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Representative Shae A. Sortwell

Assembly District 2

(R - Two Rivers)
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Madison Office:
 Room 214 North
State Capitol
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708 Telephone:
 (608) 237-9102
(888) 534-0002 Fax:
 (608) 282-3602 Voting Address:
 13219 County Road Q
Two Rivers, WI 54241
Staff:
 Connie Lewis Connie.Lewis@legis.wisconsin.gov
Zach Pfaffenbach Zach.Pfaffenbach@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Saratoga Springs, NY, 1985; married; 6 children.
  • BA in Public Administration, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2006; Hazmat Tech certified, U.S. Army Chemical School, 2012.
  • Truck driver. Hazmat Technician and Emergency Response Team Member. Former U.S. Army Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve Chemical Corps.
  • Member: Disabled American Veterans; American Legion.
  • Previous office: Gibson Town Board supervisor; Green Bay City Council member.
  • Elected to the Assembly since 2018.

2025 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 17
    Relating to: 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)

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 21
    Relating to: 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)

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 5
    Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

2025 Co-authored Proposals

  • 2/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 7
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

  • 1/31/2025: 2025 Assembly Bill 1
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

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

2025 Cosponsored Proposals

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 7
    Relating to: 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.

  • 2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 18
    Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE)

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 3
    Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

  • 1/24/2025: 2025 Senate Bill 7
    Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.

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