The committee voted three to three during separate decisions on passing and rejecting the resolution that calls for expelling Chippewa Falls Assemblyman Jeff Wood, or punishing him with a reprimand or censure.

That means the resolution will go the full Assembly with no recommendation from the committee.

Wood told the committee on Tuesday that he received test results from the State Crime Lab from his OWI arrest in Marathon County in October. He says the levels of the prescription drugs in his system were within what was prescribed to him.

"I am expecting the district attorney to reduce the charge from OWI to Inattentive Driving, and I hope we can resolve that case very soon," Wood said.

Later on, committee members debated whether expulsion was the right move, since Wood's cases are still pending in court.

"He's been found guilty of nothing," said Committee Chair Mary Hubler, a Democratic Representative from Rice Lake. "The people of his district have not decided to recall him. They could have done that in January."

"I think he's still a danger," said Republican Representative Mark Gundrum of New Berlin. "It's whether we're going to create more of a danger here by having him in this body as a Representative that is a significant concern to me."

Some of Wood's constituents say they just want to know what will happen to the man who represents them.

"It's extremely frustrating. If it was anybody else, like I said, it would be decided," said Martin Wallace of Chippewa Falls.

"Certainly if you're tasked with the job of putting together a recommendation, you should come through with that," Megan McChesney of Chippewa Falls said.

"It's about the way it is," said Joseph Janc of Chippewa Falls. ""I'm not going to punish my friends, that would be punishing myself.""

Hubler says she expects the Assembly to vote on the resolution next month.

We also tried to contact Wood after the hearing. A staffer told us that he was not available.

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An Assembly committee deciding whether to expel, reprimand, or censure Representative Jeff Wood couldn't come to a conclusion on what to recommend to the full Assembly Tuesday morning.

The committee ended up voting three to three in separate decisions to reject or pass Assembly Resolution 14, which calls for punishment of the Chippewa Falls Independent.

The committee will now issue a report to the full assembly. Committee Chair Mary Hubler says that could take a couple of days. After that, Hubler says the Assembly's rules committee will either schedule the issue for debate or pull it.

Hubler says she expects the full Assembly to vote on the resolution in April.

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The Assembly Committee considering whether to expel Representative Jeff Wood will hold another meeting on the issue.

The chair of the committee, Representative Mary Hubler, says an executive session will be held on Tuesday. She says the committee could vote that day on whether to expel Wood.

Wood, who is an Independent from Chippewa Falls, has been arrested three times for driving under the influence. Earlier this week, Hubler said there wasn't enough support to expel him, but Representative Steve Nass, a Republican from Whitewater who is the plan's only sponsor, says dash cam video from Wood's arrests is proof enough that he acted inappropriately.