| 83rd Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||
| Term | January 3, 1977 – January 1, 1979 | ||||||||
| Election | November 2, 1976 | ||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||
| Members | 33 | ||||||||
| Senate President | Martin J. Schreiber (D) until July 6, 1977 | ||||||||
| President pro tempore | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
| Assembly | |||||||||
| Members | 99 | ||||||||
| Assembly Speaker | Edward Jackamonis (D) | ||||||||
| Speaker pro tempore | Michael P. Early (D) | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
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The Eighty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, in regular session, and also convened in four special sessions.[1]
This legislative session saw a dramatic overhaul of the Wisconsin judicial system as voters approved a series of amendments to the Constitution of Wisconsin which established the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and collapsed the county courts into the Wisconsin circuit court system. The amendment also established a constitutional basis for the powers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to administer the state court system.
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 2, 1976. 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 5, 1974.[1]
- ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved August 5, 2023.