Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, appointed a Special Committee on Ethics and Standards of Conduct Tuesday to consider a resolution to expel Rep. Jeffrey Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, from the Assembly.
The committee was formed in response to a proposal by Rep. Steven Nass, R-Whitewater, to have Wood removed from his seat following three OWI arrests over the last year.
Wood has stated that he will not seek re-election, but he will not resign from his seat in the Assembly.
Wood said he did not think a replacement lawmaker from his district would be able to serve his constituents as well as he could, according to WKOW 27 news.
The Wisconsin state legislature has only ousted a colleague twice in the past. It would require a two-thirds majority of the Assembly, equivalent to 66 votes.
