Senator
Jesse James
| Seat | Senate District 23 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 319 South · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | State Capitol Room 319 South, P.O. Box 7882, 2 E. Main St., Madison, WI 53707 |
| Capitol phone | 608-266-7511 |
| Legislative assistant | Jayden Hoover, Johnny Humphrey |
| Write to | sen.james@legis.wisconsin.gov (official address) |
| Hometown | Thorp |
| Tenure | Serving since January 3, 2023 (also served Assembly 2019 to 2022) |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 4
- Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families Committee Chair standing
- Senate Health Committee standing
- Senate Utilities, Technology and Tourism Committee standing
Bills, 2025 to 2026 session 183 as principal author · 0 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 181Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure…Enacted100
- SB 392Relating to: driver education instruction related to school bus safety.Enacted100
- SB 533Relating to: intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty.Enacted100
- SB 810Relating to: reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)Enacted100
- SB 191Relating to: requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official…Enacted100
- SB 391Relating to: equipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devices.Enacted100
- SB 474Relating to: fire suppression products derived from soybeans.Enacted100
- SB 485Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter…Enacted100
- SB 556Relating to: providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. (FE)Enacted100
- SB 832Relating to: remote dispensing sites under the pharmacy practice law.Enacted100
- SB 448Relating to: the use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.Enacted100
- SB 23Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)Enacted100
- SB 264Relating to: coverage of breast cancer screenings by the Medical Assistance program and health insurance policies and…Enacted100
- SB 309Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis…Enacted100
- SB 66Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.Enacted100
All 183 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
72nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 183 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 121 / 43 / 33 |
| … became law | 28 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 413 ÷ 288.50 = 1.43 |
| Most-authored topics | Health & mental health (57), Criminal justice & public safety (49), State government & agencies (38) |
Senate 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
- Howard Marklein RSenate 17 53
- Van Wanggaard RSenate 21 53
- Mark Spreitzer DSenate 15 45
- Cory Tomczyk RSenate 29 43
- Steve Nass RSenate 11 42
- Romaine Quinn RSenate 25 39
- Dan Feyen RSenate 20 37
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim DSenate 18 37
- Melissa Ratcliff DSenate 16 37
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara RSenate 19 37
“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 23
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- Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Marathon, Price, Rusk, Taylor
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- Rob Kreibich (28), Calvin Callahan (35), Dave Armstrong (67), Rob Summerfield (68), Karen Hurd (69), Pat Snyder (85), John Spiros (86), Brent Jacobson (87), Jodi Emerson (91), Clint Moses (92), Christian Phelps (93)
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Source
Copied from https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2815 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Wisconsin State Senate.