Our new Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency will lead the way and I encourage every legislator to be part of these important innovations. And, as always, the majority is open to working with anyone who brings good ideas to the table in a sense of goodwill.
Rather than doing everything the way that we have for the past 20 or 30 years, and just adding more bureaucracy to the top of the pile, I would like us to focus on innovating and have the Assembly be a place where new ideas thrive as we meet the needs of the people of Wisconsin.
And finally like every session while I’ve been speaker, we’ve invited the minority party leaders to sit down with us to draft a Memorandum of Understanding, to serve as a bipartisan guide for the legislative session as we set a path forward for Wisconsin.
Over the course of the past 100 years, the people who sat in this chamber have made things happen.
Today, we celebrate the Badger State. Not as a Republican or a Democrat, but as Wisconsinites.
You are the new members of the 107th Wisconsin State Assembly and it’s time to get things done, during divided government through real leadership.
Let’s get to work.
God bless you and God Bless the state of Wisconsin.”
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Election of Speaker Pro Tempore
Representative Mursau nominated Representative Kevin Petersen for the position of Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the speaker declared nominations closed.
Representative August asked unanimous consent that a unanimous ballot be cast with all members of the Assembly recorded as voting for Representative Kevin Petersen for Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly. Granted.
For Representative Kevin Petersen – Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Arney, August, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Born, Brill, Brooks, Brown, Callahan, Clancy, Cruz, Dallman, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Haywood, Hong, Hurd, Hysell, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Petersen, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Pronschinske, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spaude, Spiros, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 98.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representative Kirsch - 1.
Representative Kevin Petersen was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
The oath of office was administered by Speaker Vos.
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Election of Chief Clerk
Representative Wittke nominated Edward A. Blazel as Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representative Subeck seconded the nomination of Edward A. Blazel for the position of Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the speaker declared nominations closed.
Representative August asked unanimous consent that a unanimous ballot be cast with all members of the Assembly recorded as voting for Edward A. Blazel for the position of Chief Clerk of the Assembly. Granted.
For Edward A. Blazel – Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Arney, August, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Born, Brill, Brooks, Brown, Callahan, Clancy, Cruz, Dallman, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Haywood, Hong, Hurd, Hysell, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Petersen, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Pronschinske, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spaude, Spiros, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 98.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Representative Kirsch - 1.
Edward A. Blazel was elected Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
The oath of office was administered by Speaker Vos.
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Election of Sergeant at Arms
Representative Hurd nominated Anne Tonnon Byers for the position of Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representative Joers seconded the nomination of Anne Tonnon Byers for the position of Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the speaker declared nominations closed.
Representative August asked unanimous consent that a unanimous ballot be cast with all members of the Assembly recorded as voting for Anne Tonnon Byers as Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly. Granted.
_Hlk187138389For Anne Tonnon Byers – Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Arney, August, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Born, Brill, Brooks, Brown, Callahan, Clancy, Cruz, Dallman, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Haywood, Hong, Hurd, Hysell, B. Jacobson, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Petersen, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Pronschinske, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spaude, Spiros, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Summerfield, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tittl, Tranel, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, and Speaker Vos - 98. Noes - None.
Anne Tonnon Byers was elected Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly for the One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session of the Legislature.
The oath of office was administered by Speaker Vos.
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Communications
November 13, 2024
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 2 (3), the following officers have been duly elected by the Assembly Republican Caucus: Majority Leader: Tyler August
Assistant Majority Leader: Scott Krug
Majority Caucus Chair: Rob Summerfield
Majority Caucus Vice-Chair: Cindi Duchow
Majority Caucus Secretary: Nancy VanderMeer
Majority Caucus Sergeant at Arms: Treig Pronschinske
Sincerely,
Rob summerfield
Republican Caucus Chair
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November 19, 2024
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 2 (2) and Assembly Rule 2 (3), this letter serves as notification that the following officers have been elected by the Assembly Democratic Caucus: Minority Leader: Greta Neubauer
Assistant Minority Leader: Kalan Haywood
Minority Caucus Chair: Lisa Subeck
Minority Caucus Vice-Chair: Clinton Anderson
Minority Caucus Secretary: Mike Bare
Minority Caucus Sergeant at Arms: Jodi Emerson
Sincerely,
lisa subeck
Democratic Caucus Chair
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Seat Assignments
Pursuant to Assembly Rule 2 (4), for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session in the Assembly Chamber, democrat members will be seated on the east (door) side of the center aisle, and republican members will be seated in the seats on the west (window) side of the center aisle. Speaker Vos will occupy seat number 4. Seat number 76 will remain vacant. Member Seat No.
Allen 53
Anderson 7
Andraca 89
Armstrong 43
Arney 13
August 1
Bare 33
Behnke 23
Billings 14
Born 18
Brill 83
Brooks 79
Brown 12
Callahan 99
Clancy 64
Cruz 93
Dallman 20
DeSanto 65
DeSmidt 95
Dittrich 72
