# Shannon Zimmerman

Shannon Zimmerman is a Republican member of the Wisconsin House for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 30
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d949fee5-765b-43ea-913c-386fe2b3c441

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d949fee5-765b-43ea-913c-386fe2b3c441 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Zimmerman missed 19% of 236 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 98 in the Wisconsin House (average 97.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.74 (standard error 0.02), from 871 donors and 465 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

236 roll calls. Attendance 81% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 100% (97.6%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB181/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 659 Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB659/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 997 Relating to: funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB997/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 439 Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB439/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 812 Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB812/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 870 Relating to: adopting changes to the federal Internal Revenue Code for state tax purposes and modifying administrative rules related to such changes.… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB870/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 996 Relating to: contributions by the Department of Financial Institutions to Trump accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB996/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 957 Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB957/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 501 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB501/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED · SB 176 Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB176/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 81.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 5 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AJR 140: Relating to: celebrating the Wisconsin athletes competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR140/
- AJR 141: Relating to: Commemorating the 250th anniversary of one of the first major victories for the Patriots in the Revolutionary War and recognizing the… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR141/
- AJR 138: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR138/
- AB 990: Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB990/
- AR 10: Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons football team on winning the NCAA Division III National Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AR10/
- AB 840: Relating to: certain requirements related to data centers. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB840/
- AB 819: Relating to: allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB819/
- AB 676: Relating to: creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE) (became law, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB676/
- AB 645: Relating to: grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing. (FE) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB645/
- AB 646: Relating to: requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB646/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $605.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2535
- Campaign site: http://www.shannonzimmerman.com/
- X: https://x.com/SZ4WI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.zimmerman.92
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-zimmerman-38a18

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d949fee5-765b-43ea-913c-386fe2b3c441
