{{Short description|Wisconsin state commission charged with administering and enforcing ethics laws}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Wisconsin Ethics Commission | logo = | logo_width = 128 | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_caption = | preceding1 = Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (2008–2016) | preceding2 = Wisconsin Ethics Board (1973–2008) | preceding3 = | formed = {{Start date and age|2016|6|30}} | headquarters = 101 E. Wilson St.<br/>Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|43|4|23.88|N|89|22|46.452|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | employees = 8 (2023)<ref name="bb2023">{{cite report|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2023_2024/ |title= Wisconsin Blue Book 2023-2024 |year= 2023 |ISBN= 978-1-7333817-2-7 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2023_2024/050_executive.pdf |chapter= The Executive |pages=195–196}}</ref> | budget = $3,017,000 (2023)<ref name="bb2023"/> | chief1_name = Maryann Sumi | chief1_position = Chair | chief2_name = Andrew Weininger | chief2_position = Vice Chair | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = {{nowrap|Daniel A. Carlton Jr.}} | chief4_position = Administrator | website = {{URL|https://ethics.wi.gov}} }} The '''Wisconsin Ethics Commission''' is a regulatory agency of the State of Wisconsin which administers and enforces Wisconsin law pertaining to ethics and lobbying.
==Membership== The Commission is made up of six members, two of whom are appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin, and one each by the President of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Assembly Minority Leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkow.com/story/32417985/2016/07/11/former-attorney-general-lautenschlager-to-chair-new-wi-ethics-commission |title=UPDATE: Former AG Lautenschlager to chair new WI Ethics Commission |author=Greg Neumann |publisher=WKOW-TV |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=ethics>{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/here-s-what-wisconsin-s-new-elections-and-ethics-commissions/article_24e5fd3f-e723-513d-9339-611a6f2aeef9.html |title=Here's what Wisconsin's new elections and ethics commissions look like |author=Jessie Opoien |publisher=The Capital Times |date=July 12, 2016 |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=gab/>
The staff of the Commission are non-partisan, and are led by an administrator. The administrator is appointed by the commission and must be confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate.<ref name=ethics/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ethics.wi.gov/about |title=About the Wisconsin Ethics Commission |publisher=Wisconsin Ethics Commission |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
==Current commissioners==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Name ! Role ! Hometown ! Appointed by ! Term expires ! Party |- | Andrew Weininger | Vice Chair | Verona | Senate Majority Leader | 5/1/2029 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |- | Gerald Ptacek | Commissioner | Racine | Governor | 5/1/2026 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |- | Maryann Sumi | Chair | Middleton | Assembly Minority Leader | 5/1/2026 | |- | Debra Kolste | Commissioner | Madison | Senate Minority Leader | 5/1/2029 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |- | Patricia Strachota | Commissioner | West Bend | Assembly Speaker | 5/1/2026 | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |- | Timothy Van Akkeren | Commissioner | Sheboygan | Governor | 5/1/2029 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |}
==History== The Wisconsin Ethics Commission was created in 2015 when Governor Scott Walker signed Wisconsin Act 118, which eliminated the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board effective June 30, 2016.<ref name=gab>{{cite web|url=http://www.gab.wi.gov/transition |title=Transition |publisher=Wisconsin Government Accountability Board |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/118 |title=2015 WISCONSIN ACT 118 |publisher=Wisconsin State Legislature |date=December 17, 2015 |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
==See also==
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://ethics.wi.gov/ Official website]
Category:Ethics commissions Category:Government of Wisconsin Category:Politics of Wisconsin Category:2015 establishments in Wisconsin