Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed Senate Bill 16, which would have required the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association to be subject to state open meeting and public records laws, on Friday, March 27.
A summary of the governor’s veto appeared in the March 29, 2026 issue of the Portage Daily Register. According to the summary:
Proponents of the bill said the measure was needed to improve transparency in the WIAA decision-making pro-cess. Opponents said the measure would improperly label the agency as a government or quasi-government organization and impose legal obligations only reserved for public offices.
WIAA is a private, membership-based nonprofit that does not receive any state or federal tax dollars.
Evers also vetoed 15 other bills, including Assembly Bill 554, which would have prohibited the sale of food products containing lab-grown meat unless those products include specific labeling identifying the product. The bill would also bar the sale of such food products in a public eating place unless the customer specifically orders it. It would also prohibit serving such food products to students, patients and inmates in any state institution unless necessary for the individual’s health.
The bill defined lab-grown meat as “cultured animal cells or cultured animal tissue derived from cultured animal cells.”
Evers wrote in a veto message for the bill that the proposal included “vague and arbitrary” language.
