Dianne Hesselbein - State Senator

Profile Snapshot

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Office

State Senator

State

Wisconsin

Jurisdiction

27

Serving

Currently serving

Term

2023 - Present

Born Madison, Wisconsin, March 10, 1971; married; 3 children. Graduate La Follette High School (Madison), 1989; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1993; M.A. Edgewood College, 1996. Full-time legislator. Member: Dane County Democratic Party; Friends of Pheasant Branch; Middleton Action Team; VFW Auxiliary Council. Former member: Parent Teacher Organization (president); Boy Scouts of America (cubmaster); Girl Scouts (troop leader); Monona Terrace Convention and Community Center Board. Elected to Middleton-Cross Plains Area Board of Education, 2005-08; Dane County Board of Supervisors, 2008-14; Assembly 2012–20. Assistant Minority Leader 2021, 2019, 2017. Elected to Senate 2022. Minority Caucus Vice Chair 2023. Member of Disability Board, Legislative State Supported Programs Study and Advisory Committee, Presidential Preference Selection Committee, Wisconsin Center District Board, Wisconsin Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission

Biography source: official page

Issue Activity

Stored voting recordsIssue tags where available

Uncategorized votes

1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Fiscal Responsibility

1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Education

1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Evidence & Sources

7/8 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 7 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

Dianne Hesselbein holds the office of State Senator
profile identity· OpenStates
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Voted yes on AB 913: Relating to: subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE)
roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-03-17source
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Voted no on SJR 116: Relating to: prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration).
roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-01-21source
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Voted no on AB 1: Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)
roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2025-03-18source
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Sponsored: Relating to: 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. (FE)
sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2026-02-12source
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Sponsored: Relating to: funding for the University of Wisconsin System freshwater collaborative and making an appropriation. (FE)
sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-12-12source
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Sponsored: Relating to: Veterans Benefits Education Week.
sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-12-02source
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Sponsored: Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools.
sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-05-20source
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