Bill Kramer

Bill Kramer has extensive experience in state legislative and policy matters and has been with the company since 2011. He oversees the firm's research services, advises clients on strategic government affairs initiatives, develops and manages coalitions and associations, and writes the weekly Morning MultiState newsletter.

During the 2020 pandemic, Bill quickly organized internal resources to create MultiState's COVID-19 State and Local Policy Tracker. This tool provided clients and the public with timely, accurate information on state and local government responses to COVID-19. Bill started similar policy-tracking projects focused on reproductive health care and recently launched multistate.ai to analyze artificial intelligence (AI) policy across the states. 

Bill is an experienced lawyer and association executive who served as deputy executive director of the Council of State Chambers (COSC) — the association of state chambers of commerce — and built the COSC Policy Center from the ground up. Bill is an active member of the NCSL Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Privacy. He is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), where he’s a past member of the Government Relations Section Council and chaired the State Relations Subcommittee. Bill became a Certified Association Executive (CAE) in 2018 and is a member of both the State Bar of California and the DC Bar.

Bill has addressed and presented to many trade and professional organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the Public Affairs Council (PAC), the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC), and the Council of State Government (CSG). Major publications have quoted Bill as a policy and industry expert, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Politico, Pluribus News, and Governing Magazine.

His previous experience includes the U.S. Senate, California State Assembly, and Legislative Counsel's Office of California. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Ohio University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Bill considers himself a policy generalist with a passion for technology and infrastructure issues. He also enjoys developing future leaders and initiated and coordinates MultiState's internship program.