Evers signs 16 bills impacting health care, housing, more

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Gov. Tony Evers on Friday took action on 21 bills, signing 16 and vetoing five.

Among the 16 bills signed by the governor are:

  • Senate Bill 152, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 21, which repeals 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% state match requirement to receive National Family Caregiver Support Program funding;

  • Senate Bill 31, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 18, which extends certain protections to physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts;

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  • Assembly Bill 45, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 20, which 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, which allows a health care 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 278, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 27, which extends the Community-Oriented Policing House Program from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027; and changes the program’s funding appropriation from biennial to continuing; and

  • Senate Bill 172, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 32, which helps prevent predatory practices involving real estate by protecting Wisconsinites against non-improvement contracts.  

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