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The Legislative Reference Library was a first-of-its-kind Progressive Era innovation which sought to utilize the expertise of the University of Wisconsin and the resources of Wisconsin's state law library to improve the quality and consistency of the lawmaking process in the Legislature.
Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Wisconsin Legislature "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Wisconsin: Legislative" , guides.loc.gov , Washington DC: Library of Congress
State law is contained in the Wisconsin Constitution and the various statutes enacted by the legislature. The interpretation of state law and its application in specific cases are undertaken by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, based in Madison, Wisconsin. The law of the Menominee also applies within the Menominee Indian Reservation. The "Laws of ...
Its name was changed to the Wisconsin State Law Library in 1977, and it moved to its current location in the Risser Justice Center, 120 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvrd., in 2002.
James N. Azim Jr. – Wisconsin State Representative [86] Tammy Baldwin – first woman to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate [87] Levi H. Bancroft – Attorney General of Wisconsin, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly [88] Lloyd Barbee – Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist [89]
The One Hundred Seventh Wisconsin Legislature is the current ongoing legislative term in Wisconsin. It was convened on January 6, 2025, in regular session, and is scheduled to conclude on January 4, 2027, though it will likely adjourn for legislative activity in the Spring of 2026.
Wisconsin became a U.S. state on May 29, 1848, and special elections were held to fill the first session of the State Assembly; at the time, the body consisted of 66 members. [2] The Assembly was expanded to 82 seats in 1852, and then to 97 seats in 1856, then to 100 seats in 1861, which is the maximum allowed in the Constitution of Wisconsin .
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