The Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1959, to May 27, 1960, in regular session.[1]
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 4, 1958. 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 6, 1956.[1]
Gaylord Nelson (D)
re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property.
Major legislation
July 24, 1959: An Act ... relating to group health insurance and the group life insurance program for state employes, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation,
1959 Act 211. Created group life and health insurance programs for state employees.
July 31, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the department of budget and accounts, bureau of engineering, bureau of personnel, bureau of purchases, division of departmental research and the creation of a state department of administration, a board on government operations and making appropriations,
1959 Act 228. Created the
Wisconsin Department of Administration.
September 19, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the state planning division, division of industrial development, the creation of a department of resource development, and increasing the appropriation to the university of Wisconsin,
1959 Act 442. Created the
Wisconsin Department of Resource Development.
October 2, 1959: An Act ... relating to rights of employes of local units of government to form and join labor organizations,
1959 Act 509. Allowed Wisconsin municipal employees to unionize.
1959 Joint Resolution 15: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for port improvements. This amendment was ratified at the April 1960 election.
1959 Joint Resolution 32: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property. This amendment was ratified at the November 1960 election.
The Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1959, to May 27, 1960, in regular session.[1]
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 4, 1958. 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 6, 1956.[1]
Gaylord Nelson (D)
re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property.
Major legislation
July 24, 1959: An Act ... relating to group health insurance and the group life insurance program for state employes, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation,
1959 Act 211. Created group life and health insurance programs for state employees.
July 31, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the department of budget and accounts, bureau of engineering, bureau of personnel, bureau of purchases, division of departmental research and the creation of a state department of administration, a board on government operations and making appropriations,
1959 Act 228. Created the
Wisconsin Department of Administration.
September 19, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the state planning division, division of industrial development, the creation of a department of resource development, and increasing the appropriation to the university of Wisconsin,
1959 Act 442. Created the
Wisconsin Department of Resource Development.
October 2, 1959: An Act ... relating to rights of employes of local units of government to form and join labor organizations,
1959 Act 509. Allowed Wisconsin municipal employees to unionize.
1959 Joint Resolution 15: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for port improvements. This amendment was ratified at the April 1960 election.
1959 Joint Resolution 32: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property. This amendment was ratified at the November 1960 election.