Representative
Shae Sortwell
| Seat | Assembly District 2 |
|---|---|
| Party | Republican |
| Capitol office | Room 214 North · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | State Capitol Room 214 North, P.O. Box 8953, Madison, WI 53708 |
| Capitol phone | 608-237-9102 |
| Legislative assistant | Mackenna Kading, Zach Pfaffenbach |
| Write to | rep.sortwell@legis.wisconsin.gov (official address) |
| Hometown | Two Rivers |
| Tenure | Serving since January 7, 2019 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 8
- Assembly Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency Committee Vice chair standing
- Assembly Regulatory Licensing Reform Committee Chair standing
- Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee standing
- Assembly Energy and Utilities Committee standing
- Assembly Insurance Committee standing
- Assembly Judiciary Committee standing
- Assembly Speaker's Task Force on Rulemaking Committee task force
- Assembly Sporting Heritage Committee standing
Bills, 2025 to 2026 session 88 as principal author · 0 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- AJR 133Relating to: legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).Enacted100
- AB 964Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime…Enacted100
- AB 751Relating to: calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan.Enacted100
- AB 86Relating to: imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 294Relating to: membership on the Board of Nursing.Enacted100
- AB 149Relating to: the nomination of presidential electors.Enacted100
- AB 35Relating to: withdrawal of candidacy for certain offices filled at the general election and providing a penalty. (FE)Enacted100
- AB 232Relating to: transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in…Enacted100
- AB 187Relating to: training completion awards for volunteer firefighters. (FE)Out of committee58
- AB 840Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers.Out of committee48
- AB 17Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the…In committee47
- AB 393Relating to: school bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditions.In committee47
- AB 974Relating to: a public affairs network trust fund, grants to the WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, and making an…In committee47
- AB 202Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to…Vetoed39
- AB 554Relating to: the sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a…Vetoed39
All 88 bills as principal author ›
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 2025 to 2026 session
22nd percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 88 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 55 / 33 / 19 |
| … became law | 8 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Assembly majority average | 199 ÷ 427.57 = 0.47 |
| Most-authored topics | State government & agencies (20), Business, jobs & the economy (14), Health & mental health (13) |
Assembly rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026
Most bills written together
- Dave Murphy RAssembly 56 60
- Elijah Behnke RAssembly 6 59
- Barbara Dittrich RAssembly 99 56
- Jerry O'Connor RAssembly 60 55
- Rob Kreibich RAssembly 28 55
- Dan Knodl RAssembly 24 53
- Jeff Mursau RAssembly 36 46
- Rick Gundrum RAssembly 58 43
- Chuck Wichgers RAssembly 84 42
- Joy Goeben RAssembly 5 41
“Written together” = 2025 to 2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 2
- Counties
- Brown, Manitowoc, Outagamie
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- Senate members sharing a county
- André Jacque (1), Eric Wimberger (2), Devin LeMahieu (9), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (18), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (19), Jamie Wall (30)
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Source
Copied from https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2787 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Wisconsin State Assembly.