The Office of the Assembly Chief Clerk has requested the Wisconsin Elections Commission provide the statutory deadline on which the legislature may act to ensure that a proposed constitutional amendment can be placed on the ballot for the April 2, 2019 spring election. The legislature must complete action on a proposed constitutional amendment no later than Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
By statute all proposed constitutional amendments and any other measure or question that it is to be submitted to a vote of the people shall be filed with the official or agency responsible for preparing the ballots for the election no later than 70 days prior to the election at which the amendment, measure or question will appear on the ballot. Wis. Stat. § 8.37. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 is 70 days before the April 2, 2019 spring election. In order for the legislative action to be filed in our office, it is sufficient for the chief clerks to notify our office by e-mail that the legislature passed the resolution no later than Tuesday, January 22, 2019. It is not necessary that we receive the signed resolution by the close of business on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
In order to facilitate preparation for the April 2019 spring election, I suggest sponsoring legislators contact the office of the Attorney General to arrange for the preparation of the explanatory statement required by Wis. Stat. § 10.01(2)(c). The explanatory statement is published in the paper by the county clerk immediately before the election. It is also posted at the polling place on Election Day. Please make the appropriate arrangements to ensure that this information is communicated to the members of the legislature. If you or any member of the legislature has a question, please contact me at 608-266-8175 or ask to speak to an Elections Specialists.
Meagan Wolfe
Wisconsin Elections Committee
Interim Administrator
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Seat Assignments
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 2 (4), for the 2019-2020 Legislative Session in the Assembly Chamber, democrat members will be seated on the east (door) side of the center aisle. Republican members will be seated in the seats on the west (window) side of the center aisle and in seats numbered 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 93, 94 and 95. Speaker Vos will occupy seat number 4. Seat number 91 will remain vacant. Member Seat No.
Allen 53
Anderson 89
August 3
Ballweg 24
Barca 34
Billings 40
Born 48
Bowen 59
Brandtjen 99
Brooks 73
Brostoff 60
Cabrera 58
Considine 38
Crowley 37
Dittrich 16
Doyle 7
Duchow 81
Edming 23
Emerson 64
Felzkowski 2
Fields 32
Goyke 14
Gruszynski 30
Gundrum 26
Haywood 31
Hebl 9
Hesselbein 6
Hintz 5
Horlacher 93
Hutton 83
Jagler 94
James 54
Katsma 70
Kerkman 95
Kitchens 51
Knodl 18
Kolste 39
Krug 20
Kuglitsch 56
Kulp 21
Kurtz 82
Loudenbeck 25
Macco 97
Magnafici 86
Meyers 13
Milroy 35
Murphy 41
Mursau 44
Myers 90
Neubauer 12
Neylon 49
Novak 50
Nygren 15
Ohnstad 65
Oldenburg 27
Ott 52
Petersen 80
Petryk 45
Plumer 76
Pope 10
Pronschinske 74
Quinn 92
Ramthun 17
Riemer 11
Rodriguez 84
Rohrkaste 85
Sanfelippo 96
Sargent 61
Schraa 79
Shankland 33
Sinicki 63
Skowronski 46
Sortwell 88
Snyder 22
Spiros 19
Spreitzer 8
Stafsholt 43
