Evers Vetoes 9 GOP Bills, Including Bid to Bar Public Funds for Undocumented Health Care

Overview

• The vetoes include a bill to prohibit taxpayer money from covering health care for undocumented residents, leaving current BadgerCare ineligibility unchanged.
• In his veto message, Evers said Republicans pursued a solution to a problem they acknowledged does not exist and accused them of pushing polarizing rhetoric.
• Republican sponsors said the measure was meant to preempt a possible Department of Health Services rule change following a July Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that expanded agencies’ rulemaking power.
• Evers also rejected bills targeting local guaranteed income programs, expanded court challenges to dismissed election complaints, delayed building-code updates, new UW System reporting mandates, and changes to teacher preparation and service-animal rules.
• GOP lawmakers criticized the decisions, with Rep. Alex Dallman accusing Evers of catering to the far left and Sen. Van Wanggaard warning the election bill veto would make commission decisions harder to challenge.