86th Wisconsin Legislature

86th Wisconsin Legislature
86th Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1985
Election	November 2, 1982
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Fred Risser (D)
President pro tempore	William A. Bablitch (D) until July 31, 1983
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	99
Assembly Speaker	Thomas A. Loftus (D)
Speaker pro tempore	David Clarenbach (D)
Party control	Democratic
Sessions
Regular
Regular	January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1985
Special sessions
Jan. 1983 Spec.
Jan. 1983 Spec.	January 4, 1983 – January 6, 1983
Apr. 1983 Spec.	April 12, 1983 – April 14, 1983
Jul. 1983 Spec.	July 11, 1983 – July 14, 1983
Oct. 1983 Spec.	October 18, 1983 – October 28, 1983
Feb. 1984 Spec.	February 2, 1984 – February 4, 1984
May 1984 Spec.	May 22, 1984 – May 24, 1984

The Eighty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1983, to January 7, 1985, in regular session, and also convened in six special sessions.^[1]

This was the only legislative session under the legislative redistricting plan imposed by a panel of federal judges in 1982 in the case Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board.^[2] The district plan was intended to be punitive, scrambling the district numbers and putting incumbents in head-to-head contests. During this session, the legislature and governor agreed on a new redistricting plan to supersede the court plan, the only time this has been done in Wisconsin history.

Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1982. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1980.^[1]

Major events

January 3, 1983: Inauguration of Tony Earl as the 41st Governor of Wisconsin.
April 5, 1983: Wisconsin state senator William A. Bablitch was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to succeed Bruce F. Beilfuss.
April 18, 1983: A car bomb detonated in front of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
August 1, 1983: Nathan Heffernan became the 23rd chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by rule of seniority, at the expiration of the term of chief justice Bruce F. Beilfuss.
October 23, 1983: Simultaneous truck bombings in Beirut destroyed a United States Marine Corps barracks and a French Army barracks, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers, and 6 Lebanese civilians.
November 6, 1984: 1984 United States general election:
- Ronald Reagan (R) re-elected President of the United States

Major legislation

July 19, 1983: An Act ... relating to redistricting the senate and assembly based on the 1980 federal census of population and making miscellaneous changes in the statutes pertaining to decennial legislative redistricting, 1983 Act 29.
April 9, 1984: An Act ... relating to establishing a system of marital property shared by husband and wife and providing penalties, 1983 Act 186. Wisconsin's update to marital property laws to default to a shared property standard. Wisconsin was the first state to implement this change.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Dem.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	19	14	33	0

Start of Reg. Session^{[note 1]}	17	14	32	1
From Apr. 13, 1983^{[note 2]}	19		33	0
From Jul. 31, 1983^{[note 3]}	18		32	1
From Aug. 12, 1983^{[note 4]}	19		33	0
From Jan. 3, 1984^{[note 5]}	18		32	1
From Apr. 3, 1984^{[note 6]}	17		31	2
From Apr. 23, 1984^{[note 7]}	17	15	32	1
From Nov. 13, 1984^{[note 8]}	18	15	33	0

Final voting share	54.55%	45.45%

Beginning of the next Legislature	19	14	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Dem.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	58	41	99	0

Start of Reg. Session	59	40	99	0
From Apr. 13, 1983^{[note 9]}	57		97	2
From Jul. 12, 1983^{[note 10]}	59		99	0
From Aug. 12, 1983^{[note 11]}	58		98	1
From Nov. 11, 1983^{[note 12]}	59		99	0
From Nov. 30, 1983^{[note 13]}	58		98	1
From Apr. 5, 1984^{[note 14]}	59		99	0
From Apr. 23, 1984^{[note 15]}	59	39	98	1
From Nov. 12, 1984^{[note 16]}	58	39	97	2

Final voting share	59.18%	40.82%

Beginning of the next Legislature	52	47	99	0

Sessions

Regular session: January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1985
January 1983 special session: January 4, 1983 – January 6, 1983
April 1983 special session: April 12, 1983 – April 14, 1983
July 1983 special session: July 11, 1983 – July 14, 1983
October 1983 special session: October 18, 1983 – October 28, 1983
February 1984 special session: February 2, 1984 – February 4, 1984
May 1984 special session: May 22, 1984 – May 24, 1984

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Fred Risser (D–Madison)
President pro tempore: William A. Bablitch (D–Stevens Point) (until July 31, 1983)

Senate majority leadership

Majority Leader: Timothy Cullen (D–Janesville)
Assistant Majority Leader: Paul Offner (D–La Crosse) (until Jan. 3, 1984)
- John Norquist (D–Milwaukee) (after Jan. 11, 1984)

Senate minority leadership

Minority Leader: James Harsdorf (R–River Falls)
Assistant Minority Leader: Susan Engeleiter (R–Menomonee Falls)

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Thomas A. Loftus (D–Sun Prairie)
Speaker pro tempore: David Clarenbach (D–Madison)

Assembly majority leadership

Majority Leader: Gary K. Johnson (D–Beloit)
Assistant Majority Leader: Richard Shoemaker (D–Menomonie)

Assembly minority leadership

Minority Leader: Tommy Thompson (R–Elroy)
Assistant Minority Leader: Robert S. Travis Jr. (R–Platteville)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature:^[3]

Dist.	Senator	Party	Age (1983)	Home	First elected
01	Alan Lasee	Rep.	45	De Pere, Brown County	1977
02	Don Hanaway	Rep.	49	De Pere, Brown County	1979
03	John Norquist	Dem.	33	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1982
04	Rod Johnston	Rep.	45	Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County	1979
05	Mordecai Lee	Dem.	34	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1982
06	Gary George	Dem.	28	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1980
07	Jerry Kleczka (res. Apr. 3, 1984)	Dem.	39	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1974
07	John Plewa (from Nov. 13, 1984)	Dem.	39	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1984
08	--Vacant until Apr. 13, 1983--
08	Joseph Czarnezki (from Apr. 13, 1983)	Dem.	28	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County	1983
09	Carl Otte	Dem.	59	Sheboygan, Sheboygan County	1982
10	James Harsdorf	Rep.	32	River Falls, Pierce County	1980
11	J. Mac Davis	Rep.	30	Waukesha, Waukesha County	1976
12	--Vacant until Apr. 13, 1983--
12	Lloyd H. Kincaid (from Apr. 13, 1983)	Dem.	57	Crandon, Forest County	1983
13	Barbara Lorman	Rep.	50	Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County	1980
14	Gerald Lorge	Rep.	60	Bear Creek, Outagamie County	1954
15	Timothy Cullen	Dem.	38	Janesville, Rock County	1974
16	Carl W. Thompson	Dem.	68	Stoughton, Dane County	1959
17	Richard Kreul	Rep.	58	Fennimore, Grant County	1978
18	Scott McCallum	Rep.	32	Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County	1976
19	Michael G. Ellis	Rep.	41	Neenah, Winnebago County	1982
20	David W. Opitz	Rep.	37	Port Washington, Ozaukee County	1979
21	Joseph A. Strohl	Dem.	36	Racine, Racine County	1978
22	John J. Maurer	Dem.	60	Kenosha, Kenosha County	1975
23	Marvin J. Roshell	Dem.	50	Lafayette, Chippewa County	1978
24	William A. Bablitch (res. Jul. 31, 1983)	Dem.	41	Stevens Point, Portage County	1972
24	David Helbach (after Aug. 12, 1983)	Dem.	34	Stevens Point, Portage County	1983
25	Daniel Theno	Rep.	35	Ashland, Ashland County	1972
26	Fred Risser	Dem.	55	Madison, Dane County	1962
27	Russ Feingold	Dem.	29	Middleton, Dane County	1982
28	Lynn Adelman	Dem.	43	New Berlin, Waukesha County	1976
29	Walter Chilsen	Rep.	59	Wausau, Marathon County	1966
30	Jerome Van Sistine	Dem.	56	Green Bay, Brown County	1976
31	Rodney C. Moen	Dem.	45	Whitehall, Trempealeau County	1982
32	Paul Offner (res. Jan. 3, 1984)	Dem.	40	La Crosse, La Crosse County	1968
32	Brian Rude (from Apr. 23, 1984)	Rep.	28	Coon Valley, Vernon County	1984
33	Susan Engeleiter	Rep.	30	Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County	1980

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature:^[3]

Senate Dist.	Dist.	Representative	Party	Age (1983)	Home	First Elected
01	73	Lary J. Swoboda	Dem.	43	Luxemburg	1970
	74	Dale Bolle	Dem.	59	Whitelaw	1982
	75	Robert Cowles	Rep.	32	Green Bay	1982
02	54	Cathy Zeuske	Rep.	24	Shawano	1982
	82	Gervase Hephner	Dem.	46	Chilton	1966
	83	William J. Rogers	Dem.	52	Kaukauna	1962
03	13	Dismas Becker	Dem.	46	Milwaukee	1977
	14	Thomas J. Crawford	Dem.	30	Milwaukee	1980
	15	Walter Kunicki	Dem.	24	Milwaukee	1980
04	04	Barbara Ulichny	Dem.	35	Milwaukee	1978
	05	Betty Jo Nelsen	Rep.	47	Shorewood	1979
	06	Gus Menos	Dem.	62	Milwaukee	1971
05	07	Thomas Seery	Dem.	37	Milwaukee	1982
	08	Lois Plous	Dem.	44	Milwaukee	1980
	09	Thomas W. Meaux (res. Nov. 30, 1983)	Dem.	28	Milwaukee	1982
	09	Thomas Barrett (from Apr. 5, 1984)	Dem.	30	Milwaukee	1984
06	10	Spencer Coggs	Dem.	33	Milwaukee	1982
	11	Annette Polly Williams	Dem.	45	Milwaukee	1980
	12	Marcia P. Coggs	Dem.	54	Milwaukee	1976
07	01	Louise M. Tesmer	Dem.	40	Milwaukee	1972
	02	John Plewa (res. Nov. 13, 1984)	Dem.	37	Milwaukee	1972
	03	Chester A. Gerlach	Dem.	35	South Milwaukee	1974
08	16	Jeannette Bell	Dem.	41	West Allis	1982
	17	Joseph Czarnezki (res. Apr. 13, 1983)	Dem.	28	Milwaukee	1980
	17	Peggy Krusick (from Jul. 12, 1983)	Dem.	26	Milwaukee	1983
	18	Thomas A. Hauke	Dem.	44	West Allis	1972
09	76	Vernon W. Holschbach	Dem.	56	Manitowoc	1980
	77	Calvin Potter	Dem.	37	Kohler	1974
	78	Wilfrid J. Turba	Rep.	54	Elkhart Lake	1982
10	40	Earl Gilson	Dem.	59	River Falls	1982
	41	Richard Shoemaker	Dem.	31	Menomonie	1978
	42	Harvey Stower	Dem.	38	Amery	1982
11	64	Joseph Wimmer	Rep.	48	Waukesha	1982
	65	Joanne Huelsman	Rep.	44	Waukesha	1982
	66	Steven Foti	Rep.	24	Oconomowoc	1982
12	46	Jim Holperin	Dem.	32	Eagle River	1982
	48	Lloyd H. Kincaid (res. Apr. 13, 1983)	Dem.	57	Crandon	1972
	48	John Volk (from Jul. 12, 1983)	Dem.	67	Freedom	1983
	61	Sheehan Donoghue	Rep.	39	Merrill	1972
13	31	Randall J. Radtke	Rep.	31	Lake Mills	1978
	32	James M. Stewart	Rep.	46	Whitewater	1982
	33	Robert Goetsch	Rep.	49	Oak Grove	1982
14	85	Francis R. Byers	Rep.	62	Marion	1968
	86	Patricia A. Goodrich	Rep.	49	Berlin	1974
	87	Tommy Thompson	Rep.	41	Elroy	1966
15	25	Gary K. Johnson	Dem.	43	Beloit	1970
	26	Wayne W. Wood	Dem.	52	Janesville	1976
	27	Charles W. Coleman	Rep.	50	Richmond	1982
16	97	Joe Wineke	Dem.	25	Verona	1982
	98	Charles Chvala	Dem.	28	Madison	1982
	99	Thomas A. Loftus	Dem.	37	Sun Prairie	1976
17	37	John T. Manske	Rep.	30	Milton	1981
	38	Joseph E. Tregoning	Rep.	41	Shullsburg	1967
	39	Robert S. Travis Jr.	Rep.	35	Platteville	1976
18	88	Esther Doughty Luckhardt	Rep.	69	Horicon	1962
	89	Earl F. McEssy	Rep.	69	Fond du Lac	1956
	90	Gordon R. Bradley	Rep.	61	Oshkosh	1968
19	79	David Prosser Jr.	Rep.	40	Appleton	1978
	80	Esther K. Walling	Rep.	42	Menasha	1982
	81	Carol A. Buettner	Rep.	34	Oshkosh	1982
20	70	John L. Merkt	Rep.	36	Mequon	1976
	71	Donald K. Stitt	Rep.	38	Port Washington	1979
	72	Mary Panzer	Rep.	31	West Bend	1980
21	19	Jeffrey A. Neubauer	Dem.	27	Racine	1980
	20	James F. Rooney	Dem.	47	Racine	1972
	21	Ronald A. Sell	Dem.	37	Caledonia	1982
22	22	Cloyd A. Porter	Rep.	47	Burlington	1972
	23	John Antaramian	Dem.	28	Kenosha	1982
	24	Joseph F. Andrea	Dem.	55	Kenosha	1976
23	55	Steven C. Brist	Dem.	28	Chippewa Falls	1976
	56	Joseph Looby	Dem.	65	Eau Claire	1968
	57	Heron Van Gorden	Rep.	56	Neillsville	1982
24	58	David Helbach (res. Aug. 12, 1983)	Dem.	34	Stevens Point	1978
	58	William Horvath (from Nov. 11, 1983)	Dem.	45	Stevens Point	1983
	59	Marlin Schneider	Dem.	40	Wisconsin Rapids	1970
	60	Donald W. Hasenohrl	Dem.	47	Pittsville	1974
25	49	Robert Jauch	Dem.	37	Poplar	1982
	50	June Jaronitzky	Rep.	44	Tripp	1980
	51	Patricia Spafford Smith	Dem.	57	Rice Lake	1978
26	94	Mary Lou Munts	Dem.	58	Madison	1972
	95	Midge Miller	Dem.	60	Madison	1970
	96	David Clarenbach	Dem.	29	Madison	1974
27	91	Dale Schultz	Rep.	29	Washington	1982
	92	Robert M. Thompson	Dem.	55	Poynette	1970
	93	David Travis	Dem.	34	Madison	1978
28	28	James A. Rutkowski	Dem.	40	Hales Corners	1970
	29	Raymond J. Moyer	Dem.	56	Rochester	1982
	30	John C. Schober	Rep.	31	New Berlin	1982
29	47	Robert J. Larson	Rep.	50	Medford	1978
	62	William A. Kasten	Rep.	26	Mosinee	1982
	63	John H. Robinson	Dem.	27	Wausau	1980
30	52	Richard P. Matty	Rep.	50	Stephenson	1972
	53	Cletus J. Vanderperren	Dem.	70	Pittsfield	1958
	84	Sharon Metz	Dem.	48	Green Bay	1974
31	43	Barbara Gronemus	Dem.	51	Whitehall	1982
	44	Mark D. Lewis	Dem.	33	Eau Claire	1982
	45	Robert Quackenbush	Rep.	59	Sparta	1970
32	34	John Medinger	Dem.	34	La Crosse	1976
	35	Virgil Roberts	Dem.	60	Holmen	1970
	36	Brian Rude (res. Apr. 23, 1984)	Rep.	27	Coon Valley	1982
	36	--Vacant from Apr. 23, 1984--
33	67	Peggy Rosenzweig	Rep.	46	Wauwatosa	1982
	68	John M. Young	Rep.	56	Brookfield	1978
	69	Lolita Schneiders	Rep.	51	Menomonee Falls	1980

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: Donald J. Schneider^[3]
Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel B. Fields

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Joanne M. Duren^[3]
Sergeant-at-Arms: Lewis T. Mittness

Changes from the 85th Legislature

New districts for the 86th Legislature were defined in the case of Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board, decided by a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This was the first time redistricting in Wisconsin was performed by a federal court.^[2]

Senate redistricting

Summary of Senate changes

No districts were left unchanged
Milwaukee County went from having 7 whole districts and part of two additional districts down to 6 whole districts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) and part of two additional districts (28, 33).

Senate districts

Dist.	85th Legislature	86th Legislature
1	Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc counties and parts of eastern Brown County	Door, Kewaunee counties and northern Manitowoc County and parts of eastern Brown County and eastern Calumet County
2	Calumet County and parts of central Brown County, southwest Outagamie County, eastern Fond du Lac County, northwest Sheboygan County, and northern Washington County	Most of Calumet County, eastern Outagamie County, eastern Shawano County, and parts of southern Brown County and southern Oconto County
3	Milwaukee County (city southwest)	Milwaukee County (city central)
4	Northeast Milwaukee County and most of Washington County and part of southern Ozaukee County	Milwaukee County (northeast)
5	Milwaukee County (northwest)	Milwaukee County (northwest)
6	Milwaukee County (city north)	Milwaukee County (city north)
7	Milwaukee County (southeast)	Milwaukee County (southeast)
8	Milwaukee County (middle-west)	Milwaukee County (middle-west)
9	Milwaukee County (city center)	Most of Sheboygan County and southern Manitowoc County and parts of southeast Calumet County and eastern Fond du Lac County
10	Buffalo, Burnett, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties and western Barron County and part of southwest Trempealeau County	Burnett, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties and western Dunn County
11	Milwaukee County (city west)	Western Waukesha County and parts of southeast Washington County, southeast Jefferson County, and northwest Walworth County
12	Florence, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Taylor, Vilas counties and parts of northeast Clark County, southern Price County, western Oconto County, northern Marinette County, and most of Langlade County	Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida, Vilas and northern Marinette County, western Shawano County, and parts of northwest Oconto County, and northern Marathon County
13	Central and southern Jefferson County and eastern Dane County	Most of Jefferson County and most of Dodge County and part of northeast Rock County
14	Waupaca County and most of Outagamie County and parts of southern Shawano County	Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Waushara counties and eastern Waupaca County and western Outagamie County and parts of northwest Winnebago County and western Fond du Lac County
15	South and eastern Rock County and most of Walworth County and part of western Racine County	Central and southeast Rock County and most of Walworth County
16	Northern, western, and southern Dane County and northern Rock County	Most of Dane County and parts of northern Green County and northwest Rock County
17	Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland counties and most of Grant County and parts of northwest Dane County and western Rock County	Iowa, Lafayette counties and most of Grant County, most of Green County, and parts of southwest Richland County and western and northern Rock County
18	Most of Dodge County and parts of central Fond du Lac County and western Washington County	Most of Fond du Lac County, southern Winnebago County, and parts of western Washington County and eastern Dodge County
19	Most of Winnebago County and part of northern Fond du Lac County	Northeast Winnebago County and part of southern Outagamie County
20	Most of Sheboygan County and most of Ozaukee County	Most of Ozaukee County, eastern Washington County, and parts of southeast Sheboygan County
21	Racine County (eastern quarter)	Racine County (eastern half)
22	Kenosha County and parts of central Racine County and southeast Walworth County	Kenosha County and parts of southwest Racine County and southeast Walworth County
23	Chippewa and Dunn counties and parts of western Eau Claire County and eastern Pepin County	Chippewa and Clark counties and parts of eastern Dunn County, northern Eau Claire County, western Marathon County, southern Taylor County, and southeast Barron County
24	Green Lake and Portage counties and most of Waushara County and parts of northern Wood County, southern Marathon County, eastern Clark County, western Fond du Lac County, northwest Dodge County, and southwest Winnebago County	Portage and Wood counties and western Waupaca County
25	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and eastern Barron County and northern Price County	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and most of Barron County
26	Dane County (Madison)	Dane County (Madison)
27	Columbia, Marquette, Sauk counties and parts of southern Adams County, southern Juneau County, and western Dodge County	Columbia County, most of Sauk County, most of Richland County, and part of western Dodge County
28	Milwaukee (southwest) and most of Waukesha County and parts of eastern Jefferson County	Milwaukee (southwest) and parts of southeast Waukesha County, western Racine County, and northeast Walworth County
29	Menominee County and most of Marathon County and most of Shawano County and part of southern Langlade County	Price, Rusk counties and most of Marathon County and most of Taylor County
30	Brown (north & west) and eastern Oconto County and southern Marinette County	Northwest Brown County and eastern Oconto County and southern Marinette County
31	Most of Eau Claire County, most of Jackson County, most of Monroe County, and most of Clark County, and northern Trempealeau County	Buffalo, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau counties and most of Eau Claire County and msot of Monroe County
32	Crawford, La Crosse, Vernon counties and parts of northwest Grant County, southwest Monroe County, southern Trempealeau County, and southeast Jackson County	Crawford, La Crosse, Vernon counties and parts of northern Grant County and western Monroe County
33	Waukesha County (northeast)	Northeast Waukesha County, parts of southern Washington County and western Milwaukee County

Notes

References

External links

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