🤔 Evolution? Flip-flop? Playing both sides? Here’s a head-scratcher worth talking about: Rep. Bob Donovan — a Republican legislator from the 61st Assembly District — has a mixed track record when it comes to Wisconsin’s hemp bills: 🌿 Authored a bill that effectively bans hemp🌿 Co-sponsored the Three Tier bill🌿 Then, reportedly told a hemp…
Clicking on the maps it looks like the old Assembly District 84 morphs into the 61st Assembly District with some slight changes in district lines. Republican Bob Donovan currently holds the title of Representative of the 84th District, but under the new maps he does not live in the new 61st Assembly District and Donovan…
Clicking on the maps it looks like the old Assembly District 84 morphs into the 61st Assembly District with some slight changes in district lines. Republican Bob Donovan currently holds the title of Representative of the 84th District, but under the new maps he does not live in the new 61st Assembly District. Will all…
Wisconsin Democrats have drawn a clear line heading into the 2026 election cycle — and they are unified! The 2026 cannabis legalization proposal (Wisconsin Senate Bill 1045) launched with overwhelming Democratic support. In the Senate, 14 out of 15 Democratic Senators signed on as co-sponsors. The lone holdout? Veteran Senator Bob Wirch, who declined to…
Showdown Begins in Wisconsin Legislature as Competing Hemp Bills Head Toward Public Hearings MADISON, WI — A key public hearing has now been scheduled in the Wisconsin State Senate for Senate Bill 682, the Testin/Kurtz hemp regulation bill. The hearing will take place January 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., with three other bills slated to be heard in committee…
Let’s start with AB 606 / SB 681 as a review. The “Three Tier Bill“ a hemp Regulation bill labeled as “A Bad Deal for Farmers, Small Businesses, and Consumers” Assembly Bill 606 and was introduced on October 29th, 2025 and Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Brooks, Novak, Steffen, Wittke, Snyder, Moses, Mursau, Summerfield, Dallman, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Nedweski, Penterman, Tucker and Tusler;cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Pfaff (D), James and Tomczyk In the Assembly, the bill author, Rob…
Wisconsin Elected Officials 2025-26 Wisconsin State Senate Republican Senators 1 Julian Bradley (New Berlin) – Bradley comes out against recreational marijuana, but understands people turn to marijuana for medicinal purposes, his concern is he wants to insure it goes through the same process that any drug would before it is legalized for medicinal purposes and…
Here is the testimony from the Public Hearing for AB 606 – Three Tier Hemp Regulation Bill. Wisconsin’s New “Hemp Regulation” Bill: A Bad Deal for Farmers, Small Businesses, and Consumers Assembly Bill 606 and was introduced on October 29th, 2025 and Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Brooks, Novak, Steffen, Wittke, Snyder, Moses, Mursau, Summerfield, Dallman, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Nedweski, Penterman, Tucker and Tusler;cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Pfaff (D), James and Tomczyk In the Assembly, the bill author, Rob Swearingen…
We knew it was coming, it was a just a matter of when and who. Republican lawmakers chose to not fund our Wisconsin Hemp Pilot program a few years back to make it permanent, if they did, the state would have continued to run the program and make the rules. Instead, the program was kicked…
Bridging Cigar Lounges and Cannabis Reform in Wisconsin: Challenges and Opportunities Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 451 (AB 451 2023-24)), introduced by Representative Nate Gustafson and supported by bipartisan co-sponsors, seeks to open the door for new cigar lounges after more than a decade of restrictions. The current law limits cigar lounges to businesses established before 2009,…
Wisconsin Assembly District 7 includes parts of Milwaukee, West Allis and Greenfield. According to WisPolitics, Democrat Daniel Riemer and Republican Bob Donovan were drawn into the district under new legislative maps. Riemer is not running. Donovan (opposed to reform) is running in a highly competitive assembly race in the 61st District against Democrat Luann Bird. The…
Assembly Districts BOLD NAMES ARE PRIMARY WINNERS Races without links = one or more candidates have no response / not enough information for an article. (I) = Incumbent Assembly District 1: Republicans Kitchens (I) vs Swagel. Kitchens is yes to medical and decriminalization. Assembly District 4: Republicans Steffen (I) vs Darwin Behnke Assembly District 4:…
The new maps have both parties worked up and since it is election time again candidates are coming out from where ever they were and will be asking for your vote. The new maps are going to make strange bed fellows when some Incumbents are faced with the reality of challenging a fellow incumbent or…
The stages are set for the General Election on November 8th, 2022. We have documented below information about candidates feelings and actions about marijuana reform. We hope you find this information helpful when it comes time to vote. There are of course a few candidates with no response or stance unknown, we will update those…
Wisconsin Governor Race – Republican Primary August 9th, 2022 Rebecca Kleefisch, Timothy Ramthun and Tim Michels are not supporting reforming cannabis laws. Neither was Kevin Nicholson who dropped out of the race in July 2022. Michels, Kleefisch, Nicholson and Ramthun said they would not even sign a medical marijuana bill into law if they are…
WORK IN PROGRESS (WIP) Last updated 01/12/2023 Assembly District # – Name – Occupation – Stance on Marijuana A=Adult Use M=Medical LM=Limited Medical (Pill only) D=Decriminalization 1 Joel Kitchens (R – WI): Large animal veterinarian. M/D 2 Shae Sortwell (R – WI): Former U.S. Army Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve Chemical Corps, 2009–2018. A/M/D 3 Ron Tusler (R –…
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