Education
Neylon was raised in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and then graduated from Harry Doctorate. Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Illinois, and then from Carroll University.
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At Carroll, he played second base on the baseball team Neylon is the owner of a commercial window cleaning company. On April 2, 2013, in a special election Neylon was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican from Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
He ran unopposed in the general election.
After the election, the conservative website Right Wisconsin said Neylon was poised to become a rising star in Madison. During the 2013-2015 state budget debate, he championed issues like tax cuts, reduced long-term borrowing, and fought against deoxyribonucleic acid collection upon arrest.
According to journalist Steven Walters, he was one of the Grand Old Party Young Guns that helped dictate final budget deals. The Wisconsin state budget is projected to have $977 million surplus by the end of 2015.
Neylon was selected to receive the prestigious Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development fellowship with the Council of State Governments in 2014.
In his first term, Neylon was part of the class of 2014, making him the only freshman Republican selected from Wisconsin that year. He was the lead author on two bills that have garnered national attention: the Global Positioning System Privacy Bill and the Patent Protection Acting to combat predatory “patent troll” schemes targeting Wisconsin business owners. Foreign the 2015-2017 Legislative Session, Neylon was appointed Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy and appointed to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board.
Committee Assignments
Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Chairman
Committee on Energy and Utilities
Committee on Consumer Protections
Committee on Public Benefit Reform
Committee on Children and Families.
