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Tom Tiffany

U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th District since 2020. Running with David Varnam for lieutenant governor. Campaign affiliation: Republican.

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Tom Tiffany

Background

  • U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th District since winning a special election in May 2020.
  • Elected to the state Assembly in 2010 and the state Senate in 2012.
  • Grew up on a dairy farm near Elmwood and worked as a dam tender.
  • His running mate for lieutenant governor is David Varnam.

What they say they want to do

  • End what he calls the 400-year property tax increase, then freeze property taxes.
  • Cut income taxes 10 percent for working families earning under $150,000.
  • End state income taxes on tips and overtime.
  • Ban China and other foreign adversaries from buying Wisconsin farmland and homes.
  • Audit every state agency and program for waste and fraud.

What the official record shows

  • Mar 11, 2013 Lead Senate author of the iron mining bill, which passed the Senate 17-16 and became 2013 Wisconsin Act 1.
  • Dec 11, 2017 Lead author of the 2017 bill ending the sulfide mining moratorium. It passed as the Assembly's copy and became 2017 Wisconsin Act 134.
  • Dec 18, 2025 Voted yes on the gray wolf delisting bill, which passed the House 211-204. It is not law.
  • Jan 8, 2026 Voted no on extending the larger health insurance tax credits. The bill passed the House 230-196.
  • Feb 11, 2026 His bill to make the Apostle Islands a national park cleared a House committee 20-17.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, and state law limits how that data may be reused, so we link to it instead.

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Tom Tiffany

Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he wrote the bill to take the gray wolf off the endangered list, and that it passed the House with votes from both parties.

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

Congress lists Lauren Boebert as sponsor and him as a cosponsor from day one, his office says they introduced it together, and it passed the House 211-204 with five Democratic votes.

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What they say

His House office says he wrote the bill to take the gray wolf off the endangered list, and that it passed the House with votes from both parties.

“He authored the Pet and Livestock Protection Act”

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

The bill, H.R. 845, names Rep. Lauren Boebert as sponsor. Tiffany signed on as a cosponsor the day it was filed. The House passed it 211-204 on December 18, 2025, with his vote and five Democratic votes. It has sat in a Senate committee since.

Limit: Congress lists one sponsor per bill, so the record can't show who wrote it. His office's earlier release says he and Boebert introduced it together.

Tom Tiffany

Health insurance costs

Matches stated direction

What they say

He says extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies would bail out insurers, and that more choice and competition would lower premiums instead.

What the record shows · Jan 8, 2026

He voted for a bill expanding association health plans and against one extending the larger premium tax credits, and neither is law.

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What they say

He says extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies would bail out insurers, and that more choice and competition would lower premiums instead.

“bailing out insurers again is not the solution”

What the record shows · Jan 8, 2026

He voted for H.R. 6703, which expands association health plans, adds oversight of drug-benefit managers and funds cost-sharing payments. It passed 216-211. Three weeks later he voted against H.R. 1834, which extends the larger premium tax credits. It passed 230-196. Neither is law.

Limit: His votes match what he said. Whether either bill would lower premiums is a forecast this record can't test.

Tom Tiffany

A land bill for a Wabeno business

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says his bill to help a small business in Wabeno passed the House.

What the record shows · Jul 22, 2025

His bill to transfer national forest land to a Wabeno concrete company passed the House 410-1 in July 2025, and the Senate has not voted on it.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His House office says his bill to help a small business in Wabeno passed the House.

“Tiffany's Legislation to Help Wabeno Small Business Clears House”

What the record shows · Jul 22, 2025

He sponsored H.R. 3937, which would transfer a piece of national forest land to a Wabeno concrete company. The House passed it 410-1 on July 22, 2025. A Senate committee backed it in June 2026, and it has been on the Senate calendar since July 2026.

Limit: Passing the House is not becoming law. The Senate has not voted.

Tom Tiffany

Making the Apostle Islands a national park

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says his bill to make the Apostle Islands Wisconsin's first national park cleared a House committee.

What the record shows · Feb 11, 2026

The Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 on February 11, 2026 to send his bill to the House with changes, and the House has not voted on it.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His House office says his bill to make the Apostle Islands Wisconsin's first national park cleared a House committee.

“Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources”

What the record shows · Feb 11, 2026

He introduced H.R. 5497 in September 2025. On February 11, 2026, the Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 to send it to the House, with changes. The House has not voted on it.

Limit: A committee vote is an early step. The bill is not law.

Tom Tiffany

Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

Running for governor, he said he helped write the state's last mining law, and that it gave local communities control.

“We also provided for local control”

What the record shows · Dec 11, 2017

In 2017 he was lead author of Senate Bill 395, which ended the state's “prove it first” limit on sulfide mining. It passed as the Assembly's copy, which he cosponsored and voted for, and became 2017 Wisconsin Act 134. The Act has the state post mine plans locally and notify local clerks and libraries, but notice to local governments was already law. It also repealed the section that let local governments take part as a party in the permit hearing.

Limit: He didn't name the bill; we read it as the 2017 law, the last one he led. Mines must still meet local zoning, but that rule is older than the Act, and local governments can still ask for a hearing after the state decides.

Tom Tiffany

Federal taxes on tips and overtime

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign site says he voted to end federal taxes on tips and overtime.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for the 2025 law letting workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 of extra overtime pay through 2028, which caps the tax break rather than ending the tax.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign site says he voted to end federal taxes on tips and overtime.

“I voted to eliminate federal taxes on tips and overtime”

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for H.R. 1 in May and July 2025. It became law on July 4, 2025. It lets workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $12,500 of the extra pay for overtime from federal income tax, through 2028. The deductions shrink for incomes over $150,000.

Limit: His vote is on record. The law caps the tax break and ends it after 2028; it doesn't end the tax.

Tom Tiffany

Keeping power plants open

Matches stated direction

What they say

In a 2025 letter, he asked Wisconsin's utility regulators to keep all of the state's power plants running and not close coal plants early.

What the record shows · Dec 16, 2025

He voted for a House bill letting federal regulators order a plant to keep running if service is likely to fall short, which passed 222-202 and is not law.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In a 2025 letter, he asked Wisconsin's utility regulators to keep all of the state's power plants running and not close coal plants early.

“we must keep all of our current power plants online”

What the record shows · Dec 16, 2025

He voted for H.R. 3632, which would let federal regulators, on a complaint from a state utility commission or grid operator, order a power plant to keep running if service is likely to fall short. It would also make owners give five years' notice before closing one. It passed the House 222-202 on December 16, 2025, and sits in a Senate committee.

Limit: His letter asked state regulators to keep plants open; this bill would let federal regulators order it. It is not law.

Tom Tiffany

Writing state budgets

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he helped write three state budgets as a legislator, and that he helped write the 2019 budget, which he said had the largest increase in school funding and a tax cut.

What the record shows · Jul 3, 2019

He sat on the budget committee in 2015, 2017 and 2019, and voted for the 2019 budget in committee and in the Senate, which cut the second income tax bracket rate.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he helped write three state budgets as a legislator, and that he helped write the 2019 budget, which he said had the largest increase in school funding and a tax cut.

What the record shows · Jul 3, 2019

He sat on the Legislature's budget committee, the Joint Committee on Finance, in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 sessions. In June 2019 the committee voted 12-4 to send that year's budget, Assembly Bill 56, to the floor; he was one of the 12. He voted for it in the Senate, where it passed 17-16. Governor Evers signed it with partial vetoes on July 3, 2019, as 2019 Wisconsin Act 9. The Act lowered the rate on the second income tax bracket from 5.84 to 5.21 percent.

Limit: The committee writes the budget as a group; the record can't show his own part. We checked his votes only on the 2019 budget. We did not total that budget's tax changes, or check his claims that taxes went down in every budget and that 2019 had the largest school funding increase.

Tom Tiffany

Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he was one of the lawmakers who voted to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission about a decade ago.

What the record shows · Dec 16, 2015

He voted for the 2015 bill that reorganized the Government Accountability Board and set up the Elections Commission; it passed the Senate 18-14.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he was one of the lawmakers who voted to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission about a decade ago.

What the record shows · Dec 16, 2015

Assembly Bill 388 reorganized the Government Accountability Board, and the law it became sets up the Elections Commission. He voted for it in the Senate on November 6, 2015, where it passed 18-14. The governor signed it with a partial veto on December 16, 2015, as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118.

Limit: This checks his vote, not how the Commission has worked since.

Tom Tiffany

Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said that as a state senator about a decade ago he voted for a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, about five months, and that it is now Wisconsin law.

What the record shows · Jul 20, 2015

He voted for the 2015 bill banning abortion at 20 or more weeks after fertilization, with a medical emergency exception, and it is still in state law.

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What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said that as a state senator about a decade ago he voted for a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, about five months, and that it is now Wisconsin law.

What the record shows · Jul 20, 2015

Senate Bill 179 bans abortion once the probable postfertilization age is 20 weeks or more, unless the woman faces a medical emergency. He voted for it on June 9, 2015; it passed the Senate 19-14 and the Assembly 61-34. The governor signed it on July 20, 2015, as 2015 Wisconsin Act 56. The ban is still in the state statutes, section 253.107.

Limit: The law counts the 20 weeks from fertilization. Its exception is a medical emergency.

Tom Tiffany

The federal rural health fund

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said Congress authorized a $50 billion rural health program, and that Wisconsin will get $200 million from it.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for the final 2025 law that sets aside $50 billion over five years for rural health; Wisconsin's first-year award is about $203.7 million.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said Congress authorized a $50 billion rural health program, and that Wisconsin will get $200 million from it.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

The Rural Health Transformation Program is in the final version of H.R. 1. He voted for that final bill on July 3, 2025, and it became law on July 4, 2025. It sets aside $10 billion a year for 2026 through 2030, $50 billion in all, for the program. Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says it received a first-year award of $203,670,005 from CMS.

Limit: $200 million is Wisconsin's first-year award; the later years have not been announced. His separate claim of $1 billion more for Medicaid was not checked.

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Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. Occurred Aug 26, 2026

    race event

    The ballot is set

    The official sample ballot prints two tickets for governor: Tiffany and Varnam, and Crowley and Godlewski, plus a write-in line.

  2. Occurred Jan 8, 2026

    race event

    Tiffany votes no on health credits

    The House passes H.R. 1834, extending the larger premium tax credits, 230-196. Tiffany votes no.

  3. Occurred Dec 18, 2025

    race event

    House passes wolf bill

    H.R. 845 passes 211-204, with Tiffany's vote. It has not moved in the Senate.

  4. Occurred Jul 4, 2025

    race event

    Tips and overtime tax break becomes law

    H.R. 1 becomes law after the House agrees to it 218-214, with Tiffany's vote.

  5. Occurred Jun 29, 2019

    race event

    Youth prison follow-up law

    2019 Wisconsin Act 8 becomes law. Crowley was a co-author in the Assembly and Tiffany a cosponsor in the Senate.

  6. Occurred Dec 11, 2017

    race event

    Sulfide mining moratorium ends

    The bill Tiffany led becomes 2017 Wisconsin Act 134, passed as the Assembly's copy. The Senate vote was 19-14, with his vote.

  7. Occurred Mar 11, 2013

    race event

    Tiffany's iron mining bill becomes law

    The iron mining bill he led in the state Senate becomes 2013 Wisconsin Act 1. It had passed the Senate 17-16.

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Sources58 source records

How we use sources

  1. Rep. Thomas P. Tiffany, member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-tiffany/T000165

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Wisconsin's 7th District, service beginning in the 116th Congress in 2020. Bioguide ID taken from the by-state member list.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money

  2. About Rep. Tom Tiffanyhttps://tiffany.house.gov/about

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His House office's biography: elected in a May 2020 special election, earlier in the state Assembly and Senate, raised on a dairy farm near Elmwood.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Senator Thomas Tiffany, 2019 sessionhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/senate/1922

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Legislature's biography: dam tender for the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company; elected to the Assembly in 2010 and the Senate from 2012.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Official sample ballot, November 3, 2026 (document)

    La Crosse County Clerk · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Prints two tickets for governor and lieutenant governor, Tiffany and Varnam (Republican) and Crowley and Godlewski (Democratic), plus a write-in line. Read 2026-09-23; sha256 1dbfdb40.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The ballot is set

  5. Tom Tiffany's Plan for a Brighter Future for Wisconsinhttps://tomtiffany.com/solutions/

    Tiffany for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His governor platform. Confirmed as his: the campaign site's other pages carry a “Paid for by Tiffany for Wisconsin” line. The site blocks our reader, so the owner loaded it in a browser on 2026-09-23, and quotes are checked against that saved copy.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Federal taxes on tips and overtime

  6. 2013 Senate Bill 1, iron mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/proposals/sb1

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced by Senators Tiffany and others. Passed the Senate 17-16 and the Assembly 58-39; approved by the Governor 2013-03-11 as 2013 Wisconsin Act 1.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Tiffany's iron mining bill becomes law

  7. 2017 Senate Bill 395, nonferrous metallic mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/sb395

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced 2017-08-29 by Senators Tiffany, Fitzgerald and others. Repeals s. 293.50, the sulfide mining moratorium. Failed to pass 2018-03-28 without a Senate floor vote. Same relating clause and repeal list as AB 499 as introduced.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Sulfide mining moratorium ends

  8. 2017 Assembly Bill 499, nonferrous metallic mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/ab499

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Assembly copy of SB 395. Introduced by Rep. Hutton and others, cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Fitzgerald and others. Passed the Assembly 53-38 on 2017-11-02; the Senate concurred 19-14 on 2017-11-07. Approved by the Governor 2017-12-11 as 2017 Wisconsin Act 134.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Sulfide mining moratorium ends

  9. H.R. 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Boebert. Tiffany is an original cosponsor, dated 2025-01-31, one of 37. Passed the House 2025-12-18; referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee the same day, with no action since.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list; House passes wolf bill

  10. House roll call 360, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 845, 2025-12-18. Passed 211-204; five Democrats voted yes. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list; House passes wolf bill

  11. H.R. 1834 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1834eh/html/BILLS-119hr1834eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    As passed, it extends the enhanced premium tax credit for marketplace health insurance. On the Senate calendar since 2026-02-10; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health insurance costs; Tiffany votes no on health credits

  12. House roll call 11, 2026 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08. Passed 230-196. Tiffany: Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Health insurance costs; Tiffany votes no on health credits

  13. H.R. 5497, Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5497

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Tiffany, introduced 2025-09-18. The Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 on 2026-02-11 to report it with changes. No House vote.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Making the Apostle Islands a national park

  14. Campaign finance: search data and view filed reportshttps://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/CampaignFinance/ViewReports.aspx

    Wisconsin Ethics Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Where state candidates, including for governor, file their campaign finance reports (the Sunshine system).

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  15. Wis. Stat. § 11.1304(12)https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/11/xiii/1304/12

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says information copied from these reports may not be sold or used for any commercial purpose. This site carries ads, so it links to the filings instead of reproducing them.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  16. Tiffany applauds White House's action to delist gray wolveshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-applauds-white-houses-action-delist-gray-wolves

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His House office says he wrote the Pet and Livestock Protection Act and that it passed the House.

    official office record

    For: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list

  17. U.S. House passes Rep. Tiffany's bill to delist the gray wolfhttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-passes-rep-tiffanys-bill-delist-gray-wolf

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Dec 18, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on House passage. It says the bill was introduced by Tiffany and Rep. Lauren Boebert.

    official office record

    For: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list

  18. Tiffany statement on vote to lower health care premiumshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-statement-vote-lower-health-care-premiums

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Dec 17, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His statement after voting for H.R. 6703.

    official office record

    For: Health insurance costs

  19. H.R. 6703, Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6703eh/html/BILLS-119hr6703eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Covers association health plans, oversight of pharmacy benefit managers and funding for cost-sharing reduction payments. Received in the Senate 2025-12-18; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Health insurance costs

  20. House roll call 349, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 6703, 2025-12-17. Passed 216-211. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Health insurance costs

  21. Tiffany's legislation to help Wabeno small business clears Househttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffanys-legislation-help-wabeno-small-business-clears-house

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Jul 22, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on House passage of H.R. 3937.

    official office record

    For: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  22. H.R. 3937, Wabeno Economic Development Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3937

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Tiffany. Would convey national forest land to Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix, LLC. Passed the House 2025-07-22. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ordered it reported favorably 2026-06-10; on the Senate calendar since 2026-07-23; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  23. House roll call 215, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 3937 under suspension, 2025-07-22. Passed 410-1. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  24. Rep. Tiffany's bill to create Wisconsin's first national park clears House committeehttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffanys-bill-create-wisconsins-first-national-park-clears-house-committee

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on the committee vote on H.R. 5497.

    official office record

    For: Making the Apostle Islands a national park

  25. What Wisconsin's 2026 governor candidates say about mininghttps://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/what-wisconsins-2026-governor-candidates-say-about-mining/

    PBS Wisconsin · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Here & Now asked the candidates for governor about mining. Tiffany's answer is quoted in his own words. He does not name the bill; the report is about the 2017 repeal it says he led.

    original reporting

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  26. 2017 Senate vote 158, AB 499 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/votes/senate/sv0158

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    2017-11-07. Concurred 19-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Sulfide mining moratorium ends

  27. Act memo: 2017 Wisconsin Act 134 (document)

    Wisconsin Legislative Council · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says the Act repeals the rule that a sulfide mine applicant show a mine that ran, and one that closed, for 10 years without polluting water. It replaces the old permit hearing with an informational hearing; anyone aggrieved can ask for a contested hearing within 30 days after the state decides. Lists no change to local zoning or local agreements.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  28. 2017 Wisconsin Act 134 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The enacted text. Requires the state to make mine applications available in the city, village or town where the mine would be, and to send notice to local clerks and libraries. SECTION 32 repeals s. 293.43 (4), which let local governments take part as a party in the permit hearing; SECTION 34 repeals the hearing rules in s. 293.43 (5). sha256 12adb9fb.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  29. Wis. Stat. ch. 293, 2015-16 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The mining law before Act 134. It already required mailed notice of a permit hearing to the local towns, villages, cities and counties (s. 293.43 (3)), let those governments take part as a party in the hearing (s. 293.43 (4)) and paused the hearing until the mine showed it met local zoning (s. 293.43 (5) (e)). The zoning rule is s. 293.49 (1) (a) 6.; local agreements are s. 293.41; s. 293.50 was the moratorium. sha256 ae3846b5.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  30. Wis. Stat. ch. 293, current (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The mining law today. The zoning rule in s. 293.49 (1) (a) 6. and local agreements in s. 293.41 are still there. The local-government participation section, s. 293.43 (4), is gone.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  31. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington. Became Public Law 119-21.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; The federal rural health fund

  32. House roll call 145, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 1, 2025-05-22. Passed 215-214. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal taxes on tips and overtime

  33. House roll call 190, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The House agrees to the Senate's version of H.R. 1, 2025-07-03. Passed 218-214. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; The federal rural health fund; Tips and overtime tax break becomes law

  34. Public Law 119-21https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Signed July 4, 2025. Sections 70201 and 70202 create income tax deductions for tips (up to $25,000) and for the extra pay for overtime above the regular rate (up to $12,500, or $25,000 for couples). Both shrink above $150,000 of income ($300,000 for couples) and end after 2028. Section 71401 sets aside $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the Rural Health Transformation Program.

    official legislative record

    For: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; The federal rural health fund; Tips and overtime tax break becomes law

  35. Tiffany demands PSC prioritize baseload power sourceshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-demands-psc-prioritize-baseload-power-sources-ensure-affordable-energy

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Jun 5, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His letter to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission asking it not to close coal plants early.

    official office record

    For: Keeping power plants open

  36. H.R. 3632, Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3632eh/html/BILLS-119hr3632eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Lets federal regulators, on a complaint from a state commission or grid operator, order a generating unit to keep running, and requires five years' notice before a planned retirement. Referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2025-12-17; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Keeping power plants open

  37. House roll call 342, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 3632, 2025-12-16. Passed 222-202. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Keeping power plants open

  38. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on writing three budgetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=474s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    7:54. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Writing state budgets

  39. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the 2019 budgethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=983s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    16:23. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Writing state budgets

  40. 2015 Joint Committee on Finance, membershttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/committee/2015/1384

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany among the 16 members.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  41. 2017 Joint Committee on Finance, membershttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/committee/2017/1680

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany among the 16 members.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  42. Joint Committee on Finance, record of proceedings on 2019 Assembly Bill 56https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/related/records/joint/finance/1502194

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany as a member present. The motion to recommend AB 56 for passage as amended carried 12-4, Tiffany aye. The committee's 2019 member page no longer lists him; he left the Senate for the U.S. House in May 2020.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  43. 2019 Assembly Bill 56, the 2019-21 state budgethttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/ab56

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Assembly passed 60-39 on 2019-06-25; Senate concurred 17-16 on 2019-06-26; approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2019-07-03 as 2019 Wisconsin Act 9.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  44. 2019 Senate vote 44, AB 56 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/related/votes/senate/sv0044

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2019-06-26. Concurred 17-16. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  45. 2019 Wisconsin Act 9 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2019-07-03. Amends s. 71.06 (1q), the second-bracket individual income tax rate, from 5.84 percent to 5.21 percent.

    official legislative record

    For: Writing state budgets

  46. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the Elections Commissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2431s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    40:31. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  47. 2015 Assembly Bill 388, reorganizing the Government Accountability Boardhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/ab388

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Senate concurred as amended 18-14 on 2015-11-06; approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2015-12-16 as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118. Tiffany is not among its authors or cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  48. 2015 Senate vote 178, AB 388 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0178

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2015-11-06. Concurred 18-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  49. 2015 Wisconsin Act 118https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/118

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2015-12-16. Creates s. 5.025 (elections commission defined) and s. 15.61, the Elections Commission.

    official legislative record

    For: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  50. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the 20-week abortion lawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2587s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    43:07. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  51. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany repeats his 20-week votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2746s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    45:46. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video.

    candidate statement

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  52. 2015 Senate Bill 179, abortion at 20 or more weekshttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/sb179

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Senate passed 19-14 on 2015-06-09; Assembly concurred 61-34 on 2015-07-08; approved by the Governor 2015-07-20 as 2015 Wisconsin Act 56. Tiffany is not among its authors.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  53. 2015 Senate vote 61, SB 179 passagehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0061

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2015-06-09. Passed 19-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  54. 2015 Wisconsin Act 56https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/56

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2015-07-20. Creates s. 253.107: no abortion when the probable postfertilization age is 20 or more weeks, unless the woman is undergoing a medical emergency.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  55. Wis. Stat. § 253.107https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/253/107

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    The current statute still carries the 20-or-more-weeks limit.

    official legislative record

    For: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  56. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the rural health programhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=3267s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    54:27. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: The federal rural health fund

  57. Rural Health Transformation Programhttps://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/rhtp/index.htm

    Wisconsin Department of Health Services · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Says DHS received a first-year award from CMS of $203,670,005.21 and that CMS has not announced the later four years.

    official office record

    For: The federal rural health fund

  58. 2019 Assembly Bill 188, juvenile secure custody facilitieshttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/ab188

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced 2019-04-25 by 35 representatives including Crowley, with Senate cosponsors including Tiffany. Became 2019 Wisconsin Act 8, published 2019-06-29.

    official legislative record

    For: Youth prison follow-up law

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