Wisconsin’s Senate Majority Leader is looking at two major issues he would like to see passed in the Wisconsin Legislature to start 2026.
9th District State Senator Devin LeMahieu explained on WOMT’s Be My Guest program that it includes regulations on THC products and changing a veto from Governor Tony Evers.
The Oostburg Republican explained that the 2018 Federal Agricultural Improvement Act legalized THC and allowed companies to be created in Wisconsin that make items with THC, including soda and gummies.
Sen. LeMahieu says right now, state statute doesn’t have anything to stop it.
“Theoretically, a 14-year-old could walk into a Kwik Trip a buy a THC beverage and get really messed up,” he explained. “So, there’s three competing bills in Wisconsin to deal with it differently. One is to ban it. One is to simply regulate it. And the other is much more comprehensive, putting into a three-tier system like alcohol and things like that.”
The other bill the Senate majority leader wants to see passed would end Governor Evers’ 400-year veto on per-pupil funding, which will increase by $325 a year.
The bill has only passed the Wisconsin Senate so far.
“The Assembly has not taken that up yet,” he noted. “I’m guessing that if they send it to the governor, he’d likely veto that bill.”
Sen. LeMahieu also said the governor’s veto would have caused property tax increases statewide.
The Wisconsin Policy Forum explained that while the limit is a contribution to higher taxes, the freezing of state school aid also played a role.
Other bills are also being worked through the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate and could be sent to Evers before their session ends in April.
