Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution

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

Good Vote: Yes

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

Good Vote: No

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

Good Vote: Yes

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

Good Vote: Yes

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

Good Vote: Yes

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

Good Vote: No

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.”

Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
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
Democrat 3.4%
Republican 67.7%