101st Wisconsin Legislature

The One Hundred First Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 7, 2013, through January 5, 2015, in regular session, though it adjourned for legislative activity on May 21, 2014. The legislature also held three special sessions during this legislative term.

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.

Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 6, 2012. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of their four-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 2010.

Major events

 * January 20, 2013: Second inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
 * February 28, 2013: Pope Benedict XVI resigned the papacy, becoming the first pope to resign in 600 years.
 * March 13, 2013: The 2013 papal conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next pope, he then took the papal name Pope Francis.
 * April 15, 2013: Two Chechnya-born terrorists carried out a bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
 * June 26, 2013: The United States Supreme Court published their decision in the case United States v. Windsor, allowing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages.
 * February 22, 2014: The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) voted to remove Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych after his violent attempt to put down protests in the capital, Kyiv.
 * March 21, 2014: Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.
 * March 28, 2014: Former Wisconsin Assembly majority leader Bill Kramer was indicted for sexual assault.
 * June 13, 2014: The International military intervention against ISIL began.
 * July 17, 2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed after it was shot down by Russian-led separatists in eastern Ukraine.
 * September 22, 2014: United States and allied military forces began an airstrike campaign against ISIL targets in Syria.
 * November 4, 2014: 2014 United States general election:
 * Scott Walker (R) re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
 * Wisconsin voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution to require the existence of a department of transportation in the constitution (the department already existed) and require that certain transportation-related taxes and fees must be deposited in the transportation fund and cannot be used for other purposes.

Major legislation

 * July 1, 2013: An Act relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature, 2013 Act 20.

Sessions

 * Regular session: January 7, 2013 –January 5, 2015
 * October 2013 special session: October 10, 2013 –November 12, 2013
 * December 2013 special session: December 2, 2013 –December 19, 2013
 * January 2014 special session: January 23, 2014 –March 20, 2014

Senate leadership

 * President of the Senate: Michael G. Ellis (R–Neenah)
 * President pro tempore: Joe Leibham (R–Sheboygan) (res. Dec. 1, 2014)


 * Senate majority leadership (Republican)
 * Senate Majority Leader: Scott L. Fitzgerald (R–Juneau)
 * Assistant Majority Leader: Glenn Grothman (R–West Bend)
 * Majority Caucus Chair: Frank Lasee (R–De Pere)
 * Majority Caucus vice-chair: Sheila Harsdorf (R–River Falls)


 * Senate minority leadership (Democratic)
 * Senate Minority Leader: Chris Larson (D–Milwaukee)
 * Assistant Minority Leader: Dave Hansen (D–Green Bay)
 * Minority Caucus Chair: Julie Lassa (D–Stevens Point)
 * Minority Caucus vice-chair: Kathleen Vinehout (D–Alma)

Assembly leadership

 * Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos (R–Burlington)
 * Speaker pro tempore: Tyler August (R–Lake Geneva)


 * Assembly majority leadership (Republican)
 * Assembly Majority Leader: Scott Suder (R–Abbotsford) (until Sep. 3, 2013)
 * Bill Kramer (R–Waukesha) (from Sep. 4, 2013, removed Mar. 4, 2014)
 * Patricia Strachota (R–West Bend) (from Mar. 4, 2014)
 * Assistant Majority Leader: Jim Steineke (R–Kaukauna)
 * Assembly Majority Caucus Chair: Joan Ballweg (R–Markesan)
 * Assembly Majority Caucus vice-chair: John Murtha (R–Baldwin)
 * Assembly Majority Caucus Secretary: Mary Williams (R–Medford)
 * Assembly Majority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Samantha Kerkman (R–Randall)


 * Assembly minority leadership (Democratic)
 * Assembly Minority Leader: Peter Barca (D–Kenosha)
 * Assistant Minority Leader: Sandy Pasch (D–Whitefish Bay)
 * Assembly Minority Caucus Chair: Andy Jorgensen (D–Fort Atkinson)
 * Assembly Minority Caucus vice-chair: JoCasta Zamarripa (D–Milwaukee)
 * Assembly Minority Caucus Secretary: Janis Ringhand (D–Evansville)
 * Assembly Minority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Josh Zepnick (D–Milwaukee)

Members of the Senate
Members of the Senate for the One Hundred First Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the One Hundred First Wisconsin Legislature:

Senate employees

 * Chief Clerk: Jeffrey Renk
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Edward A. Blazel

Assembly employees

 * Chief Clerk: Patrick E. Fuller
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Anne Tonnon Byers