Governor: Special Session on Policing Needed |
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Written by GOV Press Wisconsin |
Tuesday, 01 September 2020 10:04 |
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers released the following statement Monday on the special session on policing accountability and transparency reform.
The governor and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes announced a package of policing accountability and transparency reform legislation on June 19, 2020. In the wake of Jacob Blake being shot in Kenosha, Wis., Gov. Evers signed Executive Order #84 calling the legislature to take up the measures in a special session. Earlier this year, Gov. Evers called special sessions on support for farmers and the agriculture industry and funding for education, respectively. Republicans in the Legislature ultimately adjourned these special sessions without sending any bills to the governor's desk. It has been 138 days since the Legislature last passed a bill. |
Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:27 |
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