hist160022Wisconsin Act 220   Assembly Bill 578   April 9, 2022
hist159931Wisconsin Act 221   Assembly Bill 607   April 9, 2022
hist159933Wisconsin Act 222   Assembly Bill 686   April 9, 2022
hist159935Wisconsin Act 223   Assembly Bill 727   April 9, 2022
hist159937Wisconsin Act 224   Assembly Bill 759   April 9, 2022
hist159939Wisconsin Act 225   Assembly Bill 765   April 9, 2022
hist160023Wisconsin Act 226   Assembly Bill 820   April 9, 2022
hist159942Wisconsin Act 227   Assembly Bill 842   April 9, 2022
hist159944Wisconsin Act 228   Assembly Bill 874   April 9, 2022
hist159946Wisconsin Act 229   Assembly Bill 887   April 9, 2022
hist159948Wisconsin Act 230   Assembly Bill 909   April 9, 2022
hist159950Wisconsin Act 231   Assembly Bill 910   April 9, 2022
hist159952Wisconsin Act 232   Assembly Bill 911   April 9, 2022
hist159954Wisconsin Act 233   Assembly Bill 914   April 9, 2022
hist159956Wisconsin Act 234   Assembly Bill 943   April 9, 2022
hist160020Wisconsin Act 235   Assembly Bill 953   April 9, 2022
hist160021Wisconsin Act 236   Assembly Bill 975   April 9, 2022
Wisconsin Act 237   Assembly Bill 994   April 9, 2022
hist159962Wisconsin Act 238   Assembly Bill 1020   April 9, 2022
hist159964Wisconsin Act 239   Assembly Bill 1021   April 9, 2022
hist159966Wisconsin Act 240   Assembly Bill 1022   April 9, 2022
hist159968Wisconsin Act 241   Assembly Bill 1023   April 9, 2022
hist159970Wisconsin Act 242   Assembly Bill 1024   April 9, 2022
hist159972Wisconsin Act 243   Assembly Bill 1025   April 9, 2022
hist159974Wisconsin Act 244   Assembly Bill 1026   April 9, 2022
hist159976Wisconsin Act 245   Assembly Bill 1027   April 9, 2022
hist159978Wisconsin Act 246   Assembly Bill 1028   April 9, 2022
hist159980Wisconsin Act 247   Assembly Bill 1029   April 9, 2022
hist159982Wisconsin Act 248   Assembly Bill 1030   April 9, 2022
hist159984Wisconsin Act 249   Assembly Bill 1031   April 9, 2022
hist159986Wisconsin Act 250   Assembly Bill 1032   April 9, 2022
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Governor’s Veto Message
April 8, 2022
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
  The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been vetoed in their entirety, and were returned to their house of origin, together with the objections in writing:
Bill Number Date of Veto
hist159885Assembly Bill 122       April 8, 2022
hist159886Assembly Bill 152       April 8, 2022
hist159887Assembly Bill 414       April 8, 2022
hist159888Assembly Bill 446       April 8, 2022
hist159889Assembly Bill 495       April 8, 2022
hist159890Assembly Bill 518       April 8, 2022
hist159891Assembly Bill 569       April 8, 2022
hist159892Assembly Bill 597       April 8, 2022
hist159893Assembly Bill 643       April 8, 2022
hist159894Assembly Bill 675       April 8, 2022
hist159895Assembly Bill 776       April 8, 2022
hist159896Assembly Bill 777       April 8, 2022
hist159897Assembly Bill 824       April 8, 2022
hist159898Assembly Bill 827       April 8, 2022
hist159899Assembly Bill 828       April 8, 2022
hist159900Assembly Bill 829       April 8, 2022
hist159901Assembly Bill 831       April 8, 2022
hist159902Assembly Bill 832       April 8, 2022
hist159903Assembly Bill 834       April 8, 2022
hist159904Assembly Bill 836       April 8, 2022
hist159905Assembly Bill 884       April 8, 2022
hist159906Assembly Bill 885       April 8, 2022
hist159907Assembly Bill 888       April 8, 2022
hist159908Assembly Bill 903       April 8, 2022
hist159909Assembly Bill 912       April 8, 2022
hist159910Assembly Bill 932       April 8, 2022
hist159911Assembly Bill 940       April 8, 2022
hist159912Assembly Bill 941       April 8, 2022
hist159913Assembly Bill 962       April 8, 2022
hist159914Assembly Bill 965       April 8, 2022
hist159915Assembly Bill 967       April 8, 2022
hist159916Assembly Bill 968       April 8, 2022
hist159917Assembly Bill 984       April 8, 2022
hist159918Assembly Bill 995       April 8, 2022
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 122 in its entirety.
This bill permits and defines a “micro education pod” as an educational program between two and ten family units and up to 20 children in a single location with a designated administrator. The ability to use micro education pods would sunset after the 2023-2024 school year.
I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to creating an entirely new type of largely unregulated educational structure. The bill would functionally create a new class of small private entities that would operate outside of the current laws applying to private schools and homeschooling, such as those relating to special education, employment, building codes, teacher licensing, and health and safety standards. Micro education pods would operate as mostly unregulated, small private schools with some components of homeschooling. More broadly, this bill is part of a series of efforts by this Legislature to politicize our schools and our education system while refusing to make meaningful, necessary investments in our kids and our schools. I welcome the opportunity to work together with the Legislature to do what’s best for our kids.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 152 in its entirety.
This bill creates an exemption from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Service's examination requirement for certain building and plumbing plans and modifies other aspects of the building plan review process.
I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to passing unnecessary legislation that could ultimately compromise safety by undermining the department’s current process, which helps ensure public health and safety standards are met. Moreover, my administration has already successfully addressed the problem this bill seeks to solve. Three years ago, building and plumbing plan review times were taking much too long and negatively impacting building constructions and renovations.  As a result, my administration, and specifically the department's secretary, took the initiative to find a way to reduce plan review time and successfully did so.  Since taking these steps, plan review time has been reduced by about half; from 10 to 12 weeks to four to six weeks, on average.  In fact, in 2020, most plan reviews were completed in three to five weeks.  Therefore, what this legislation intends to do has already been accomplished without compromising safety.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 414 in its entirety.
The bill would require the Departments of Revenue and Administration, respectively, to potentially withhold state funding from any local or state government agency if that agency requires employees to attend training relating to any number of concepts prescribed in the bill.
I am vetoing the bill in its entirety because I object to the Legislature attempting to infringe upon the executive branch of state government, especially under cover of politically motivated claims and erroneous assumptions for which the Legislature has no meaningful basis.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 446 in its entirety.
The bill would mandate school boards and independent charter schools to assess the early literacy skill of pupils in four-year-old kindergarten to second grade using screening assessments throughout the year and to create a personal reading plan for each pupil in five-year-old kindergarten to second grade who is identified as at-risk. It would also require the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to establish and maintain lists of approved fundamental skills screening assessments, universal screening assessments, and diagnostic assessments on its Internet site based on alignment with model academic standards in reading and language arts, and a mandatory minimum sensitivity rate and specificity rate. Further, this bill would mandate a school board, for each school and district, or operator of an independent charter, to annually submit a report to DPI regarding the number of pupils identified as at-risk, the names of reading assessments used, and the number of pupils in five-year-old kindergarten to second grade who receive literacy interventions, all information which the department would then annually compile and report to the Legislature. The amended bill requires the use of at least $5,000,0000 in one-time American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 federal funding to implement its new mandates for screenings and interventions or to address staffing or other resource needs necessary for implementation.
When I vetoed the Senate version of this bill, SB 454, I raised concerns about the need for long-term sustainable funding. Wisconsin is projected to have a $3.8 billion surplus at the end of the 2021-23 biennium—nearly $2.9 billion more than was expected in June 2021—while the state’s ‘rainy day’ fund now sits at the highest level in state history. Instead of amending the bill to utilize state dollars and ensure ongoing funding, the bill was amended to require the use of already allocated one-time federal funds. I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I continue to object to overhauling Wisconsin’s reading readiness system for assessment and intervention without evidence that the proposed approach is best suited to our students, without long-term, sustainable funding.
As I stated previously, we need to address reading proficiency and increase literacy success in our schools, particularly after the challenges our kids, parents, and schools faced during the pandemic. A bill that will ultimately lead to reducing valuable instruction time and asks schools to rely on one-time money for long-term expenses fails to provide the necessary and meaningful investments our kids and our schools deserve.
As I advocated for as Superintendent of Public Instruction, and have proposed as Governor is that we need to provide the necessary funding to support the work of our educators, administrators, and staff currently doing the work with our kids to ensure reading and literacy success.
I am vetoing Assembly Bill 495 in its entirety.
This bill would weaken current conceal carry weapon license regulations establishing gun-free school zones by allowing, under certain circumstances, a concealed carry weapon licensee to possess a loaded firearm on school grounds.
I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to creating another exception to the gun-free school zone law. Wisconsin's gun-free school zone law passed with strong bipartisan support and was signed into law by Governor Thompson in 1991. Wisconsinites desperately want their elected leaders to take action to find common-sense solutions that both respect and uphold rights and ensure our schools, our streets, and our communities are safe. To that end, I have been proud to invest more than $100 million into violence and crime prevention and efforts to support local and tribal public safety agencies.
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