# Dan Knodl

Dan Knodl is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 24
- Serving since: 2009-01-05
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1152309b-c82f-4660-bd5d-3e16322f1200

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1152309b-c82f-4660-bd5d-3e16322f1200 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Knodl sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.02), from 922 donors and 636 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 99.3% (97.6%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 1 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for qualified tips and for qualified overtime compensation; state aid for school districts; surplus refund… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2026S1/AB1/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB181/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 659 Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB659/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 997 Relating to: funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB997/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 439 Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB439/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 812 Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB812/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 870 Relating to: adopting changes to the federal Internal Revenue Code for state tax purposes and modifying administrative rules related to such changes.… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB870/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 996 Relating to: contributions by the Department of Financial Institutions to Trump accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB996/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 957 Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB957/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 501 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB501/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 393 bills: 393 reached committee, 160 passed one chamber, 101 passed both, 59 became law. Cosponsored 0. 67.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 40 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1167: Relating to: prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a… (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1167/
- AB 1095: Relating to: speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the… (in committee, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1095/
- AB 1115: Relating to: the assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1115/
- AB 1081: Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1081/
- AB 1039: Relating to: penalty for the terrorist crimes against the occupants of a church and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1039/
- AB 1078: Relating to: creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1078/
- AB 1062: Relating to: prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1062/
- AB 1079: Relating to: creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1079/
- AB 1053: Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1053/
- AJR 142: Relating to: celebrating the 115th anniversary of the founding of Scouting America. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR142/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/24/knodl
- Campaign site: https://www.danknodl.org/
- X: https://x.com/DanKnodlforWI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057930585553
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dan.knodl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danknodl/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1152309b-c82f-4660-bd5d-3e16322f1200