David Liners (D) Assembly District 21 Candidate Questionnaire Answers
Full Name
David Liners
Date
May 22, 2026
hello@davidliners.com
Phone Number
(414) 736-2099
Office Sought:
Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21
Do you currently or have you previously held public office?
No. This is my first time as a candidate.
Is there any cannabis related legislation you have sponsored, co-sponsored, or publicly supported? Would you like to provide a brief statement about your stance on cannabis reform?
In my previous job as an organizer, the organization I worked with supported de-criminalization going back many years, and have supported leganization in recent years.
Do you think individual states should keep their laws in line with federal laws regarding the legalization of cannabis?
Unsure – I Have Questions
Do you support ending federal prohibition of cannabis?
Yes
Do you support regulating the HDC (hemp derived cannabinoid) market created under the Industrial Hemp Program / Federal Farm Bill?
Yes
If answered YES to the above question about regulating HDC’s, would you support the 2025-26 legislation Senate Bill 682 and Asseembly Bill 747, commonly known as the Testin/Kurtz HDC Reg Bill?
Yes
Do you support legalizing and regulating the responsible use of cannabis by adults in the state of Wisconsin?
Yes
Would you support a two year moratorium implementing any excise tax to evaluate true administration/regulation costs before automatically attaching an exise tax to a regulation program?
Unsure – I Have Questions
If you support an excise tax above and beyond what is needed to administer a regulation program, what percentage of excise tax do you feel is appropriate? Where do you think excise tax should be spent?
If we have an excise tax, it should be in line with Illinois — including exempting medical use. It would seem that making sure our excise tax is lower than our three neighboring states for the first three years would make a lot of sense. There are so many things we need revenue for — it might make the most sense for this to go toward health care for low-income people.
