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Joel Kitchens
WI House District 1
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Government Operations & Budget 49Education 21Criminal Justice & Policing 20Economy & Taxes 20Healthcare 16Social Services & Welfare 14Technology & Privacy 10Civil Rights & Liberties 9Housing 9Transportation & Infrastructure 9Labor & Employment 8Environment & Energy 6Elections & Voting 5Agriculture 4Veterans Affairs 3Banking & Finance 2Defense & Military 2Foreign Policy & Trade 2Other 2Immigration 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI House District 1 current
Wisconsin |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (245 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| AB 970 — Relating to: grants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an… | Yea | Feb 18, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 676 — Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 373 — Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 768 — Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 699 — Relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 622 — Relating to: fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 629 — Relating to: police authority to disable drones threatening public safety and providing a penalty. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 673 — Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 782 — Relating to: intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 619 — Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project… | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 737 — Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 446 — Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty… | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 713 — Relating to: requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty… | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 685 — Relating to: individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 376 — Relating to: a tax credit for employer-provided child care. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 793 — Relating to: creating an Office of Internal Audit attached to the Department of Employee Trust Funds. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 683 — Relating to: prohibiting critical telecommunications infrastructure from including equipment manufactured by a foreign adversary. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 640 — Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 485 — Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| AB 411 — Relating to: creation of a farmland link program. (FE) | Yea | Feb 17, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 610 — Relating to: increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and… | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 620 — Relating to: tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address. | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 276 — Relating to: challenges to the validity of administrative rules and making an appropriation. (FE) | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 532 — Relating to: course fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE) | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 498 — Relating to: free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in… | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (122 as lead sponsor)
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AB 158
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Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services…
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AB 646
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Relating to: requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE)
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AB 202
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Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE)
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AB 693
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Relating to: the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry.
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AB 713
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Relating to: requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty. (FE)
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AB 197
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Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
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AB 759
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Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)
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AB 813
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Relating to: the opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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AB 530
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Relating to: the operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty.
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AB 217
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Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE)
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