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Respectfully submitted,
TONY EVERS
Governor of Wisconsin
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February 28, 2020
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
hist121521I am vetoing 2019 Assembly Bill 809 in its entirety.
This bill further limits who is eligible to participate in prison early release programs and who is eligible for early discharge from probation.
I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to further restricting the Department of Corrections’ discretion to determine who is eligible for certain early release programs and who is a good candidate for early discharge from probation. The Department of Corrections has an important role to play in working to improve public safety while also providing opportunities for meaningful rehabilitation. That includes identifying when people have paid their debt to society for prior actions and ensuring fair and compassionate decisions are made when they are able to safely return to our communities. We should be coming up with ways to reduce prison populations and incentivize rehabilitation, not the other way around.
Respectfully submitted,
TONY EVERS
Governor of Wisconsin
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Communications
February 28, 2020
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist121262Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 577, relating to the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by a fugitive from justice and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
KATRINA SHANKLAND
State Representative
71st Assembly District
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February 28, 2020
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
hist121405Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 548, relating to creating a task force on missing and murdered tribal women and girls and making an appropriation.
Sincerely,
AMY LOUDENBECK
State Representative
31st Assembly District
690
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