Representative
Elijah Behnke
| Seat | Assembly District 6 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 219 North · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | State Capitol Room 219 North, P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 53708 |
| Capitol phone | 608-237-9106 |
| Legislative assistant | Seth Allen, Bradley Petersen |
| Write to | rep.behnke@legis.wisconsin.gov (official address) |
| Hometown | Town of Angelica |
| Tenure | Serving since April 2021 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 7
- Assembly Constitution and Ethics Committee Vice chair standing
- Assembly Rural Development Committee Chair standing
- Assembly Agriculture Committee standing
- Assembly Consumer Protection Committee standing
- Assembly Environment Committee standing
- Assembly Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention Committee standing
- Joint State-Tribal Relations Special Committee joint
Bills, 2025 to 2026 session 403 as principal author · 0 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- AB 913Relating to: subtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and Reserves. (FE)Enacted100
- AJR 10Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).Enacted100
- AJR 102Relating to: prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration).Enacted100
- AJR 133Relating to: legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).Enacted100
- AB 253Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 373Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an…Enacted100
- AB 374Relating to: compliance with the federal Electoral Count Reform Act. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 445Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 601Relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.Enacted100
- AB 923Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion.Enacted100
- AB 957Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 958Relating to: position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcement. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 964Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime…Enacted100
- AB 966Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 969Relating to: the drug repository program.Enacted100
All 403 bills as principal author ›
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 2025 to 2026 session
92nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 400 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 246 / 144 / 90 |
| … became law | 53 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Assembly majority average | 979 ÷ 427.57 = 2.29 |
| Most-authored topics | Criminal justice & public safety (77), Business, jobs & the economy (71), State government & agencies (69) |
Assembly rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026
Most bills written together
- Barbara Dittrich RAssembly 99 242
- Dave Murphy RAssembly 56 230
- Rob Kreibich RAssembly 28 229
- Jerry O'Connor RAssembly 60 224
- Dan Knodl RAssembly 24 223
- Chuck Wichgers RAssembly 84 202
- Jeff Mursau RAssembly 36 193
- Rick Gundrum RAssembly 58 181
- Jim Piwowarczyk RAssembly 98 159
- Joy Goeben RAssembly 5 156
“Written together” = 2025 to 2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 6
- Counties
- Brown, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca
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- Senate members sharing a county
- André Jacque (1), Eric Wimberger (2), Mary Felzkowski (12), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (19), Cory Tomczyk (29), Jamie Wall (30)
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Lobbyist reports naming this member 2025 to 2026
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Source
Copied from https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2845 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Wisconsin State Assembly.