Our Priorities
Climate Justice
Combatting climate change while centering racial equity:
- Cutting greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030
- Establishing community air monitoring programs
- Leading a Just Transition of fossil fuel workers into green energy fields
- Creating transitional green jobs to provide new opportunities for unemployed and underemployed individuals
Housing
Helping homeowners to stay in their homes as well as protecting and expanding renters' rights
- Heritage homeownership
- Repealing the Uniformity Clause
- Requiring local home inspections to ensure renter safety
Health
Focusing on improving the health and wellness of folks in the 17th Assembly District:
- Prescription Drug Affordability
- Addressing equity in Maternal and Newborn Health policies
- Increasing the quality and quantity of Mental Health services and resources
Criminal Justice
Encouraging holistic approaches to criminal justice:
- Codifying the 5 E's (Education, Engagement, Equity, Engineering, and Enforcement) to combat reckless driving
- Decertifying police officers that abuse use-of-force
- Investing in social work programs and rehabilitation alternatives to imprisonment
- Improving living conditions for incarcerated individuals
Authored Legislation
2023-24 Legislative Session
AB 207
The Counseling Interstate Licensing Compact
AB 596
A Path to Restore Voting Rights for Convicted Felons
AB 1217
Worker Equity: Tax incentives for businesses converting to an employee ownership structure
AB 1222
Decertification of law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers that violate use-of-force protocol
Co-authored Legislation
2023-24 Legislative Session
AB 37
Record Expungement
AB 114
Medicaid expansion for postpartum women
AB 340
Driving down insurance costs for maternal and newborn health care
AB 374
Selling hearing aids over-the-counter
AB 394
Driver education grants to reduce reckless driving
AB 402
Universal baby changing stations
AB 506
Legalization of Marijuana
AB 509
Returning prevailing wage requirements to Wisconsin
AB 747
Creating a Wisconsin Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board
AB 887
Lead service line replacement
AB 940
Funding for victim and domestic abuse services