Gov. Evers backs licenses for undocumented residents; but important details need further analysis
Gov. Evers’ budget proposal, sent to the Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, does call for eliminating legal residency as a requirement for driver’s licenses.
His proposal does appear to meet many of our requirements. But it is still being analyzed by our legal consultants, especially to see if it has adequate safeguards against data going to ICE.
So the jury is still out.
You’ll find the Legislative Reference Bureau’s summary here:
And the actual legalese from the budget proposal here.
We’ll give a detailed analysis as soon as we can.