# Lori Palmeri

Lori Palmeri is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 54.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 54
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aef40b88-72b7-4001-b336-9210a55a2bde

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aef40b88-72b7-4001-b336-9210a55a2bde (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

Palmeri voted against the majority of Wisconsin House Democrats 16 times; party unity 92.2%, in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House (average 97.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.02), from 1,201 donors and 316 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 92.2% (97.6%). 16 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 378 bills: 378 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 74 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1188: Relating to: authorizing the creation of an emergency services district, authorizing an emergency services district to levy a property tax, and authorizing an… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1188/
- AB 1233: Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1233/
- AB 1177: Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1177/
- AB 1195: Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1195/
- AB 1190: Relating to: algorithmic pricing of essential consumer goods, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1190/
- AB 1204: Relating to: residency requirements for certain employees of a local governmental unit. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1204/
- AB 1166: Relating to: requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1166/
- AJR 151: Relating to: proclaiming February 2026 as Black History Month. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR151/
- AB 1191: Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1191/
- AB 1162: Relating to: a very large customer class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1162/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/54/Palmeri/
- Campaign site: https://www.palmeriforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/palmerifor54th
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lori.palmeri.54901
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/palmeriforassembly/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lpalmeri54901/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aef40b88-72b7-4001-b336-9210a55a2bde