Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
Judiciary and Public Safety
Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
Transportation and Local Government
Universities and Technical Colleges
Utilities and Tourism
Ayes: 3 − Senators LeMahieu, Felzkowski and Feyen.
Noes: 2 – Senators Hesselbein and Smith.
DEVIN LEMAHIEU
Chairperson
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The committee on Senate Organization reported:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 97, the attached lists shall be the seating chart and room assignments of the Senate for the 2025-26 Legislative Session. Senator Room Number
Julian Bradley 316 South
Rachel Cabral-Guevara 323 South
Tim Carpenter 104 South
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim 106 South
Dora Drake 126 South
Mary Felzkowski 220 South
Daniel Feyen 306 South
Jodi Habush Sinykin 19 South
Dianne Hesselbein 206 South
Rob Hutton 313 South
André Jacque 7 South
John Jagler 415 South
Jesse James 319 South
LaTonya Johnson 131 South
Chris Kapenga 118 South
Sarah Keyeski 22 South
Chris Larson 18 South
Devin LeMahieu 211 South
Howard Marklein 316 East
Stephen L. Nass 10 South
Brad Pfaff 20 South
Romaine Robert Quinn 123 South
Melissa Ratcliff 5 South
Kelda Roys 130 South
Jeff Smith 109 South
Mark Spreitzer 108 South
Rob Stafsholt 15 South
Patrick Testin 8 South
Cory Tomczyk 310 South
Jamie Wall 3 South
Van Wanggaard 122 South
Eric Wimberger 409 South
Robert Wirch 127 South
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 Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Pfaff, Johnson, Keyeski, Wall, Roys, Spreitzer, Drake, Larson and Wirch.
Outer Ring:
Senators Felzkowski, Quinn, Stafsholt, Wimberger, Hutton, Jacque, Nass, Wanggaard, Kapenga, James, Jagler, Marklein, Feyen, LeMahieu, Hesselbein, Smith, Habush Sinykin, Cabral-Guevara, Tomczyk, Bradley and Testin.
Ayes: 5 − Senators LeMahieu, Kapenga, Feyen, Agard and Smith.
Noes: 0 – None.
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The committee on Senate Organization reported:
Placed the following appointments and proposals on the Senate Calendar of Wednesday, January 08, 2025:
Ayes: 3 - Senators LeMahieu, Felzkowski and Feyen.
Noes: 2 – Senators Hesselbein and Smith.
DEVIN LEMAHIEU
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate Majority Leader
January 2, 2025
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (2)(b), I am making the following nominations: Senate Standing Committees:
To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue: Senators Testin (Chair), Tomczyk (Vice-Chair), Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, Pfaff, Spreitzer and Keyeski
To the committee on Education: Senator Jagler (Chair), Quinn (Vice-Chair), Nass, Larson and Keyeski
To the committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage: Senators Stafsholt (Chair), Jagler (Vice-Chair), Testin, Dassler-Alfheim and Habush Sinykin
To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development Senators Feyen (Chair), Kapenga (Vice-Chair), Bradley, Spreitzer and Wirch
To the committee on Health: Senators Cabral-Guevara (Chair), Testin (Vice-Chair), James, Smith and Drake
To the committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry: Senators Quinn (Chair), Stafsholt (Vice-Chair), Jagler, Wall and Dassler-Alfheim
To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety: Senators Wanggaard (Chair), James (Vice-Chair), Wimberger, Jacque, Hutton, Drake Johnson and Roys
To the committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs: Senators Kapenga (Chair), Jacque (Vice-Chair), Nass, Carpenter and Larson
To the committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families: Senators James (Chair), Wanggaard (Vice-Chair), Cabral-Guevara, Keyeski and Johnson
To the committee on Natural Resource, Veteran and Military Affairs: Senators Jacque (Chair), Nass (Vice-Chair), Tomczyk, Habush Sinykin and Wirch
To the committee on Senate Organization: Senators LeMahieu (Chair), Felzkowski (Vice-Chair), Feyen, Hesselbein and Smith
To the committee on Transportation and Local Government: Senators Tomczyk (Chair), Hutton (Vice-Chair), Wanggaard, Carpenter and Spreitzer
To the committee on Universities and Technical Colleges: Senators Hutton (Chair), Cabral-Guevara (Vice-Chair), Feyen, Larson and Pfaff
To the committee on Utilities and Tourism: Senators Bradley (Chair), Feyen (Vice-Chair), James, Ratcliff and Smith
Joint Committees:
To the joint committee for review of Administrative Rules: Senators Nass (Co-Chair), Bradley, Tomczyk, Roys and Ratcliff
To the joint legislative Audit committee: Senators Wimberger (Co-Chair), Marklein (ex-officio), Kapenga, Wirch and Ratcliff
To the joint review committee on Criminal Penalties: Senators Hutton (Co-Chair) and Drake