# David Steffen

David Steffen is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 4
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2a067a93-dffc-4ce7-8975-d37fb67b4512

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a067a93-dffc-4ce7-8975-d37fb67b4512 (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

Steffen missed 5.7% of 245 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House (average 97.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.02), from 660 donors and 538 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 94.2% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 99.3% (97.6%). 1 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 142 bills: 142 reached committee, 56 passed one chamber, 39 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 33 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1107: Relating to: requiring carbon monoxide detectors in child care centers and schools, grants for placing carbon monoxide detectors in schools, and making an… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1107/
- 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 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 1071: Relating to: testing and labeling related to toxic heavy metals in baby food and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1071/
- AJR 140: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR140/
- AB 1019: Relating to: state parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1019/
- AB 1003: Relating to: the voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1003/
- AB 983: Relating to: surplus property held by the Department of Transportation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB983/
- AB 990: Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB990/
- AB 963: Relating to: social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB963/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/04/steffen/
- Campaign site: https://steffen4wisconsin.com/
- X: https://x.com/repsteffen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepSteffen

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2a067a93-dffc-4ce7-8975-d37fb67b4512