The 16th Senate District is located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County, western Jefferson County, and part of southwest Dodge County. It includes the cities of Fitchburg, Fort Atkinson, Lake Mills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Waterloo, and the villages of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and Marshall, and parts of the city…
Thank you to the ACLU of Wisconsin for helping educate voters. From my quick review, it looks like only on Republican even responded to the ACLU Legislative Candidate Questionnaire and that was Republican Scott Johnson from Jefferson. In 2022 Johnson narrowly defeated Jefferson mayor Dale Oppermann in a Republican primary. During the general election, Johnson faced…
Have you heard of Senate Bill 545 yet? It is a comprehensive legislation addressing cannabis reform. Adult use/medical marijuana combination bill (LRB-4361) has been assigned the Senate Bill Number of 545. The bill is awaiting an assembly bill number assignment. For the first time in the history of Wisconsin legislation, a majority of the Democratic…
Last updated 4-9-21 Andre Jacque (R – WI) Holds office State Senate District 1: Former communications and planning director, and environmental consultant. (Opposed) Robert Cowles (R – WI) Holds office State Senate District 2: Current small business owner and legislator. Former director of an alternative energy division for a communications construction company. (Limited Medical) Timothy Carpenter (D…
Assembly District 64 (MAP) is in parts of Kenosha and Racine County. November 2018, 88% of Kenosha County voters supported an advisory referendum to legalize medical marijuana. ### Rep. McGuire (D) did not co-sponsor the “Erpenbach/Testin/Taylor Medical Marijuana Bill AB570. Rep. McGuire does hold a seat on the Assembly Committee of State Affairs which will be the committee…
What other faces will we see for sure in the Wisconsin State Senate in addition to the ones I examined in my April article entitled Senators not up for re-election likely to continue prohibition in 2021-22? The filing deadline was June 1, 2020 for candidates to declare and turn in signatures. The uncontested races exposed…
A young child named Charlotte Figi captured the hearts of millions and help educate many to the benefits of “CBD”. At three months old, her first seizure started a journey that ended in a Facebook page to announce Charlotte “is seizure free forever.” Sadly, the now 13-year-old was hospitalized in 2020 with pneumonia, which caused her…
The 2019-20 Smoke the Vote Candidate Scorecard and Voter guide is coming along nicely. We have all of the 2019-20 Wisconsin elected officials grades complete and an Executive Summary of the grades is also available. The “Candidate Module” of the guide is still in progress and you can help! But for this article, we are…
With public support for reforming marijuana laws at an all time high, we request key Senate and Assembly allies to form the first-ever Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus to develop and promote sensible cannabis policy reform and work to reform state cannabis laws. Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s…
Newly elected Assembly District 64 Rep Tip McGuire (D-Kenosha) is making marijuana news again. In his primary candidate statements, McGuire seemed like he was a medical marijuana supporter stating: “I think marijuana has substantially less risk than some of those other drugs,” McGuire said. “I believe that any loosening of marijuana laws, however, has to…
The Republican Medical Marijuana legislation authored by Representatives Mary Felzkowski, Pat Snyder, Michael Schraa, Shae Sortwell and Senator Kathy Bernier has received Assembly Bill 750 and Senate Bill 683 and committee assignments for the 2020 legislative session. This bill would create a medical marijuana program to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana in Wisconsin!…
Senate Bill 507 / Assembly Bill 570 (Medical Marijuana with home grows/smoking) and Assembly Bill 750 / Senate Bill 683 (Creation of a Medical Marijuana Program) have been assigned to the following committees: 2019 Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection (Chair) Senator Duey Stroebel (R – Saukville) (608) 266-7513 Email: Sen.Stroebel@legis.wisconsin.gov (Vice Chair) Senator…
A new piece of legislation for the 2019-2020 Wisconsin cycle includes a bipartisan medical cannabis (marijuana) attempt authored by Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D- West Point), Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison). Many expected the legislation to head directly to The Senate Health Committee chaired by author of the bill, Senator Testin….