Karen DeSanto

Wisconsin

Democrat Assembly District 40

Record ID: WI-Assembly-40-DESANTO-K

Madison Office : Room 7 West State Capitol PO Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708
(608) 237-9140 / (888) 947-0040
Rep.DeSanto@legis.wisconsin.gov

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Legislation

Sponsored Bills

Bill	Title	Status	Session
AB 1118	refundability of the additional child and dependent care tax credit and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1121	health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1125	disrupting access to a reproductive health service facility or place of religious worship and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1129	an assistance program for water infrastructure in 3rd class and 4th class cities, villages, and towns; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1149	adding a teacher representative to school boards.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1150	implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1153	BadgerCare purchase option, basic plan, state-based insurance exchange, and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1157	pupil discrimination and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1158	a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1161	online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1088	an assistance program for water infrastructure in 3rd class and 4th class cities, villages, and towns; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1110	allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the Department of Corrections.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1093	employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 246	a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1074	refundability of the additional child and dependent care tax credit and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 256	a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1017	funding for child care provider workforce training and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1016	funding for child care provider workforce training and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 860	written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1053	adding a teacher representative to school boards.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1077	health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1069	a study committee on the installation of empty conduit lines for future fiber-optic internet expansion.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1077	permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1038	a study committee on the installation of empty conduit lines for future fiber-optic internet expansion.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1046	permits for firearms dealers, firearms transactions and safety, firearms crimes, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1087	disrupting access to a reproductive health service facility or place of religious worship and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 331	establishing a civil cause of action for civil rights violations.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 213	prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 847	written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1055	a victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1061	legalizing the possession of cannabis; medical cannabis; expunging or adjusting past convictions for marijuana-related crimes; regulating the production, processing, transportation, testing, and sale of cannabis; granting rule-making authority; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1001	the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1090	the statewide policy regarding homelessness, an income tax credit for property taxes paid by senior citizens, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 264	coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans.	enrolled	2025REG
SB 1079	Wisconsin Shares copayment amounts and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1012	the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 835	grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1045	legalizing the possession of cannabis; medical cannabis; expunging or adjusting past convictions for marijuana-related crimes; regulating the production, processing, transportation, testing, and sale of cannabis; granting rule-making authority; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 828	grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 958	creating the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 741	food waste reduction grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 834	courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 864	courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 769	food waste reduction grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 628	notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 263	coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and plans.	failed	2025REG
SB 444	identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1035	employment by a former member of the legislature as a lobbyist.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 635	notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 441	identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 462	employee misclassification; construction contractor registration; reporting state tax law violations committed by construction industry employers; and granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 978	online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1011	income eligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 1016	child care subsidies for custodial parents who are child care employees and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 974	a public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 475	grants for the provision of immigration-related civil legal services to individuals and families, county grants for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 446	grants for the provision of immigration-related civil legal services to individuals and families, county grants for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 859	the reimbursement rate for special education costs and school age parents programs and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 852	the reimbursement rate for special education costs and school age parents programs and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 528	school district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 516	school district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 632	issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 623	issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 881	funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 894	a victim protective services grant program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 991	funding for tribal child care training and technical assistance and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 992	references to like-kin under the Wisconsin Shares program.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1008	references to like-kin under the Wisconsin Shares program.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1015	Wisconsin Shares copayment amounts and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1017	child care subsidies for custodial parents who are child care employees and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1018	income eligibility for Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 1023	funding for tribal child care training and technical assistance and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 965	collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 852	farmland preservation implementation grants, maximum acres of agricultural enterprise areas, indexing the farmland preservation tax credit for inflation, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 790	creating the water fund for our future, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 851	the agricultural conservation easement purchase program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 840	the agricultural conservation easement purchase program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 807	grants to WisconsinEye for the establishment of an endowment fund, creating the Office of the Public Affairs Network to administer a public affairs network in Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 888	green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 876	green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 999	collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 847	grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 837	grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 736	free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 740	online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 641	the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 615	the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 735	online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 718	free state park admission for veterans and gold star families.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 471	unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 355	establishing a civil cause of action for civil rights violations.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 854	violence prevention grants and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 873	funding for crime victim services and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 467	unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 744	free state park admission for veterans and gold star families.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 842	violence prevention grants and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 889	creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 589	elimination of certain abortion-related regulations.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 547	elimination of certain abortion-related regulations.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 724	recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 733	recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 846	funding for Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grants, the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotion, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 850	spending cap for the Wisconsin agricultural exports program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 817	healthy food incentive program funding, payment processing equipment and services for farmers’ markets and farmers, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 823	spending cap for the Wisconsin agricultural exports program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 829	funding for Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grants, the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotion, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 841	farmland preservation implementation grants, maximum acres of agricultural enterprise areas, indexing the farmland preservation tax credit for inflation, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 855	synthetic digital representations and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 728	free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 815	synthetic digital representations and providing a penalty.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 378	prohibiting the state from sharing data with the federal government that contains personally identifiable information if the data is not first masked or otherwise anonymized and authorizing a civil cause of action for negligent violations of that prohibition.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 797	grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 762	grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 769	bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 765	bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 403	requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 398	requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 314	the pupil participation limit in the state parental choice program.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 320	grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 321	adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 324	prohibiting conversion therapy.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 330	waiting period for purchase of handguns.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 340	stipend payments for school social worker interns and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 342	coverage of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders under health insurance policies and plans.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 348	training to address student mental health and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 349	payment for school medical services.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 350	school mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 351	funding for University of Wisconsin System student health services and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 380	eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 396	the Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 401	coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 804	farm to fork grants, farm to school grants, matching funds for the federal farm to school program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 307	the pupil participation limit in the state parental choice program.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 314	adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 316	grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 324	waiting period for purchase of handguns.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 335	stipend payments for school social worker interns and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 336	funding for University of Wisconsin System student health services and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 337	training to address student mental health and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 338	coverage of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders under health insurance policies and plans.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 340	payment for school medical services.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 343	school mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 359	prohibiting conversion therapy.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 361	eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 402	coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 404	the Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
AB 823	healthy food incentive program funding, payment processing equipment and services for farmers’ markets and farmers, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 369	prohibiting the state from sharing data with the federal government that contains personally identifiable information if the data is not first masked or otherwise anonymized and authorizing a civil cause of action for negligent violations of that prohibition.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 770	farm to fork grants, farm to school grants, matching funds for the federal farm to school program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.	in_committee	2025REG
SB 271	right to bodily autonomy, elimination of certain abortion-related regulations, and coverage of abortion under certain health care coverage plans.	in_committee	2025REG