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Republican Representative · Assembly District 2

Source: Wisconsin Legislature , Wisconsin Ethics Commission · pulled · record through

Floor votes missed
1 of 782
Bills led
130 · 10 became law
Votes with their party
94% · 242 votes, 2025
Committees
8

Bills they led · 130

Bills where Shae Sortwell is the lead author, the first name on the bill. Sponsoring a bill means putting it forward: the text itself is drafted by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Bills they signed onto behind another member are listed below, and bills they only voted on are in Vote history. What these roles mean

Of the 130 bills they led: 10 became law, 4 were vetoed, 59 died without a public hearing. Statuses come from each bill's official history.

10 became law 4 vetoed 1 passed one chamber 115 died at session end
Became law 10 bills
  • AB 86 Imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 294 Membership on the Board of Nursing. 2025
  • AB 232 Transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development. (FE) 2025
  • AB 149 The nomination of presidential electors. 2025
  • AB 385 Indication of Hmong veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (FE) 2023
  • AB 298 Polling place closures. 2023
  • AB 29 A sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE) 2023
  • AB 99 Sediment removed from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. 2021
  • AB 337 Use of epinephrine prefilled syringes and standing orders for epinephrine. (FE) 2021
  • AB 132 Immunization-related mail. 2021
Vetoed 4 bills
  • AB 87 Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE) 2025
  • AB 610 Waivers from immunization requirements at institutions of higher education. 2023
  • AB 643 Selection of architects and engineers for state projects. (FE) 2021
  • AB 122 Microschools. (FE) 2021
Passed one chamber 1 bills
  • AJR 48 Supporting atomic veterans, their spouses, and dependents in receiving medical care and disability compensation. 2019
Died at session end 115 bills
  • AJR 124 Requiring legislative approval for the expenditure or obligation, encumbrance, or other commitment of bond revenue for purposes of conservation and nature-based outdoor recreation in Wisconsin and for the expenditure of moneys from a fund created by law specially for any such purpose (first consideration). 2025
  • AB 914 Registered interior designers supervising certain construction. 2025
  • AB 88 Civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement responses to riot or vandalism activity, and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 758 Sales tax exemption certificates for the sale of precious metal bullion. (FE) 2025
  • AB 618 A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE) 2025
  • AB 486 Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE) 2025
  • AB 485 The pupil application process to attend a private school under a parental choice program and modifying and creating administrative rules related to pupil applications to participate in parental choice programs. 2025
  • AB 472 A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE) 2025
  • AB 42 Local regulation of fowl. 2025
  • AB 41 Local regulation of vegetable gardens. 2025
  • AB 393 School bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditions. 2025
  • AB 380 Suspension without pay in cases of judicial misconduct or pending final determination in proceedings involving alleged judicial misconduct or permanent disability. 2025
  • AB 295 Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to engage in the practice of radiography. 2025
  • AB 282 Local government rules of proceedings and consideration of ordinances or resolutions for which enactment or adoption previously failed. (FE) 2025
  • AB 270 A school psychologist loan program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 26 Battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 187 Training completion awards for volunteer firefighters. (FE) 2025
  • AB 17 Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1095 Speech-language pathologist licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE) 2025
  • AB 108 A nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE) 2025
  • AB 1052 Prohibiting nonunion employees from receiving nonnegotiated benefits from union. 2025
  • AB 1038 An individual income tax subtraction for union dues allocated for education or training. (FE) 2025
  • AJR 15 Creation of a police and fire fund, and deposit of moneys into the police and fire fund (first consideration). 2023
  • AB 99 Maintaining a lifetime teaching, administrator, or pupil services license. 2023
  • AB 923 Specialized transportation assistance pilot program. (FE) 2023
  • AB 922 Adopting federal income tax provisions related to depreciation and amortization. (FE) 2023
  • AB 9 Use of epinephrine delivery systems and standing orders for epinephrine. (FE) 2023
  • AB 895 Creating a civil cause of action against the owner or operator of a social media website that restricts religious or political speech. (FE) 2023
  • AB 894 Prohibiting state agency employees, state elected officials, federal government agency employees, and certain state individuals holding a national office from influencing social media Internet sites to censor users and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 893 Prohibiting social media website censorship of journalistic enterprises. (FE) 2023
  • AB 873 Reimbursing teachers for classroom supplies, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2023
  • AB 861 Penalties for possession of marijuana, employer liability for not drug testing employees and prospective employees, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2023
  • AB 86 Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE) 2023
  • AB 844 Disclosures by prospective buyers of residential real property. 2023
  • AB 780 Indication of veteran status of former service member on an operator's license or identification card. (FE) 2023
  • AB 77 Pupil applications to attend a private school participating in a parental choice program. 2023
  • AB 76 Restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE) 2023
  • AB 685 Local regulation of fowl. 2023
  • AB 684 Eliminating the prohibitions on electric weapons and providing a penalty. 2023
  • AB 613 Employer liability under worker's compensation for mandatory or coerced vaccines. 2023
  • AB 612 Waivers from workplace immunization requirements. 2023
  • AB 611 Right of health care providers to express professional opinions related to health or medical information or guidance. 2023
  • AB 609 Prohibiting discrimination or retaliation against health care providers by health care entities and credentialing boards for ordering or discussing innovative or novel therapies. 2023
  • AB 59 Providing victim compensation for damage to a building by means of fire or explosives. (FE) 2023
  • AB 462 Creating an immersive work opportunity program for persons incarcerated in the state prisons. (FE) 2023
  • AB 460 Index of discovery for district attorneys and public defenders. (FE) 2023
  • AB 459 Temporary employee interchanges between the Department of Justice and an office of the district attorney. 2023
  • AB 434 Indoor air quality inspection and evaluation program for public schools. (FE) 2023
  • AB 426 Eligibility for appointment as a law enforcement or correctional officer. 2023
  • AB 42 Selection of architects and engineers for state projects. (FE) 2023

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Coauthored · 351

Bills led by another member of the Assembly that Shae Sortwell signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 351 coauthored bills
  • AJR 92 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 91 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 6 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • AJR 50 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • AJR 127 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • AJR 1 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • AB 995 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • AB 992 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • AB 990 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • AB 974 A public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 964 Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) 2025
  • AB 955 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • AB 840 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • AB 81 Excluding expenditures funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining equalization aid for school districts. (FE) 2025
  • AB 791 Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. 2025
  • AB 751 Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan. 2025
  • AB 747 Regulating hemp-derived cannabinoid products. 2025
  • AB 7 Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. 2025
  • AB 67 Venue for actions in which there is a governmental party. 2025
  • AB 609 Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 590 Definition of athletic training. (FE) 2025
  • AB 554 The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 54 Utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 501 Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE) 2025
  • AB 461 An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) 2025
  • AB 448 Nonprofit agricultural organization health benefit coverage. 2025
  • AB 442 The first date on which nomination papers may be circulated for the spring election. 2025
  • AB 439 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • AB 405 Explaining pregnancy, prenatal development, and childbirth as part of a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 398 Including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools. 2025
  • AB 394 Driver education instruction related to school bus safety. 2025
  • AB 391 The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025
  • AB 389 Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE) 2025
  • AB 369 A tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE) 2025
  • AB 353 Price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 35 Withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • AB 318 A requirement for fair organizations that seek state aid. 2025
  • AB 315 The Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and a major land acquisitions program. (FE) 2025
  • AB 312 Hours for voting by absentee ballot in person at the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site. (FE) 2025
  • AB 308 Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE) 2025
  • AB 306 Time limits on local unit of government chief executive officer emergency power proclamations. 2025
  • AB 30 Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. 2025
  • AB 278 Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms. 2025
  • AB 274 The expiration of administrative rules. (FE) 2025
  • AB 24 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • AB 218 Limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE) 2025
  • AB 205 Serving maple syrup in a public eating place. 2025
  • AB 202 Voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE) 2025
  • AB 178 Expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE) 2025

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Cosponsored · 432

Bills from the other house that Shae Sortwell signed onto. Signing on adds their name to the bill; it is not the same as leading it. From each bill's official history.

Show all 432 cosponsored bills
  • SJR 87 Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 86 Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 7 Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. 2025
  • SJR 55 Recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. 2025
  • SJR 2 Requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration). 2025
  • SJR 124 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration). 2025
  • SJR 116 Prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (second consideration). 2025
  • SB 993 Registered interior designers supervising certain construction. 2025
  • SB 982 The effective date of administrative rules and the effective period of emergency rules. 2025
  • SB 979 Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE) 2025
  • SB 953 Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE) 2025
  • SB 95 Restitution orders following a conviction for human trafficking and restoration of the right to vote to a person barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction. (FE) 2025
  • SB 940 The rule-making authority of agencies. (FE) 2025
  • SB 94 Civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law enforcement responses to riot or vandalism activity, and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 921 Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. 2025
  • SB 91 Imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 868 Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE) 2025
  • SB 843 Certain requirements related to data centers. 2025
  • SB 83 Utilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 782 Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 75 Venue for actions in which there is a governmental party. 2025
  • SB 748 Sales tax exemption certificates for the sale of precious metal bullion. (FE) 2025
  • SB 733 Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan. 2025
  • SB 7 Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. 2025
  • SB 682 Regulating hemp-derived cannabinoid products. 2025
  • SB 637 A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE) 2025
  • SB 61 Excluding expenditures funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining equalization aid for school districts. (FE) 2025
  • SB 607 Right to carry a weapon in this state, licenses to carry a concealed weapon, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 583 Definition of athletic training. (FE) 2025
  • SB 582 The pupil application process to attend a private school under a parental choice program and modifying and creating administrative rules related to pupil applications to participate in parental choice programs. 2025
  • SB 57 County sheriff assistance with certain federal immigration functions. (FE) 2025
  • SB 560 The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 502 A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE) 2025
  • SB 5 Battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty. 2025
  • SB 498 Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE) 2025
  • SB 454 An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE) 2025
  • SB 453 The first date on which nomination papers may be circulated for the spring election. 2025
  • SB 450 Nonprofit agricultural organization health benefit coverage. 2025
  • SB 447 Including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools. 2025
  • SB 443 Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE) 2025
  • SB 44 Local regulation of fowl. 2025
  • SB 393 School bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditions. 2025
  • SB 392 Driver education instruction related to school bus safety. 2025
  • SB 389 The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025
  • SB 387 Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE) 2025
  • SB 383 Price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025
  • SB 381 Suspension without pay in cases of judicial misconduct or pending final determination in proceedings involving alleged judicial misconduct or permanent disability. 2025
  • SB 376 A tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE) 2025
  • SB 371 Explaining pregnancy, prenatal development, and childbirth as part of a human growth and development instructional program. (FE) 2025
  • SB 37 Local regulation of vegetable gardens. 2025

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Campaign money

$1,000 reported receipts across 1 records

Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026. Includes collected receipts before taking office. Latest reported transaction: Aug 10, 2026. Earliest collected receipt in this view: Aug 10, 2026. Filings and amendments may be missing; totals cover collected records.

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Receipts by quarter in the selected period. Gold bars with a tick under them are election quarters; peak $1,000 in 2026 Q3.
Quarter by quarter
  • 2026 Q3: $1,000

Where it came from

  • Unregistered: $1,000 (100%)

Source types exactly as the committee reported each receipt to CFIS.

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission campaign finance filings (campaignfinance.wi.gov), refreshed nightly. Wisconsin law bars corporations from contributing to candidates; money comes from individuals and political committees. Totals cover verified candidate committees, including runs for other offices. Receipts can include loans, transfers, refunds, and in-kind support. All available history starts no earlier than July 2008 and may have gaps. Full methodology

Key votes · 235

Selected by rule, not judgment: the final recorded passage vote of every bill that became law, any floor vote decided by five or fewer, and every veto-override vote. Each row links to the official roll call.

Votes against their party · 32

Roll calls where Shae Sortwell voted opposite the majority of Republicans casting an Aye or Nay on that roll call. Ties within the party are excluded; absences never count. Each row links to the official roll call.

Show all 32 party-break votes
  • Feb 19, 2026 SB 23 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 923 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 996 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 997 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 962 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 AB 963 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2026 SB 181 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 17, 2026 AB 629 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Jan 13, 2026 SB 391 CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Nov 19, 2025 AB 644 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 53 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • May 13, 2025 AB 43 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 43 Aye–10 Nay roll call
  • Mar 13, 2025 AB 85 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2025 AB 3 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 51 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Feb 19, 2025 AB 4 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 52 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Feb 22, 2024 SB 895 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 61 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 22, 2024 SB 792 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 60 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Feb 20, 2024 AB 689 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 60 Aye–4 Nay roll call
  • Nov 9, 2023 SB 166 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 57 Aye–5 Nay roll call
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 438 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 46 Aye–16 Nay roll call
  • Oct 17, 2023 AB 439 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 46 Aye–16 Nay roll call
  • Jun 21, 2023 AB 321 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 59 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Jun 21, 2023 AB 176 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 48 Aye–11 Nay roll call
  • Feb 23, 2022 SB 429 CONCURRENCE Voted Nay; Republicans split 59 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Jan 25, 2022 AB 174 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 56 Aye–3 Nay roll call
  • Jan 25, 2022 AB 824 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 57 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Nov 11, 2021 AB 682 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 59 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Oct 27, 2021 AB 36 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 47 Aye–7 Nay roll call
  • Feb 11, 2020 AB 444 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 62 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Jan 21, 2020 AB 258 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 59 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Jan 21, 2020 AB 544 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 61 Aye–1 Nay roll call
  • Jan 15, 2020 AB 559 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 60 Aye–2 Nay roll call
  • Nov 7, 2019 AB 304 PASSAGE Voted Nay; Republicans split 49 Aye–13 Nay roll call

Floor attendance

Only days the chamber held recorded floor votes are shown, on every tile below, they either voted or missed: 782 votes across 92 voting days, 1 missed.

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Vote history · 781

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