60th Wisconsin Legislature

• 1931 Joint Resolution 52: Joint Resolution to amend Section 5 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the governor, so as to in effect repeal the said section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 53: Joint Resolution to amend Section 9 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the lieutenant governor, so as to in effect repeal this section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the lieutenant governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 58: Joint Resolution to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the constitution, relating to impeachments, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical fixes to the impeachment section. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 71: Joint Resolution to amend section 3 of article XI of the constitution, relating to indebtedness secured by public utility and other income producing property of municipalities, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November, 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow new options and exceptions for municipalities taking on debt. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article IV and article XII of the constitution to give the people the power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, and to approve and reject at the polls any act of the legislature. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislation to be proposed and enacted by public petition and referendum. This was the second time such an amendment was proposed, but this amendment also would not be enacted.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article III of the constitution, relating to suffrage, to eliminate obsolete provisions. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical updates to the suffrage section, removing references to "male" in qualifications for electors. Legally, women already had the right to vote in Wisconsin due to the federal constitution's 19th amendment. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the November 1934 election.
• 1931 Joint Resolution 125: Joint Resolution memorializing The Congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. One of many Wisconsin resolutions objecting to the prohibition of alcohol and seeking to limit or repeal prohibition.

• January 19, 1932: An Act ... relating to the banking department, the banking review board, and the regulation of banks, providing penalties, and making appropriations, 1932 Special Session Act 10. Created the state Banking Review Board.
• January 29, 1932: An Act ... relating to unemployment reserves and compensation, providing penalties, and making appropriations, 1932 Special Session Act 20. Established Wisconsin's unemployment insurance program, the first such program in the United States and a model for the future Social Security Act.
• February 8, 1932: An Act ... relating to reapportionment of assembly and senatorial districts, 1931 Special Session Act 27.
• February 8, 1932: An Act ... relating to congressional districts, 1931 Special Session Act 28. Reduced the number of Wisconsin congressional districts from 11 to 10, the first time Wisconsin lost a representative in Congress during reapportionment.

• President of the Senate: Henry Huber (R)
• President pro tempore: Herman J. Severson (R–Iola)

• Speaker of the Assembly: Charles B. Perry (R–Wauwatosa)

Members of the Senate for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation

  Democratic: 1 seat

  Socialist: 2 seats

  Republican: 31 seats

Members of the Assembly for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition

  Democratic: 3 seats

  Socialist: 9 seats

  Republican: 88 seats

Milwaukee County districts

• Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor – V. S. Keppel, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Committees – W. H. Hunt, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – P. J. Smith, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation – H. J. Severson, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare – W. H. Hunt, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Highways – J. E. Cashman, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – W. J. Rush, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure – H. J. Severson, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government – A. M. Miller, chair
• Senate Special Committee on Lobbying on Power Bills – W. S. Goodland, chair

• Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – B. J. Gehrmann, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – W. A. Meyer, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – J. R. Fronek, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – A. J. Baker, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Education – J. D. Millar, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – J. Gamper, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – P. T. Fuhrman, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – J. Kostuck, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – A. J. Piper, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – H. Ellenbecker, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – E. M. Rowlands, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – R. A. Nixon, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – C. W. Mauthe, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – T. Engel, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – D. F. Burnham, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – D. V. Smith, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – G. J. Zittlow, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – J. W. Carow, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – J. H. Kamper, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – A. A. Hitt, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – C. Schoenebeck, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – E. D. Hall, chair
• Assembly Special Committee on Highway Investigations – D. M. Langve, chair
• Assembly Special Committee on Forest Fires – C. A. Budlong, chair
• Assembly Special Committee on Conservation Commission Investigation – C. B. Perry, chair

• Joint Standing Committee on Finance – T. M. Duncan (Sen.) & C. A. Beggs (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Special Committee on Congressional Reapportionment
• Joint Special Committee on Investigation of Memorial Union
• Joint Special Committee on Manufacture of Farm Machinery in State Prison
• Joint Special Committee on Northern Wisconsin Problems
• Joint Special Committee on University and Capitol Heating Plants

• Chief Clerk: R. A. Cobban[2]
  • Assistant Chief Clerk: C. J. Knoche
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Emil A. Hartman
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Norman J. Hippert
• Postmaster: Joseph Kernler

• Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer[2]
  • Journal Clerk: Charles E. Tuffley
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Gustave Rheingans
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Edward J. Konkol
• Postmaster: William H. Kasiska