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Governor Tony Evers (D) announced that he took action on 21 bills this week, signing 16 into law while vetoing five. Additionally, the Governor separately announced he signed Assembly Bill 257, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 17, which creates a new licensure opportunity for registered nurses (RNs) to become advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
Read the full list of bills signed by the Governor here.
Some of the bills the Governor signed include:
Senate Bill 14, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 22, authored by Sen. André Jacque (R)
- Requires hospitals to ensure written informed consent is obtained from a patient before a pelvic examination is performed on the patient solely for educational purposes while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
Senate Bill 31, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 18, authored by Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)
- Extends certain protections to physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.
Senate Bill 43, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 19, authored by Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)
- Authorizes advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient's death for purpose of preparing a death record.
Assembly Bill 45, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 20, authored by Rep. Rob Brooks (R)
- Ratifies and enters Wisconsin into the Dietitian Licensure Compact, allowing dietitians to be eligible to practice in member states.
Senate Bill 98, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 23 authored by Sen. Rob Hutton (R):
- Allows a healthcare cooperative to convert into a service insurance corporation; and
- Requires the insurance commissioner to approve any submitted plan of conversion unless the commissioner concludes, after a hearing, that the plan does not meet the list of allocated requirements.
Senate Bill 152, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 21, authored by Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)
- Allows counties greater flexibility in supporting caregivers by repealing the financial eligibility requirement of the Alzheimer’s Family and Caregiver Support Program; and
- Ensures that the Alzheimer’s Family and Caregiver Support Program funds are eligible to meet the 25 percent state match requirement to receive National Family Caregiver Support Program funding.
The bills the Governor vetoed include:
Senate Bill 4, which would establish requirements for a valid direct primary care agreement and exempt
direct primary care agreements from Wisconsin’s insurance laws.
- The Governor said he vetoed the bill because it fails “to provide sufficient protections for patients receiving care under direct primary care agreements from being discriminated against and potentially losing access to their healthcare.” Read the Veto Message
Assembly Bill 73, which would statutorily recognize specialized dockets for treatment courts and for commercial cases in circuit courts.
- The Governor said he vetoed the bill because he objects to the Legislature “encroaching upon other constitutional offices and branches of government, including attempting to micromanage the Wisconsin Supreme Court.” Read the Veto Message
Assembly Bill 85, which would require that the Department of Corrections recommend revoking a person's extended supervision, parole, or probation if the person is charged with a crime while on extended supervision, parole, or probation.
- The Governor said he vetoed the bill because it is an “unfunded mandate” for the Department of Corrections “which would move Wisconsin in the wrong direction on criminal justice reform without improving public safety.” Read the Veto Message
Assembly Bill 87, which would require restitution be paid immediately following a felony human trafficking conviction and require all financial obligations imposed as part of a criminal sentence to be paid before the felon’s right to vote is fully restored.
- The Governor said he vetoed the bill because he objects “to creating new barriers that could prevent individuals who have completed their court-ordered sentence from having their right to vote restored.” Read the Veto Message
Assembly Bill 269, which would provide portable benefits to certain delivery network couriers and transportation network drivers who provide services through a digital network.
- The Governor said he vetoed the bill because he objects “to the bill’s definition of independent contractor status in the absence of any guaranteed benefit for workers.” Read the Veto Message
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