Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
Legislative Scorecard
Based on the U.S. Constitution
WI Scorecard 2024
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wisconsin State Legislature in 2024 and ranks state assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
Senate
1. Restoring Sound Money
AB29 Restoring Sound Money (passed 23 to 9 on 3/12/2024). Creates a sales and use tax exemption for gold, silver, and other precious metals.
2. Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits
AB910 Internet Sales Taxes and "Remote" Retail Permits (passed 30 to 2 on 3/12/2024). Prohibits online retailers from selling cigars or pipe tobacco without a “remote” permit, including for the collection of state taxes, and mandates the use of an age verification system.
3. Rejecting Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
Motion to Refer: AB51 Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers (passed 22 to 10 on 2/20/2024). Stopped the advancement of a bill that would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to become law enforcement officers.
4. Second Amendment Financial Privacy
SB466 Second Amendment Financial Privacy (passed 22 to 10 on 1/16/2024). Forbids a financial institution from requiring the use of a merchant category code that identifies the merchant as a firearms retailer and provides that no governmental entity may maintain a list of firearms owners.
5. Voter ID for Absentee Ballots
AB494 Voter ID for Absentee Ballots (passed 22 to 11 on 11/14/2023). Would require persons seeking “indefinitely confined status” due to “frailty, physical illness, or a disability” to submit proof of voter indentation before receiving automatic absentee ballots.
6. "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military
SB166 "Gender-Neutral" Language in the Military (passed 33 to 0 on 9/14/2023). Removes “gender-specific” language from Article 133 of the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, which prohibits “conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman.”
Name | Party | District | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Melissa Agard | D | SD-016 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Joan Ballweg | R | SD-014 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Julian Bradley | R | SD-028 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Rachael Cabral-Guevara | R | SD-019 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Tim Carpenter | D | SD-003 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Robert Cowles | R | SD-002 | 50% | - | - | + | + | + | - |
Mary Felzkowski | R | SD-012 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Dan Feyen | R | SD-018 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Dianne Hesselbein | D | SD-027 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rob Hutton | R | SD-005 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Andre Jacque | R | SD-001 | 83% | + | + | + | + | + | - |
John Jagler | R | SD-13 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Jesse James | R | SD-023 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
LaTonya Johnson | D | SD-006 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chris Kapenga | R | SD-033 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Daniel Knodl | R | SD-008 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Chris Larson | D | SD-007 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Devin LeMahieu | R | SD-009 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Howard Marklein | R | SD-017 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Stephen Nass | R | SD-011 | 83% | + | + | + | + | + | - |
Brad Pfaff | D | SD-032 | 17% | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Romaine Quinn | R | SD-025 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Kelda Roys | D | SD-026 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jeff Smith | D | SD-031 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mark Spreitzer | D | SD-015 | 17% | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Rob Stafsholt | R | SD-010 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Duey Stroebel | R | SD-020 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Lena Taylor | D | SD-004 | NA | . | . | . | . | - | - |
Patrick Testin | R | SD-024 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Cory Tomczyk | R | SD-029 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Van Wanggaard | R | SD-021 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Eric Wimberger | R | SD-030 | 67% | + | - | + | + | + | - |
Robert Wirch | D | SD-022 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Average Constitutional Score by Party
Party | Score |
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Democrat | 3.4% |
Republican | 67.7% |