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Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith

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State Senator

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Roll-call votes
2
Sponsored bills
0
Statements
0
Finance records

Profile Snapshot

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Office
State Senator
State
Wisconsin
Jurisdiction
31
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2019 - Present

Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, March 15, 1955; married; 2 children. Graduate Eau Claire North High School, 1973. Former owner/operator of window cleaning business, 1973–2011; community organizer for Western Wisconsin Organizing Cooperative of Citizen Action, 2016—18. Member Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce; Wisconsin Farmers Union Former member: Valley Gospel Choir (president); Eau Claire Male Chorus; Eau Claire Kiwanis Club; Eau Claire Area School District Parent Advisory Committee (founder and chair); Eau Claire Family Resource Center (board member); Governor’s Task Force for Educational Excellence; Wisconsin PTA state board; DPI Parent Leadership Corps; Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools; Township Fire Department (vice president of board of directors); Tainter-Menomin Lake Improvement Association (board member); University of Wisconsin Extension Community Partner Advisory Group. Elected to Town of Brunswick Board (chair), 2001-2007; Assembly 2006–10. Elected to Senate since 2018. Leadership positions: Assistant Minority Leader 2023; Minority Caucus Chair 2021. Member of Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

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

5/6 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 5 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

  • Jeff Smith holds the office of State Senator
    profile identity· OpenStates
    Partial
  • 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
    Verified
  • 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
    Verified
  • 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
    Verified
  • 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
    Verified
  • Sponsored: Relating to: Veterans Benefits Education Week.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2025-12-02source
    Verified
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