92nd Wisconsin Legislature

92nd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 2, 1995 – January 6, 1997
Election	November 8, 1994
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Brian Rude (R) until Jun. 13, 1996 Fred Risser (D) after Jun. 13, 1996
President pro tempore	Alan Lasee (R) until Jun. 13, 1996
Party control	Republican until Jun. 13, 1996 Democratic after Jun. 13, 1996
Assembly
Members	99
Assembly Speaker	David Prosser Jr. (R)
Speaker pro tempore	Stephen Freese (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
Regular January 3, 1995 – January 6, 1997
Special sessions
Jan. 1995 Spec. January 14, 1995 – January 14, 1995 Sep. 1995 Spec. September 5, 1995 – October 12, 1995

The Ninety-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1995, to January 6, 1997, in regular session, and also convened in two special sessions.^[1]

This session represented the first time the Republican Party of Wisconsin held full control of state government since 1970. They used that power to make extensive changes to the organization of state government, and implemented the landmark Wisconsin Works program, which became a model for the "welfare-to-work" programs of the 1990s. This session also saw the Legislature authorizing new taxes to fund the construction of Miller Park for the Milwaukee Brewers. The stadium tax plan, however, resulted in the Republicans losing control of the state Senate in a June 1996 recall election.

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 8, 1994. 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 3, 1992.^[1]