In sprint to the finish, lawmakers send raft of bills to governor
Eager to get on with campaigning ahead of the November midterm election, Wisconsin lawmakers have wrapped up their regular legislative session with a flurry of bills now headed to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ desk. Evers and Republican leaders say they still hope to complete one major piece of unfinished work: Figuring out how to spend the state’s budget surplus. Here are some of the bills that just passed, and some that didn’t.
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Wisconsin becomes the 49th state to expand Medicaid postpartum coverage to a full year for new moms and babies.
It remains unclear if Evers will sign off on the proposal, which faced strong opposition from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, national sports betting groups and anti-gambling advocates.
It was a surprising turn of events for a bill that otherwise breezed through the Assembly last month on a near-unanimous vote.
PFAS have been linked to health problems including low birthweight, cancer and liver disease, and have been shown to make vaccines less effective.
Parents who wish to give up a newborn now have 30 days under extended 'safe haven' law for Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s 2001 safe haven law allows parents to safely and anonymously relinquish a newborn child to police officers, firefighters, EMS providers or hospitals without facing punishment.
ICE cooperation requirements for county sheriffs, cryptocurrency kiosk regulation and allowing wrongful death lawsuits from sextortion crimes all passed the Senate Tuesday.
PFAS have been linked to health problems including low birthweight, cancer and liver disease, and have been shown to make vaccines less effective.
The bipartisan measure, which passed both chambers by a 2-1 ratio, aligns the state with new federal tax policy that eliminates income taxes on cash tips and goes even further.
The bill seeks to regulate crypto kiosks as a way to protect senior citizens from scammers who convince them to turn their life savings into digital currencies.
The amendment limiting the governor’s veto will join two others: One looking to bar discrimination by any government entity, and another limiting a governor’s emergency declarations
Prosecutors can now charge suspected offenders with a specific crime when they cross moral lines rather than settle for lesser, vague statutes like disorderly conduct.
“I've never seen a sandhill crane water ski,” said one Democratic opponent who opposed combining the measures.
The popular bills received near-unanimous support in both houses.
GOP leaders and Gov. Tony Evers have been trying to hammer out a deal that would spend much of the state’s budget surplus on a mix of property tax cuts and increased school funding.
With the Legislature poised to adjourn, the clock is ticking.
The Assembly wrapped up it’s final regularly-scheduled session last month, while the Senate’s presumed final session concluded Tuesday.
It remains unclear if Evers will sign off on the proposal, which faced strong opposition from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, national sports betting groups and anti-gambling advocates.
The bipartisan measure, which passed both chambers by a 2-1 ratio, aligns the state with new federal tax policy that eliminates income taxes on cash tips and goes even further.
The bill seeks to regulate crypto kiosks as a way to protect senior citizens from scammers who convince them to turn their life savings into digital currencies.
Prosecutors can now charge suspected offenders with a specific crime when they cross moral lines rather than settle for lesser, vague statutes like disorderly conduct.
“I've never seen a sandhill crane water ski,” said one Democratic opponent who opposed combining the measures.
