Global Information96th Wisconsin Legislature information
| 96th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol | |||||||||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||||||||||
| Term | January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Election | November 5, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||||||||||
| Members | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senate President | Alan Lasee (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| President pro tempore | Robert T. Welch (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||||||||||||||
| Assembly | |||||||||||||||||
| Members | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Assembly Speaker | John Gard (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Speaker pro tempore | Stephen Freese (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||||||||||||||
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The Ninety-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 6, 2003, to January 3, 2005, in regular session, and held a concurrent special session from January 30, 2003, to February 20, 2003. They also held seven extraordinary sessions during the term.[1]
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to the 2002 federal court decision, Baumgart v. Wendelberger.
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 5, 2002.[2] Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of their four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 7, 2000.[3]
- ^ "Historical Lists" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2017–2018 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 2017. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-9752820-9-0. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/05/2002 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 2, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2000 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. May 10, 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.