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D Wisconsin House · District 65 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Ben DeSmidt

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Total votes
245
all sessions
Attendance
100%
of floor votes
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Sponsored
389
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
245 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
93
voted in favor
Nay
152
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
245
across all sessions
Crossed party
11
votes against own party
This page
245
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
AB 66
Relating to: dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.
Nay
Passed
52–44
Mar 13, 2025
AB 75
Relating to: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)
Nay
Passed
53–44
Mar 13, 2025
AB 91
Relating to: the requirement that first class cities and first class city school districts place school resource officers in schools. (FE)
Nay
Passed
52–45
Mar 13, 2025
AB 4
Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria. (FE)
Nay
Passed
51–47
Feb 19, 2025
AB 6
Relating to: requiring a school board to spend at least 70 percent of its operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and annual pay increases for school administrators. (FE)
Nay
Passed
53–44
Feb 19, 2025
AB 3
Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)
Nay
Passed
50–47
Feb 19, 2025
AB 2
Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Nay
Passed
52–46
Feb 19, 2025
AB 1
Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)
Nay
Passed
53–45
Feb 19, 2025
AB 6
Relating to: requiring a school board to spend at least 70 percent of its operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and annual pay increases for school administrators. (FE)
Nay
Passed
52–45
Feb 19, 2025
AB 4
Relating to: required instruction in civics in the elementary and high school grades, high school graduation requirements, and private school educational program criteria. (FE)
Nay
Passed
53–45
Feb 19, 2025
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