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Karen DeSanto

WI House District 40

Democratic Wisconsin since Jan 6, 2025

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Issue areas

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Government Operations & Budget 78Education 32Social Services & Welfare 26Healthcare 23Environment & Energy 22Civil Rights & Liberties 20Labor & Employment 18Criminal Justice & Policing 17Economy & Taxes 17Agriculture 13Technology & Privacy 5Gun Policy 4Other 4Transportation & Infrastructure 4Abortion & Reproductive Rights 3Housing 3Veterans Affairs 3Banking & Finance 1Elections & Voting 1Immigration 1

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
WI House District 40 current
Wisconsin
 Democratic Jan 6, 2025 — openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (245 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
AB 970 — Relating to: grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an… Yea Feb 18, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 676 — Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE) Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 373 — Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE) Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 768 — Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 699 — Relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services. (FE) Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 622 — Relating to: fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 629 — Relating to: police authority to disable drones threatening public safety and providing a penalty. Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 673 — Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE) Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 782 — Relating to: intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 619 — Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project… Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 737 — Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district. Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 446 — Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty… Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 713 — Relating to: requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty… Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 685 — Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE) Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 376 — Relating to: a tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE) Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 793 — Relating to: creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds. (FE) Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 683 — Relating to: prohibiting critical telecommunications infrastructure from including equipment manufactured by a foreign adversary. (FE) Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 640 — Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record. Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 485 — Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. Yea Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
AB 411 — Relating to: creation of a farmland link program. (FE) Nay Feb 17, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 610 — Relating to: increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and… Nay Feb 12, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 620 — Relating to: tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address. Yea Feb 12, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 276 — Relating to: challenges to the validity of administrative rules and making an appropriation. (FE) Nay Feb 12, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 532 — Relating to: course fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE) Nay Feb 12, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 498 — Relating to: free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in… Nay Feb 12, 2026 pass Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (157 as lead sponsor)

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