The Honorable, The Senate:

Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (2) (a), I have made the following appointments:

Senate Standing Committees:

To the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education: Senators Kapanke (Chair), Harsdorf (Vice-Chair), Kedzie, Moulton, Vinehout, Hansen and Holperin.

To the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Veterans and Military Affairs: Senators Hopper (Chair), Zipperer (Vice-Chair), Darling, Wanggaard, Lassa, Cullen and Taylor.

To the Senate Committee on Education: Senators Olsen (Chair), Vukmir (Vice-Chair), Grothman, Darling, Jauch, Vinehout and Larson.

To the Senate Committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection: Senators Cowles (Chair), Kapanke (Vice-Chair), Hopper, Wirch and Hansen.

To the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues: Senators Schultz (Chair), Lasee (Vice-Chair), Kapanke, Lassa and Vinehout.

To the Senate Committee on Health: Senators Vukmir (Chair), Galloway (Vice-Chair), Moulton, Erpenbach and Carpenter.

To the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing: Senators Lasee (Chair), Schultz (Vice-Chair), Olsen, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Coggs and Larson.

To the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations: Senators Zipperer (Chair), Kedzie (Vice-Chair), Galloway, Risser and Erpenbach.

To the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs: Senators Wanggaard (Chair), Grothman (Vice-Chair), Lazich, Coggs and Wirch.

To the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment: Senators Kedzie (Chair), Moulton (Vice-Chair), Wanggaard, Galloway, Wirch, Holperin and Larson.

To the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue: Senators Galloway (Chair), Lazich (Vice-Chair), Vukmir, Carpenter and Jauch.

To the Senate Committee on State and Federal Relations and Information Technology: Senators Harsdorf (Chair), Lasee (Vice-Chair), Zipperer, Hansen and Cullen.

To the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections: Senators Lazich (Chair), Leibham (Vice-Chair), Lasee, Erpenbach and Coggs.

To the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism: Senators Moulton (Chair), Kapanke (Vice-Chair), Cowles, Holperin and Cullen.

Joint Committees:

To the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules: Senators Vukmir (Co-Chair), Leibham, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.

To the Joint Legislative Audit Committee: Senators Cowles (Co-Chair), Darling (ex-officio), Lazich, Vinehout and Lassa.

S11 To the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties: Senators Zipperer (Co-Chair) and Taylor.

To the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (all ex-officio): Senators Ellis (Co-Chair), Fitzgerald, Darling and Miller.

To the Joint Committee on Finance: Senators Darling (Co-Chair), Olsen (Vice-Chair), Harsdorf, Grothman, Leibham, Hopper, Taylor and Jauch.

To the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology: Senators Harsdorf (Co-Chair), Cowles (Vice-Chair), Zipperer, Risser and Larson.

To the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (all ex-officio): Senators Ellis (Co-Chair), Fitzgerald, Grothman, Miller and Hansen.

To the Joint Legislative Council (Senators Ellis, Leibham, Fitzgerald, Darling, Miller, and Taylor all ex-officio): Senators Ellis (Co-Chair), Fitzgerald, Leibham, Darling, Lazich, Schultz, Galloway, Miller, Taylor, Erpenbach and Cullen.

To the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems: Senators Kapanke (Co-Chair), Wanggaard and Jauch.

To the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions: Senators Hopper (Co-Chair), Zipperer and Carpenter.

With regard to members of the minority party, appointments are made based on nominations by the Minority Leader.

By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.

Mr. President:

I am directed to inform you that, pursuant to Assembly Resolution 1, the 2011-2010 Assembly is organized for the conduct of its business.

I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred in:

Read and referred:

January 3, 2011

The committee on Senate Organization reports:

Pursuant to Senate Rule 97, the attached lists shall be the seating chart and room assignments of the Senate for the 2011-12 Legislative Session.

Senator Room Number

Tim Carpenter 19 South
Spencer Coggs 109 South
Robert Cowles 118 South
Timothy Cullen 108 South
Alberta Darling 317 East
Michael Ellis 220 South
Jon Erpenbach 106 South
Scott Fitzgerald 211 South
Pam Galloway 409 South
Glenn Grothman 10 South
Dave Hansen 5 South
Sheila Harsdorf 18 South
Jim Holperin 126 South
Randy Hopper 310 South
Bob Jauch 415 South
Dan Kapanke 316 South

Neal Kedzie 313 South
Chris Larson 22 South
Frank Lasee 104 South
Julie Lassa 7 South
Mary Lazich 8 South
Joseph Leibham 15 South
Mark Miller 206 South
Terry Moulton 306 South
Luther Olsen 123 South
Fred Risser 130 South
Dale Schultz 122 South
Lena Taylor 20 South
Kathleen Vinehout 3 South
Leah Vukmir 131 South
Van Wanggaard 319 South
Robert Wirch 127 South

Rich Zipperer 323 South

The Senate Session Chamber seating arrangement is listed from facing out from the President's chair, going left to right, starting with the inner ring:

Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Wirch, Lassa, Cullen, Larson, Holperin, Erpenbach, Risser, Taylor, Vinehout and Jauch

Outer Ring:

Senators Ellis, Wanggaard, Cowles, Moulton, Harsdorf, Olsen, Vukmir, Schultz, Kedzie, Galloway, Leibham, Darling, Grothman, Fitzgerald, Miller, Hansen, Lasee, Kapanke, Hopper, Zipperer, and Lazich.

Noes, 0-None.

January 3, 2011

The committee on Senate Organization reports:

Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (1) (c), the attached list shall be the standing committees of the Senate for the 2011-12 Legislative Session:

S12 Number of members on each committee are listed in parenthesis. 7 member committees will have 4 majority party members and 3 minority party members. 5 member committees will have 3 majority party members and 2 minority party members.

Committee on:

Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education (7)

Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs (7)

Education (7)

Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection (5)

Financial Institutions and Rural Issues (5)

Health (5)

Insurance and Housing (7)

Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations (5)