HOW THEY VOTED

2017-2018 SESSION LEGISLATIVE VOTING RECORD WISCONSIN LEGISLATIVE VOTING RECORD

SESSION OVERVIEW By the SCOTT MANLEY Numbers WMC Senior Vice President of Government Relations Our members often ask us how their legislators vote on business issues, and whether their voting records in Madison match the pro-growth speeches they 1,950 often give at local chambers or other community events. WMC strongly believes Bills introduced in the that a well-informed public will make the best decisions, and that’s why we 2017-2018 legislative session publish our biennial voting record. We feel strongly that employers, employees and taxpayers should know exactly where their lawmakers stood on the issues that matter most to our economic competitiveness. 367 Our “How They Voted” scorecard gives an objective measure of whether lawmakers were willing to Bills signed into law by Governor Walker support legislation to improve our business climate, or whether they took the opposing position. The scorecard lists 33 votes on issues important to the business community, and how lawmakers voted on each issue. 186 WMC is incredibly pleased that a total of 83 lawmakers had a score of at least 70%, earning Bills on which WMC lobbied lawmakers them a “Working for Wisconsin” award for the 2017-2018 legislative session. That number in 2017-2018 session to date includes 64 members of the State Assembly and 19 members of the State Senate. There were many important victories this session that moved the ball forward on tax and regulatory 6,956 reform. Very early in the session, Wisconsin became the first state in the country to enact a state Lobbying hours logged by WMC version of the REINS Act, which prohibits government agencies from passing regulations that cost in 2017-2018 session to date more than $10 million over any two-year period, unless the Legislature and Governor approve the regulation. The REINS Act will serve as a strong safeguard against bureaucratic overregulation that pile unwarranted costs on businesses. 33 Roll call votes on the scorecard The legislature also repealed the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), repealed the state portion of the property tax, and passed a personal property tax exemption for machinery, patterns and tools. These and other tax reforms resulted in a net reduction of Wisconsin’s tax burden this session of $394 million. $394 Million Dollars of tax cuts enacted this session Unfortunately, the Legislature failed to enact medical cost containment in the Workers Compensation program, leaving Wisconsin businesses to continue to face some of the highest costs in the country. WMC will continue to strongly advocate for needed relief in this area. 19 WMC and the business community as a whole express sincere thanks to the legislators who took a stand Senators scored 70% or better for free enterprise and economic opportunity this session. We look forward to working on additional on the WMC scorecard victories in 2019. For more information about WMC’s legislative agenda, visit www.wmc.org. 64 Representatives scored 70% or better on the WMC scorecard 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Wisconsin is the GOP model for welfare reform Walker and the legislature have invested more than $50 million in training to help low-income families become self-sufficient.4/22/2018 Those who don’t meet the work requirements have to go to •WISCONSIN training centers for 80 hours a month. JOURNAL SENTINEL Wisconsin unemployment rate Wisconsin's unemploymentdrops to new rate recordlast month low dropped to a new record low of 2.8 percent, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday.

Wisconsin Legislature 5/17/2018 Preempts Local Enactment of Wage and Hour Regulations AB 748 prevents local governments and municipalities from enacting and enforcing their3/28/2018 own ordinances relating to various employment matters, including several areas pertaining to wage and hour law. Wisconsin found the antidote to the Wisconsin has diseasetaken the oflead over-regulation in giving power back to the people, by limiting the size of government, thereby increasing personal freedom and improving the state’s economic future.

9/12/2017 Foxconn unveils $10 billion plan to build LCD display plant in Wisconsin At 20 million square feet, the factory would be three times the size of the Pentagon, making it one of the largest manufacturing campuses in the nation. It would initially employ 3,000 workers making an average of $53,900 a year plus benefits and could eventually boast more than four times that. 7/26/2017 HOW THEY VOTED

ü ü Pro-Business SENATE Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % Janet Bewley (D) SD-25 Ashland 1 16 5.9%

Sen. Rob Cowles (D) SD-3 Milwaukee 1 16 5.9% Sen.

Robert Cowles (R) SD-2 Green Bay 13 4 76.5% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü David Craig (R) SD-28 Town of Vernon 16 1 94.1%

Alberta Darling (R) SD-8 River Hills 17 0 100%

Jon Erpenbach (D) SD-27 Middleton 1 16 5.9% Sen. David Craig Sen. Frank Lasee (R) SD-18 Fond du Lac 17 0 100%

Scott Fitzgerald (R) SD-13 Juneau 17 0 100% ü Pro-Businessü Pro-Business Dave Hansen (D) SD-30 Green Bay 1 16 5.9%

LaTonya Johnson (D) SD-6 Milwaukee 1 16 5.9%

Chris Kapenga (R) SD-33 Delafield 17 0 100% Sen. Sen. Devin LeMahieu (D) SD-7 Milwaukee 1 16 5.9%

Pro-Businessü Frank Lasee (R) SD-1 De Pere 6 0 100% Pro-Businessü

Devin LeMahieu (R) SD-9 Oostburg 17 0 100%

Howard Marklein (R) SD-17 Spring Green 17 0 100%

Sen. Dan Feyen Mark Miller (D) SD-16 Monona 1 16 5.9% Sen.

Terry Moulton (R) SD-23 Chippewa Falls 17 0 100% ü ü Pro-Business (R) SD-11 Whitewater 17 0 100% Pro-Business

Luther Olsen (R) SD-14 Ripon 17 0 100%

Sen. Scott Fitzgerald Sen. Terry Moulton The above percentages reflect how often an individual legislator voted in support of WMC positions on legislation that would impact the Wisconsin business climate. HOW THEY VOTED 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

ü ü Pro-Business SENATE Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % (R) SD-29 Marathon 17 0 100%

Sen. Stephen Nass Sen. (D) SD-15 Evansville 1 16 5.9%

Fred Risser (D) SD-26 Madison 1 16 5.9% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (R) SD-19 Appleton 17 0 100%

Patty Schachtner (D) SD-10 Somerset 0 10 0%

Jennifer Shilling (D) SD-32 La Crosse 1 16 5.9% Sen. Luther Olsen Sen. Tom Tiffany (R) SD-20 Saukville 17 0 100%

Lena Taylor (D) SD-4 Milwaukee 1 16 5.9% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü Patrick Testin (R) SD-24 Stevens Point 17 0 100%

Thomas Tiffany (R) SD-12 Hazelhurst 16 0 100%

Kathleen Vinehout (D) SD-31 Alma 1 16 5.9% Sen. Jerry Petrowski Sen. Leah Vukmir Leah Vukmir (R) SD-5 Brookfield 17 0 100% ü Pro-Business Van Wanggaard (R) SD-21 Racine 17 0 100% Pro-Businessü

Robert Wirch (D) SD-22 Kenosha 2 15 11.8%

Sen. Roger Roth Sen. Van Wanggaard

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Sen. Duey Stroebel Legislators designated in the shaded bars scored 70% or better on the WMC Scorecard and received the 2018 WMC Working for Wisconsin Award. HOW THEY VOTED

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % (R) AD-97 Waukesha 14 1 93.3%

Rep. Scott Allen Jimmy Anderson (D) AD-47 Fitchburg 1 15 6.3% Rep. Janel Brandtjen

Tyler August (R) AD-32 Lake Geneva 15 0 100% ü Pro-Businessü Pro-Business (R) AD-41 Markesan 16 0 100%

Peter Barca (D) AD-64 Kenosha 3 13 18.8%

Terese Berceau (D) AD-77 Madison 1 14 6.7% Rep. Rep. Ed Brooks Kathleen Bernier (R) AD-68 Lake Hallie 16 0 100%

Jill Billings (D) AD-95 La Crosse 1 15 6.3% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (R) AD-39 Beaver Dam 16 0 100%

David Bowen (D) AD-10 Milwaukee 1 14 6.7%

Janel Brandtjen (R) AD-22 Menomonee Falls 15 1 93.8% Rep. Joan Ballweg Rep. Robert Brooks Edward Brooks (R) AD-50 Reedsburg 13 0 100%

Pro-Businessü Robert Brooks (R) AD-60 Saukville 16 0 100% Pro-Businessü

Jonathan Brostoff (D) AD-19 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3%

Dave Considine (D) AD-81 Baraboo 1 15 6.3%

Rep. David Crowley (D) AD-17 Milwaukee 1 14 6.7% Rep.

Steve Doyle (D) AD-94 Onalaska 1 15 6.3% ü ü Pro-Business Cindi Duchow (R) AD-99 Town of Delafield 16 0 100% Pro-Business

James Edming (R) AD-87 Glen Flora 15 1 93.8%

Rep. Mark Born Rep. James Edming The above percentages reflect how often an individual legislator voted in support of WMC positions on legislation that would impact the Wisconsin business climate. HOW THEY VOTED 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % (R) AD-35 Irma 16 0 100%

Rep. Rep. Mary Felzkowski Jason Fields (D) AD-11 Milwaukee 3 11 21.4%

Eric Genrich (D) AD-90 Green Bay 1 14 6.7% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (D) AD-18 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3%

Rick Gundrum (R) AD-58 Slinger 7 0 100%

Gary Hebl (D) AD-46 Sun Prairie 1 14 6.7% Rep. Rep. Adam Jarchow (D) AD-79 Middleton 1 15 6.3%

ü (D) AD-54 Oshkosh 1 15 6.3% Pro-Business Pro-Businessü (R) AD-33 Mukwonago 16 0 100%

Rob Hutton (R) AD-13 Brookfield 16 0 100%

André Jacque (R) AD-2 De Pere 16 0 100% Rep. Cody Horlacher Rep. John Jagler (R) AD-37 Watertown 16 0 100%

Pro-Businessü Adam Jarchow (R) AD-28 Balsam Lake 13 2 86.7% Pro-Businessü

Terry Katsma (R) AD-26 Oostburg 16 0 100%

Samantha Kerkman (R) AD-61 Salem 16 0 100%

Rep. Rob Hutton Frederick Kessler (D) AD-12 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3% Rep.

Joel Kitchens (R) AD-1 Sturgeon Bay 13 3 81.3% ü ü Pro-Business Joel Kleefisch (R) AD-38 Oconomowoc 16 0 100% Pro-Business

Dan Knodl (R) AD-24 Germantown 16 0 100%

Rep. André Jacque Rep. Legislators designated in the shaded bars scored 70% or better on the WMC Scorecard and received the 2018 WMC Working for Wisconsin Award. HOW THEY VOTED

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % Debra Kolste (D) AD-44 Janesville 1 12 7.7%

Rep. Joel Kleefisch Dale Kooyenga (R) AD-14 Brookfield 16 0 100% Rep.

ü Jesse Kremer (R) AD-59 Kewaskum 9 0 100% Pro-Business Pro-Businessü (R) AD-72 Nekoosa 16 0 100%

Mike Kuglitsch (R) AD-84 New Berlin 16 0 100%

Bob Kulp (R) AD-69 Stratford 14 0 100% Rep. Rep. Bob Kulp (R) AD-31 Clinton 16 0 100%

John Macco (R) AD-88 Ledgeview 16 0 100% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (D) AD-74 Bayfield 2 14 12.5%

Nick Milroy (D) AD-73 South Range 3 13 18.8%

David Murphy (R) AD-56 Greenville 13 0 100% Rep. Dale Kooyenga Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R) AD-36 Crivitz 15 1 93.8%

Pro-Businessü Lee Nerison (R) AD-96 Westby 16 0 100% Pro-Businessü

Greta Neubauer (D) AD-66 Racine 0 7 0%

Adam Neylon (R) AD-98 Pewaukee 16 0 100%

Rep. Jesse Kremer (R) AD-51 Dodgeville 12 3 80% Rep.

John Nygren (R) AD-89 Marinette 16 0 100% ü ü Pro-Business (D) AD-65 Kenosha 2 14 12.5% Pro-Business

Jim Ott (R) AD-23 Mequon 16 0 100%

Rep. Scott Krug Rep. Dave Murphy The above percentages reflect how often an individual legislator voted in support of WMC positions on legislation that would impact the Wisconsin business climate. HOW THEY VOTED 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % Kevin Petersen (R) AD-40 Waupaca 14 2 87.5%

Rep. Jeffrey Mursau (R) AD-93 Eleva 16 0 100% Rep. Jim Ott

Sondy Pope (D) AD-80 Mt. Horeb 1 15 6.3% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü Treig Pronschinske (R) AD-92 Mondovi 15 0 100%

Romaine Quinn (R) AD-75 Barron 16 0 100%

Daniel Riemer (D) AD-7 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3% Rep. Lee Nerison Rep. Kevin Petersen Keith Ripp (R) AD-42 Lodi 9 0 100%

Jessie Rodriguez (R) AD-21 Oak Creek 16 0 100% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü Mike Rohrkaste (R) AD-55 Neenah 16 0 100%

Joe Sanfelippo (R) AD-15 New Berlin 14 1 93.3%

Melissa Sargent (D) AD-48 Madison 1 14 6.7% Rep. Rep. Warren Petryk (R) AD-53 Oshkosh 16 0 100% ü Pro-Business (D) AD-71 Stevens Point 2 14 12.5% Pro-Businessü

Christine Sinicki (D) AD-20 Milwaukee 1 14 6.7%

Ken Skowronski (R) AD-82 Franklin 15 0 100%

Rep. Todd Novak Patrick Snyder (R) AD-85 Schofield 15 1 93.8% Rep. Treig Pronschinske

John Spiros (R) AD-86 Marshfield 16 0 100% ü ü Pro-Business (D) AD-45 Beloit 1 15 6.3% Pro-Business

Rob Stafsholt (R) AD-29 New Richmond 16 0 100%

Rep. John Nygren Rep. Romaine Quinn Legislators designated in the shaded bars scored 70% or better on the WMC Scorecard and received the 2018 WMC Working for Wisconsin Award. HOW THEY VOTED

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % (R) AD-4 Green Bay 16 0 100%

Rep. Keith Ripp (R) AD-5 Kaukauna 16 0 100% Rep.

Amanda Struck (D) AD-57 Appleton 2 14 12.5% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (D) AD-78 Madison 1 15 6.3%

Rob Summerfield (R) AD-67 Bloomer 16 0 100%

Rob Swearingen (R) AD-34 Rhinelander 16 0 100% Rep. Rep. Patrick Snyder (R) AD-6 Bonduel 15 0 100% ü Chris Taylor (D) AD-76 Madison 1 15 6.3% Pro-Business Pro-Businessü (R) AD-52 Fond du Lac 16 0 100%

Paul Tittl (R) AD-25 Manitowoc 16 0 100%

Travis Tranel (R) AD-49 Cuba City 14 2 87.5% Rep. Mike Rohrkaste Rep. (R) AD-3 Harrison 16 0 100% ü Pro-Business Nancy VanderMeer (R) AD-70 Tomah 15 1 93.8% Pro-Businessü

Tyler Vorpagel (R) AD-27 Plymouth 15 0 100%

Robin Vos (R) AD-63 Rochester 15 1 93.8%

Rep. (D) AD-43 Milton 1 15 6.3% Rep.

Dana Wachs (D) AD-91 Eau Claire 1 15 6.3% ü ü Pro-Business Thomas Weatherston (R) AD-62 Caledonia 16 0 100% Pro-Business

Chuck Wichgers (R) AD-83 Muskego 16 0 100%

Rep. Michael Schraa Rep. David Steffen The above percentages reflect how often an individual legislator voted in support of WMC positions on legislation that would impact the Wisconsin business climate. HOW THEY VOTED 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

ü ü Pro-Business ASSEMBLY Pro-Business Legislator District Hometown For Against % Leon Young (D) AD-16 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3%

Rep. Jim Steineke JoCasta Zamarripa (D) AD-8 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3% Rep.

Josh Zepnick (D) AD-9 Milwaukee 1 15 6.3% Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü (R) AD-30 River Falls 11 0 100%

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Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü Rep. Rep. Rep. Ron Tusler Rep. Nancy VanderMeer

Rep. Rep. Thomas Weatherston

Gov. Walker Signs REINS Act Into Law Pro-Businessü Pro-Businessü The measure, which is said to be the first state version of the act, requires legislative approval for any rule that would 8/10/2017 cost businesses or taxpayers more than $10 million.

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Wisconsin, Leading in Manufacturing Jobs Added, ü ü Pro-Business Touts Private Sector Gains Pro-Business Wisconsin added the most manufacturing jobs of any state in the first quarter of 2018 and ranks fourth nationally in the number of private sector jobs added in March, the state Department of Workforce Development (DWD) reported.

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Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt Rep. Shannon Zimmerman Legislators designated in the shaded bars scored 70% or better on the WMC Scorecard and received the 2018 WMC Working for Wisconsin Award. BILL SUMMARIES

Assembly Bill 64: Senate Amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 64: STATE BUDGET PREVAILING WAGE LAW Contains many important pro-growth reforms and The amendment would repeal the reforms that save tax reductions, including the repeal of the Alternative taxpayers money when government bids public work and Minimum Tax, Exemption of machinery from the personal construction projects. property tax, and repeal of the state portion of property taxes on real estate property.

Assembly Bill 259: Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 259: Taxpayer Fairness “DARK STORE” ASSESSMENTS Provides greater fairness to taxpayers during the The amendment would make sweeping and misguided audit process, including allowing taxpayers to rely on changes to property assessment law to allow local determinations from a previous audit. governments to raise taxes on businesses, and prevent businesses from having meaningful opportunity to challenge their assessment when market conditions change.

Assembly Bill 286: Assembly Bill 386: NEW FMLA REQUIREMENTS “DARK STORE” ASSESSMENTS Would require employers to offer FMLA for an expanded This bill would make sweeping and misguided changes list of relatives who are ill, and expands mandatory leave to property assessment law to allow local governments to businesses with 25 or more employees. Also creates to raise taxes on businesses, and prevent businesses an employer-funded insurance program to pay employees from having meaningful opportunity to challenge their wages while they are on family medical leave. assessment when market conditions change.

Assembly Bill 499: Assembly Bill 508: MINING LAW CHANGES APPRENTICESHIPS Repealed the 1998 moratorium against metallic mining, Adds flexibility to the apprenticeship program and and makes other changes to streamline the mining permit reduces the journeyman-to-apprentice ratio to 1:1. review process. 2017-18 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Assembly Bill 547: WETLAND REFORMS Makes numerous reforms to exempt very small non-federal wetlands from DNR permitting to align our permitting requirements with those of most other states.

Scott Manley, WMC Senior Vice President of Government Relations, and President George W. Bush. Assembly Bill 748: EMPLOYMENT LAW REFORM Preempts local governments from enacting their own boutique employment laws, and prohibits local governments from engaging in “regulatory extortion” through forced agreements between businesses and labor unions.

Kurt R. Bauer, WMC President/CEO, and Sharyl Senate Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 748: Attkisson at WMC Business Day in Madison. REPEAL RTW This amendment would have repealed the Right to Work law enacted in 2015.

Assembly Bill 773: OMNIBUS CIVIL JUSTICE REFORMS

Reforms civil discovery and class action laws in order to reduce the Governor Tony Evers; Jay Smith, WMC Board Chairman and Chairman/CEO of Teel Plastics, Inc.; transactional costs associated with civil litigation. Also places needed and Kurt Bauer, WMC President/CEO, at limitations of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue's ability to hire outside the Statesmanship Reception. firms to conduct unclaimed property audits against businesses on a contingency fee basis.

Assembly Bill 811: TALENT ATTRACTION Provides funding for advertising to market Wisconsin as a great place to live and work in order to attract workers to our state from Illinois and Minnesota. Legislative Panel at WMC Policy Day 2018 featuring Representative Gordon Hintz, Speaker Robin Vos, Senator Alberta Darling and Senator Jennifer Shilling. BILL SUMMARIES

Senate Bill 15: REGULATORY REFORM Places significant restrictions on expensive agency regulations by requiring any new regulation that would cost $10 million or more statewide to be approved by the Legislature before it can become law.

Senator Ron Johnson speaking at WMC Policy Day. Senate Bill 76: REGULATION OF WELLS Makes common sense reforms that allow high-capacity wells to be repaired, replaced or transferred with property without triggering new permit requirements.

Senate Bill 399: UNEMPLOYMENT LAW REFORM Makes various changes that combat unemployment insurance fraud, including better

Scott Manley, WMC Senior Vice President of enforcement tools against employees who conceal wages. Government Relations (second from left) with the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Washington D.C. Fly-In attendees.

August Special Session Assembly Bill 1: FOXCONN INCENTIVE PACKAGE Provides “pay as you grow” tax credits to Foxconn for investments in a new manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. The amount of the tax credits is tied directly to the number of full-time jobs created, and the amount of capital investment.

Linda McMahon, Administrator of Small Business Administration, and Brittany Rockwell, WMC Director of Small Business Advocacy. January Special Session Assembly Bill 1: WELFARE REFORM Increases the amount of hours that an able-bodied person must work or train as a condition of being eligible for food stamps.

January Special Session Assembly Bill 2: WELFARE REFORM Kurt R. Bauer, WMC President/CEO, with Peter Barca, incoming Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary. Requires all able-bodied adults receiving food stamp benefits to work or participate in training programs. WMC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM

KURT BAUER SCOTT MANLEY President/CEO Senior Vice President of Government Relations

CORY FISH CHRIS READER BRITTANY ROCKWELL Director of Tax, Transportation Director of Health & Human Director of Small & Legal Affairs Resources Policy Business Advocacy

LANE RUHLAND ADAM JORDAHL Director of Environmental Associate Director of & Energy Policy Government Relations WISCONSIN LEGISLATIVE VOTING RECORD: 2017-18 SESSION

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