Milwaukee City Wire

Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican elected in 2025 to represent Wisconsin's 99th House district, has used her social media platform to address several legislative and policy issues relevant to her constituents. In a series of posts on September 4, 2025, Dittrich highlighted concerns about highway safety, state agency language changes, and mental health initiatives.

On the morning of September 4, Dittrich wrote: "My fellow Waukesha County colleagues and I have followed through on the solid data that clearly makes the case for addressing safety issues on I-94 from Hwy SS to the western county line. Today, a bipartisan group of us requested that DOT Secretary Boardman recommend a study for https://t.co/PGopGBREra" (posted at 00:03 UTC).

Later that day, she expressed concern over recent actions by the Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding terminology in prenatal care rules: "Instead of DHS focusing on best prenatal care for mothers, they are shaping rules that erase words like 'mother' and 'father.' It's disturbing, disgusting, and the rougue majority on Wisconsin's State Supreme Court have made sure there is little we in the legislature can do about https://t.co/mjBOopzp28" (posted at 14:42 UTC).

In another post later that afternoon, Dittrich described legislative efforts around mental health support during Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month: "Yesterday, the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention really started out Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month out right with a public hearing on AB 309, which will help with getting people who call 911 more smoothly connected to the 988 https://t.co/eBB1kqKAiD" (posted at 17:13 UTC).

Dittrich succeeded Cindi Duchow as representative for Wisconsin’s 99th House district after winning election in 2025.