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Representative Joel Kitchens

Assembly District 1

(R - Sturgeon Bay)
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Madison Office:
 Room 314 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9101
(888) 482-0001 Fax:
 (608) 282-3601 Voting Address:
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Staff:
 Bob Delaporte Bob.Delaporte@legis.wisconsin.gov
Marco Lopez Marco.Lopez@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Washington, D.C., September 20, 1957; married; 3 children, 2 grandchildren.
  • Graduate Ballard High School, (Louisville, Kentucky), 1975; BS Ohio State University, 1979; DVM Ohio State University, 1983.
  • Large animal veterinarian.
  • Member: Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church; Door County Medical Center (board member); Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association; American Veterinary Medical Association; Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club; Wisconsin Coastal Management Council.
  • Elected to Sturgeon Bay Board of Education, 2000–14; Assembly since 2014.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 2
    Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 23
    Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

  • 2/3/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 3
    Relating to: proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 2
    Relating to: expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.

  • 1/6/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2
    Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).