89th Wisconsin Legislature

The Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session, and also convened in two special sessions.
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 8, 1988. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1986.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Tommy Thompson, of Juneau County, serving the second two years of a four-year term, having won election in the 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 20, 1989: Inauguration of George H. W. Bush as the 41st President of the United States.
April 4, 1989: 1989 Wisconsin Spring election:
* Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution which would have allowed the state legislature to enact progressive tax relief for state property and sales taxes.
June 3, 1989: Forces of China's People's Liberation Army began a crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, ultimately resulting in many deaths.
November 9, 1989: After an unexpected announcement of liberalization of travel policy in East Germany, crowds of civilians began demolishing the Berlin Wall, which had divided the city since the 1960s.
February 7, 1990: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to allow parties other than the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to compete in elections in the constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
April 3, 1990: 1990 Wisconsin Spring election:
* Wisconsin voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution which revised the gubernatorial line-item veto power to prevent the governor from creating entire new words from vetoing parts of other words.
August 7, 1990: U.S. President George H. W. Bush ordered American military forces to Saudi Arabia following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
November 6, 1990: 1990 United States general election:
* Tommy Thompson re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
November 29, 1990: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 678, ordering Iraq to withdraw forces from Kuwait by January 15, 1991, and empowering states to use all necessary means to force Iraq to comply with the resolution.

Major legislation

August 8, 1989: An Act relating to state finances and appropriations, constituting the general executive budget bill of the 1989 legislature, and making appropriations, . Vetoed in part, this act also established the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Sessions

Regular session: January 3, 1989January 7, 1991October 1989 special session: October 10, 1989March 22, 1990May 1990 special session: May 15, 1990

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Fred Risser

Senate majority leadership

Majority Leader: Joseph A. Strohl
Assistant Majority Leader: David Helbach

Senate minority leadership

Minority Leader: Michael G. Ellis
Assistant Minority Leader: Brian Rude

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Thomas A. Loftus
Speaker pro tempore: David Clarenbach

Assembly majority leadership

Majority Leader: Thomas A. Hauke
Assistant Majority Leader: Marlin Schneider

Assembly minority leadership

Minority Leader: David Prosser Jr.
Assistant Minority Leader: Randall J. Radtke

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: Donald J. Schneider
Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel B. Fields

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Thomas T. Melvin
Sergeant-at-Arms: Robert G. Johnston