • SJR 95 Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 93 Proclaiming November 2025 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 2025
  • SJR 92 Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. 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 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 85 Recognizing August as Immunization Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 84 Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic veterans. 2025
  • SJR 83 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • SJR 81 Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship. 2025
  • SJR 8 Proclaiming February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day. 2025
  • SJR 78 Honoring the dedication and service of Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. 2025
  • SJR 73 Recognizing June 2025 as LGBTQ Pride Month. 2025
  • SJR 70 Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day. 2025
  • SJR 68 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). 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 62 Proclaiming January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, as Wisconsin State Park System 125th Anniversary. 2025
  • SJR 61 Designating June 2025 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 60 Proclaiming June 6, 2025, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 59 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 57 Designating May as Older Americans Month in Wisconsin. 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 49 Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War. 2025
  • SJR 47 Observing Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 46 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. 2025
  • SJR 45 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months. 2025
  • SJR 42 Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake. 2025
  • SJR 41 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people. 2025
  • SJR 40 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. 2025
  • SJR 38 An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2025
  • SJR 37 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). 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 33 Declaration of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights. 2025
  • SJR 31 Proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility. 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 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 22 Designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 21 Honoring the life and public service of Senator Timothy Francis Cullen. 2025
  • SJR 20 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski. 2025
  • SJR 19 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff. 2025
  • SJR 17 Honoring April 22, 2025, as the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. 2025
  • SJR 15 Condemning the pardons and sentence commutations of individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 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 · 79

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 · 10

Roll calls where Tara Johnson voted opposite the majority of Democrats 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 10 party-break votes
  • Feb 17, 2026 SB 485 CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED Voted Nay; Democrats split 25 Aye–20 Nay roll call
  • Jan 20, 2026 SB 533 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Democrats split 28 Aye–15 Nay roll call
  • Jan 15, 2026 AB 38 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 9 Aye–33 Nay roll call
  • Jan 15, 2026 AB 461 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 9 Aye–35 Nay roll call
  • Jan 13, 2026 AB 380 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 3 Aye–42 Nay roll call
  • Nov 19, 2025 AB 592 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 14 Aye–30 Nay roll call
  • Jul 2, 2025 SB 45 CONCURRENCE Voted Aye; Democrats split 7 Aye–38 Nay roll call
  • Mar 20, 2025 AB 105 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 20 Aye–22 Nay roll call
  • Mar 13, 2025 AB 89 PASSAGE Voted Aye; Democrats split 18 Aye–26 Nay roll call
  • Jan 6, 2025 AR 2 ADOPTION Voted Nay; Democrats split 30 Aye–14 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 245 votes across 25 voting days, none missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped)
2026
2025

Vote history · 245

Showing the most recent 200, see all 245 votes →