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Republican Representative · Assembly District 38

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

Floor votes missed
41 of 562
Bills led
48 · 6 became law
Votes with their party
100% · 226 votes, 2025
Committees
7

Bills they led · 48

Bills where Will Penterman 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 48 bills they led: 6 became law, 4 were vetoed, 13 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

6 became law 4 vetoed 1 passed one chamber 37 died at session end
Became law 6 bills
  • AB 89 Theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 969 The county sale of tax-deeded lands. (FE) 2023
  • AB 49 Disabled parking privileges on University of Wisconsin System campuses. (FE) 2023
  • AB 267 Housing rehabilitation loans awarded by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 953 The floodplain and shoreland mapping assistance program. 2021
  • AB 607 A workforce housing rehabilitation loan program. 2021
Vetoed 4 bills
  • AB 518 Allowing individuals who hold a substitute teaching permit to substitute teach at private schools participating in a parental choice program. 2025
  • AB 450 Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings. (FE) 2025
  • AB 934 Disenrollment of ineligible individuals from and redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) 2021
  • AB 776 Damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty. 2021
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 59 Proclaiming June as Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 2025
Died at session end 37 bills
  • AJR 87 Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 25 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AB 810 Recess in public schools. (FE) 2025
  • AB 401 Damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 399 Requirement for certain telecommunications providers to provide basic voice service. 2025
  • AB 395 Equipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devices. 2025
  • AB 394 Driver education instruction related to school bus safety. 2025
  • AB 32 Access to public high schools for military recruiters. 2025
  • AB 30 Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. 2025
  • AB 29 Impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses. 2025
  • AB 163 Redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE) 2025
  • AB 135 The right to repair motor vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 930 Impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses. 2023
  • AB 929 The age of eligibility for children of veterans eligible to receive state higher education benefits. (FE) 2023
  • AB 928 Theft crimes and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 927 Interest rates on payday loans. 2023
  • AB 926 Entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 89 Penalties for certain traffic violations where highway maintenance workers are present and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 842 Privacy of lottery winner. 2023
  • AB 720 Local authority to modify highway speed restrictions. 2023
  • AB 644 Applications for full-time open enrollment. (FE) 2023
  • AB 606 Damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 443 Creation of a cremation permit application form. (FE) 2023
  • AB 313 Increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus. 2023
  • AB 269 Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. 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 138 Issuing a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development certificate. (FE) 2023
  • AB 126 Participation in the federal Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (FE) 2023
  • AB 1016 Requiring public and private schools to offer a minimum amount of physical activity each week. 2023
  • AB 1005 Student teaching requirement for teacher preparatory programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 2023
  • AB 10 Eliminating the land recycling loan program. (FE) 2023
  • AB 950 Disabled parking privileges on University of Wisconsin System campuses. (FE) 2021
  • AB 857 Examinations required for obtaining a credential. 2021
  • AB 837 Grants for law enforcement officer recruiting and bonuses for law enforcement officers. (FE) 2021
  • AB 692 Allowing certain married individuals to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. (FE) 2021
  • AB 674 Penalties for certain traffic violations where highway maintenance workers are present and providing a penalty. 2021
  • AB 1075 Actions by local health officers. 2021

Coauthored · 633

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Will Penterman 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 633 coauthored bills
  • AR 7 Recognizing the achievements of women athletes in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AR 5 Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2025. 2025
  • AR 4 Proclaiming our appreciation and respect for our Grocery and Retail Food Employees. 2025
  • AR 17 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. 2025
  • AR 11 Declaring January as Blood Donor Month in the State of Wisconsin. 2025
  • 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 96 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 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 9 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 2025
  • AJR 84 Recognizing National Propane Day. 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 75 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Thomas A. Hauke. 2025
  • AJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 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 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 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 17 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • AJR 139 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 138 Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 129 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • AJR 127 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 126 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Rudolph L. “Rudy” Silbaugh. 2025
  • AJR 12 Honoring the life and public service of Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller. 2025
  • AJR 112 The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 110 Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 2025
  • AJR 101 Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 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 995 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • AB 992 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • AB 991 Allowing employment of minors in the operation of a pizza-dough roller. (FE) 2025
  • AB 990 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • AB 972 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. 2025
  • AB 968 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • AB 956 Exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. 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 913 Subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE) 2025
  • AB 907 Requirements for state lottery drawings. (FE) 2025
  • AB 906 Expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. 2025
  • AB 905 Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 900 Eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits. (FE) 2025
  • AB 896 Local governmental consultation related to federal refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE) 2025
  • AB 894 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 87 Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE) 2025

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Cosponsored · 654

Bills from the other house that Will Penterman 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 654 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 91 Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months. 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 82 Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 80 Recognizing National Propane Day. 2025
  • SJR 77 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Thomas A. Hauke. 2025
  • SJR 71 Honoring Jerry Apps for his contributions to Wisconsin’s heritage. 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 6 Honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. 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 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 27 Proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin. 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 18 Proclaiming the week of April 14, 2025, as Two Lights for Tomorrow Week in the state of Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 142 Recognizing the life and extraordinary leadership of Bob Harlan. 2025
  • SJR 14 Honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. 2025
  • SJR 133 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 132 Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. 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
  • SJR 121 Recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Wisconsin. 2025
  • SJR 117 Honoring the life and public service of Representative Rudolph L. “Rudy” Silbaugh. 2025
  • SJR 116 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second 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
  • SJR 105 The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 103 Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 2025
  • SB 986 Requirements for state lottery drawings. (FE) 2025
  • SB 982 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • SB 979 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • SB 975 Virtual currency kiosks. 2025
  • SB 971 Exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. 2025
  • SB 970 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. 2025
  • SB 95 Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE) 2025
  • SB 940 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 93 Recommendation to revoke extended supervision, parole, or probation if a person is charged with a crime. (FE) 2025
  • SB 929 Subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE) 2025
  • SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • SB 92 Theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 900 Terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 899 Expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. 2025
  • SB 897 Threats to health care providers and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 890 Eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits. (FE) 2025
  • SB 887 Required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) 2025

Showing 50 of 654, see the full record

Campaign money

$1,200 reported receipts across 2 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Aug 8, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Aug 4, 2026. 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 $1,200 in 2026 Q3.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2026 Q3: $1,200

Where it came from

  • Political committees: $1,000 (83%)
  • Individuals: $200 (17%)

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

  • Sue K. Johnson 1 receipts $200

Top occupations of individual donors

as reported by donors; individuals gave $200 in total

  • CEO $200

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 · 186

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 · 1

Roll calls where Will Penterman 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 1 party-break votes
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 812 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 562 votes across 62 voting days, 41 missed.

voted all present, not voting missed votes (striped) not in office
2026
2025
Missed-vote days in 2025 · 2
  • Mar 18: missed 1 of 4
  • Mar 20: missed 1 of 5
2024
2023
Missed-vote days in 2023 · 1
  • May 17: missed 1 of 1
2022
Missed-vote days in 2022 · 4
  • Feb 17: missed 7 of 13
  • Feb 22: missed 9 of 12
  • Feb 23: missed 8 of 28
  • Feb 24: missed 14 of 19
2021

Vote history · 521

Showing the most recent 200, see all 521 votes →