105th Wisconsin Legislature
The One Hundred Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session. The Legislature also held two extraordinary sessions and six special sessions during the term.
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 3, 2020. 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 6, 2018.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Tony Evers, of Dane County, serving the second two years of a four-year term, having won election in the 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- May 1, 2021: Annette Ziegler became the 27th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by a majority vote of the court's members.
- May 19, 2021: Governor Tony Evers called a special session of the Legislature to consider a bill to adopt Medicaid expansion.
- June 29, 2021: Governor Tony Evers vetoed an act of the Legislature which would have ended federal supplemental unemployment benefits funded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
- July 27, 2021: The Wisconsin Legislature met in extraordinary session and failed to override the veto of an act which would have ended federal supplemental unemployment benefits.
- November 21, 2021: The Waukesha Christmas parade attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, resulted in six deaths and 62 injuries.
- March 3, 2022: The Wisconsin Supreme Court selected new district maps for Wisconsin's legislative and congressional districts.
- March 23, 2022: The United States Supreme Court struck down the legislative map chosen by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
- April 15, 2022: After the U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court selected the Republican redistricting plan.
- June 8, 2022: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called a special session of the Legislature to repeal Wisconsin's abortion ban.
- September 21, 2022: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called a special session of the Legislature to propose an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution to allow citizen petition-initiated amendments to the state Constitution.
- November 8, 2022: 2022 United States general election:
- * Tony Evers re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
- * Ron Johnson re-elected as United States senator from Wisconsin.
Major legislation
- July 8, 2021: An Act relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature, 2021 Act 58.
Sessions
Regular session: January 4, 2021January 3, 2023January 2021 special session: January 19, 2021February 23, 2021February 2021 extraordinary session: February 5, 2021April 1, 2021 May 2021 special session: May 24, 2021May 25, 2021June 2021 extraordinary session: June 29, 2021July 27, 2021July 2021 special session: July 27, 2021March 2022 special session: March 8, 2022June 2022 special session: June 22, 2022October 2022 special session: October 4, 2022Leadership
Senate leadership
- President of the Senate: Chris Kapenga
- President pro tempore: Patrick Testin
- Senate Majority Leader: Devin LeMahieu
- Assistant Majority Leader: Dan Feyen
- Senate Majority Caucus Chair: Van H. Wanggaard
- Senate Majority Caucus Vice Chair: Kathy Bernier
- Senate Minority Leader: Janet Bewley
- Assistant Minority Leader: Janis Ringhand
- Senate Minority Caucus Chair: Jeff Smith
- Senate Minority Caucus Vice Chair: Melissa Agard
Assembly leadership
- Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos
- Speaker pro tempore: Tyler August
- Assembly Majority Leader: Jim Steineke
- * --Vacant after July 27, 2022--
- Assistant Majority Leader: Kevin David Petersen
- Assembly Majority Caucus Chair: Tyler Vorpagel
- * --Vacant after Jun. 1, 2022--
- Assembly Majority Caucus Vice Chair: Cindi Duchow
- Assembly Majority Caucus Secretary: Jesse James
- Assembly Majority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Samantha Kerkman
- * --Vacant after Jun. 7, 2022--
- Assembly Minority Leader: Gordon Hintz
- * Greta Neubauer
- Assistant Minority Leader: Dianne Hesselbein
- * Kalan Haywood
- Assembly Minority Caucus Chair: Mark Spreitzer
- * Lisa Subeck
- Assembly Minority Caucus Vice Chair: Lisa Subeck
- * Jill Billings
- Assembly Minority Caucus Secretary: Beth Meyers
- * Kristina Shelton
- Assembly Minority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Kalan Haywood
- * Lee Snodgrass
Members
Members of the Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the One Hundred Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the One Hundred Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:Employees
Senate employees
- Chief Clerk: Michael Queensland
- Sergeant at Arms: Ted Blazel
Assembly employees
- Chief Clerk: Kay Inabnet
- Sergeant at Arms: Anne Tonnon Byers