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Republican Representative · Assembly District 49

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

Floor votes missed
4 of 1,494
Bills led
54 · 3 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 243 votes, 2025
Committees
4

Bills they led · 54

Bills where Travis Tranel 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 54 bills they led: 3 became law, 0 were vetoed, 16 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

Became law 3 bills
  • AB 562 Marking the Mississippi River Trail. (FE) 2025
  • AB 195 A license to teach based on reciprocity and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2019
  • AB 194 Requirements for initial licensure as a special education teacher. 2019
Passed one chamber 3 bills
  • AJR 66 Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. 2025
  • AJR 56 Proclaiming June 2023 as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2023
  • AJR 119 Relating to: the life and public service of Bishop Robert C. Morlino. 2017
Died at session end 48 bills
  • AJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 2025
  • AB 887 Identification of the Platteville Veteran’s Memorial on state highway maps. (FE) 2025
  • AB 7 Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. 2025
  • AB 627 Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) 2025
  • AB 439 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • AJR 98 Supporting Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security. 2023
  • AB 562 Adding rural emergency medical services providers to the Emergency Medical Services Board. 2023
  • AB 454 Funding for the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 244 An agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 163 Supplying anti-choking devices in schools. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1165 The installation of light-mitigating technology systems on certain wind energy systems and high-voltage transmission line towers. (FE) 2023
  • AB 95 Ambulance staffing and emergency medical personnel. 2021
  • AB 93 Certification requirements for emergency medical responders. 2021
  • AB 763 Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 74 Labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 73 Labeling food as a type of dairy product or as a dairy ingredient and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2021
  • AB 404 Feasibility study for a highway bridge over the Mississippi River at the village of Cassville in Grant County. (FE) 2021
  • AB 894 Livestock facility siting and expansion and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2019
  • AB 873 An income tax credit for the property taxes paid on agricultural buildings and improvements and making an appropriation. (FE) 2019
  • AB 795 Grants and funding for water stewardship certification, a grazing coordinator position, producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection, soil and water conservation, and crop insurance premium rebates for cover crops; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) 2019
  • AB 748 Reciprocity for bulk milk weighing and sampling licenses. (FE) 2019
  • AB 747 Using milk producer affidavits to substantiate claims that a dairy product is free of synthetic bovine growth hormone. 2019
  • AB 741 Ambulance staffing and emergency medical personnel. 2019
  • AB 740 Certification requirements for emergency medical responders. 2019
  • AB 516 Labeling a food product as a type of milk and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2019
  • AB 515 Labeling food as a type of dairy product or as a dairy ingredient and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2019
  • AB 383 A sales tax exemption for tangible personal property temporarily stored in this state. (FE) 2019
  • AB 354 Providing grants for the purchase of choking rescue devices and making an appropriation. (FE) 2019
  • AB 207 Creating and funding a University of Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub and making an appropriation. (FE) 2019
  • AB 999 Requirements for initial licensure as a special education teacher. 2017
  • AB 912 Rural economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, grants to other authorities and state agencies for purposes of rural economic development, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2017
  • AB 187 Certain buildings used for social events. (FE) 2017
  • AB 947 Certain buildings used for social events. (FE) 2015
  • AB 931 Modifying administrative rules related to tinting of motor vehicle windows. 2015
  • AB 799 Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics grants for rural school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2015
  • AB 764 Providing an economic development grant to Prosperity Southwest Wisconsin and making an appropriation. (FE) 2015
  • AB 531 Lighting on vehicles in a funeral procession. 2015
  • AB 431 Neglect of a child and providing criminal penalties. (FE) 2015
  • AB 337 Use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by weather conditions and providing a penalty. 2015
  • AJR 104 Reaffirming Wisconsin's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan, supporting Taiwan's efforts to secure entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the signing of a bilateral investment agreement between Taiwan and the United States, and supporting Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 2013
  • AB 847 Use of lamps on vehicles when visibility is limited by weather conditions and providing a penalty. 2013
  • AB 809 The sale and purchase of lands by the Natural Resources Board for the purpose of the completion of a recreational trail. (FE) 2013
  • AB 239 Prohibiting merchants from imposing credit card surcharges in consumer credit transactions. 2013
  • AB 158 The homeownership mortgage loan program administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. 2013
  • AJR 21 Creation of the fiscal responsibility fund (first consideration). 2011
  • AB 659 Operation of animal-drawn vehicles on highways and granting rule-making authority. 2011
  • AB 511 Zinc air button cell batteries and providing penalties. 2011
  • AB 357 Allowing members of a dairy cooperative to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit in the next taxable year. 2011

Coauthored · 743

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Travis Tranel 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 743 coauthored bills
  • AJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 97 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 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 88 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • AJR 80 Declaring May 2025 and May 2026 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Months. 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 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 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 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 142 Celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. 2025
  • AJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • AJR 131 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 122 Recognizing December 25 as the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2025
  • AJR 12 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 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 974 A public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 97 Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025
  • AB 894 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 892 Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws. 2025
  • AB 840 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • AB 83 Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. 2025
  • AB 814 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • AB 679 Weight limits for vehicles transporting grain, feed, or commercial fertilizer. (FE) 2025
  • AB 664 Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances. 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 581 Disaster assistance and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 580 Disaster assistance grants. (FE) 2025
  • AB 520 Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE) 2025
  • AB 505 Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program. 2025
  • AB 488 Fire suppression products derived from soybeans. 2025
  • AB 471 The regulation of digital assets. 2025
  • AB 451 Residential tax incremental districts. (FE) 2025
  • AB 447 The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions. 2025
  • AB 433 Newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices. 2025
  • AB 429 Designating the Greg Quinn and Larry Millard Memorial Bridge. 2025
  • AB 411 Creation of a farmland link program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 397 Reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. 2025
  • AB 392 Creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 38 An income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE) 2025
  • AB 375 Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • AB 368 Prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other services under health plans. 2025
  • AB 327 The weight limit for utility terrain vehicles. 2025
  • AB 326 Local grant writing and compliance assistance. (FE) 2025
  • AB 315 The Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and a major land acquisitions program. (FE) 2025

Showing 50 of 743, see the full record

Cosponsored · 718

Bills from the other house that Travis Tranel 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 718 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 99 Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 96 Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 2025
  • 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 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 83 Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 2025
  • SJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 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 59 Proclaiming the week of June 22 to June 28, 2025, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 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 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 26 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • SJR 13 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • SJR 127 Celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. 2025
  • SJR 123 Proclaiming the month of March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month throughout the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 114 Recognizing December 25 as the celebration of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2025
  • SB 969 Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public. 2025
  • SB 900 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 885 Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws. 2025
  • SB 875 Identification of the Platteville Veteran’s Memorial on state highway maps. (FE) 2025
  • SB 843 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • SB 82 Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device. 2025
  • SB 812 A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE) 2025
  • SB 8 Repair and replacement of implements of husbandry under warranty. 2025
  • SB 722 Weight limits for vehicles transporting grain, feed, or commercial fertilizer. (FE) 2025
  • SB 645 Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances. 2025
  • SB 622 Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) 2025
  • SB 562 Reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. 2025
  • SB 558 Disaster assistance grants. (FE) 2025
  • SB 557 Disaster assistance and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 551 Marking the Mississippi River Trail. (FE) 2025
  • SB 535 The regulation of digital assets. 2025
  • SB 521 Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE) 2025
  • SB 501 Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program. 2025
  • SB 480 Residential tax incremental districts. (FE) 2025
  • SB 474 Fire suppression products derived from soybeans. 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 443 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • SB 440 Newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices. 2025
  • SB 422 Designating the Greg Quinn and Larry Millard Memorial Bridge. 2025
  • SB 412 Creation of a farmland link program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 404 Creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 382 Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE) 2025
  • SB 36 An income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE) 2025
  • SB 339 The weight limit for utility terrain vehicles. 2025

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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 · 684

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 · 11

Roll calls where Travis Tranel 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 11 party-break votes
  • Feb 15, 2018 AB 547 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 58 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Nov 2, 2017 AB 455 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Nov 2, 2017 AB 499 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2016 SB 615 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 56, Noes 37, Paired 4 Voted Nay; Republicans split 56 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Feb 18, 2016 SB 707 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 53, Noes 40, Paired 2 Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • Oct 21, 2015 AB 388 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 58, Noes 39 Voted Nay; Republicans split 58 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Jul 28, 2015 SB 209 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 52, Noes 34, Paired 8 Voted Nay; Republicans split 35 Aye–20 Nay roll call
  • Jul 8, 2015 SB 21 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 52, Noes 46 Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Mar 20, 2014 SB 509 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 82, Noes 11 Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–4 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 22, 2011 AB 11 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 17 Voted Nay; Republicans split 51 Aye–4 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, 4 missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped)
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Missed-vote days in 2023 · 1
  • Jun 21: missed 1 of 8
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2015
Missed-vote days in 2015 · 1
  • Jan 22: missed 1 of 1
2014
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Missed-vote days in 2013 · 2
  • Jan 10: missed 1 of 2
  • Nov 14: missed 1 of 17
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Vote history · 1,490

Showing the most recent 200, see all 1,490 votes →