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Dean Kaufert
WI House District 53
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Government Operations & Budget 52Criminal Justice & Policing 31Healthcare 27Social Services & Welfare 27Education 20Economy & Taxes 19Transportation & Infrastructure 15Labor & Employment 13Civil Rights & Liberties 9Veterans Affairs 8Banking & Finance 6Environment & Energy 6Technology & Privacy 6Housing 4Other 3Agriculture 2Defense & Military 2Elections & Voting 2Foreign Policy & Trade 2
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI House District 53 current
Wisconsin |
Republican | Jan 6, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| WI House District 55
Wisconsin |
Republican | Jan 1, 2009 | Dec 31, 2014 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (245 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| AB 385 — Relating to: online credit card contributions and providing a penalty. | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 648 — Relating to: supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts. (FE) | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 592 — Relating to: professional development for science teachers. (FE) | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 647 — Relating to: whole grade sharing grants for school boards. (FE) | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 76 — Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes. | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 76 — Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes. | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 279 — Relating to: grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms. | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 183 — Relating to: reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on… | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJR 88 — Relating to: honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 309 — Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 182 — Relating to: emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency… | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 280 — Relating to: workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE) | Yea | Oct 7, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 453 — Relating to: required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances… | Yea | Oct 7, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 451 — Relating to: residential tax incremental districts. (FE) | Yea | Oct 7, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 450 — Relating to: applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings. (FE) | Yea | Oct 7, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 39 — Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 58 — Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related… | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 211 — Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 58 — Relating to: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related… | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 39 — Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 308 — Relating to: prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE) | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 39 — Relating to: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 388 — Relating to: grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE) | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 45 — Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) | Yea | Jul 2, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 17 — Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to… | Yea | Jun 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (170 as lead sponsor)
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AB 1026
WI · —
Relating to: interest rates on late, nondelinquent taxes and on overpayments. (FE)
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AB 202
WI · —
Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE)
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AB 561
WI · —
Relating to: owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
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AJR 133
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Relating to: legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).
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AJR 140
WI · —
Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.
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AB 445
WI · —
Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE)
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AB 197
WI · —
Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
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AB 901
WI · —
Relating to: net metering for rooftop solar energy systems.
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AB 778
WI · —
Relating to: eligibility for the Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program. (FE)
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AB 802
WI · —
Relating to: a onetime grant to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information, funding to support increased operational costs for the…
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