January 7, 2013
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Section 13.81 (1), Wisconsin Statutes, I am appointing Luther Olsen to the Joint Legislative Council as my designee and Co-Chair. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January 7, 2013
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Section 15.70 (3), Wisconsin Statutes, I am appointing Senator Dale Schultz to the Historical Society Board Curators to serve as the Senate President designee. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 7, 2013
The Honorable, the Senate:
I respectfully request a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature for January 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. This joint session will be for the purpose of delivering the 2013 State of the State Address.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to addressing the full Legislature as well as the citizens of Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
Messages from the Assembly
By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that, pursuant to Assembly Resolution 1, the 2013-2014 Assembly is organized for the conduct of its business.
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has
concurred in:
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Report of Committees
The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 97, the attached lists shall be the seating chart and room assignments of the Senate for the 2013-2014 Legislative Session. Senator Room Number
Tim Carpenter 109 South
Robert Cowles 118 South
Timothy Cullen 108 South
Alberta Darling 317 East
Michael Ellis 220 South
Jon Erpenbach 104 South
Paul Farrow 323 South
Scott Fitzgerald 211 South
Glenn Grothman 10 South
Rick Gudex 415 South
Dave Hansen 106 South
Nikiya Harris 3 South
Sheila Harsdorf 18 South
Bob Jauch 310 South
Neal Kedzie 313 South
Chris Larson 206 South
Frank Lasee 316 South
Julie Lassa 126 South
Mary Lazich 8 South
John Lehman 5 South
Joseph Leibham 15 South
Mark Miller 7 South
Terry Moulton 306 South
Luther Olsen 319 South
Jerry Petrowski 123 South
Fred Risser 130 South
Dale Schultz 122 South
Jennifer Shilling 20 South
Lena Taylor 19 South
Tom Tiffany 409 South
Kathleen Vinehout 22 South
Leah Vukmir 131 South
Robert Wirch 127 South
To the Senate Session Chamber seating arrangement is listed from facing out from the President’s chair, going left to right, starting with the inner ring:
Senators Lehman, Harris, Wirch, Lassa, Jauch, Taylor, Cullen, Erpenbach, Risser, Vinehout, Miller and Carpenter.
Outer Ring:
Senators Ellis, Cowles, Gudex, Harsdorf, Moulton, Olsen, Farrow, Schultz, Kedzie, Lazich, Leibham, Darling, Grothman, Fitzgerald, Larson, Hansen, Shilling, Lasee, Tiffany, Vukmir and Petrowski.
Ayes: 5 − Senators Fitzgerald, Ellis, Grothman, Larson, and Hansen.
Noes: 0−None.
Sincerely,
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Majority Leader
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
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The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (1) (c ), the attached list shall be the standing committees of the Senate for the 2013-14 Legislative Session: Number of members on each committee are listed in parenthesis. 9 member committees will have 5 majority party members and 4 minority party members. 7 member committees will have 4 majority party members and 3 minority party members. 5 member committees will have 3 majority party members and 2 minority party members.
Committee on:
Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism (9)
Economic Development and Local Government (5)
Education (9)