Scott Walker signs 64 bills, including restriction on abortion coverage for state workers
The abortion bill, which the Assembly passed in November and the
Other measures have banned abortion after 20 weeks, restricted funding to
The latest bill prohibits the
Walker also signed bills that:
--Ensure
--Alter the discovery process in civil lawsuits, reduce the time period by which certain lawsuits must be filed and make other changes to tort law.
--Ban state agencies and local governments from participating in a boycott of
--Implement cost containment recommendations from a legislative audit of the
--Prohibit municipalities from creating certain planning and zoning standards that exceed statewide standards, such as low-income housing quotas. The bill also allows municipalities to create tax incremental financing (TIF) districts for workforce housing.
--Require the
--Allow businesses to contribute to a college savings account for an employee or child.
--Require mammogram facilities to notify patients with dense breast tissue about how that could affect a mammogram.
--Allow minors to receive emergency outpatient mental health treatment without parental consent in certain situations.
--Require state agencies to provide the Legislature with dollar-for-dollar accounting of expenditures as part of the budget process, a practice that was put in place in 2002 and discontinued in 2009.
--Ensure police can't take ownership of assets seized during an investigation until after conviction. Also, proceeds from any sale of seized assets would go to the state school fund, rather than the local law enforcement agency.
--Eliminates the
--Ratify building trades union contracts for the state, UW-Madison, and the
___
(c)2018 The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.)
Visit The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.) at www.wisconsinstatejournal.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Health Premiums Shoot Up, But Many Pay Less
Mills: New tobacco settlement cash could fund Medicaid expansion
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News