Scott Walker Set to Sign Koch Anti-Regulations Bill in Wisconsin
JULY 13, 2017
by STEVE HORN
A bill with the potential to hobble government agencies’ ability to propose regulations, known as the REINS (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny) Act, has passed in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature and Republican Governor Scott Walker‘s office has told DeSmog he intends to sign it into law.
REINS has been pushed for years at the federal level by Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the conservative advocacy group funded and founded with money from Koch Industries, and a federal version of it currently awaits a U.S. Senate vote. The House bill, H.R. 26, passed on January 5 as one of the current Congress’s first actions.
Wisconsin’s version mandates that if a proposed regulation causes “$10 million or more in implementation and compliance costs” over a two year period, that rule must either be rewritten or go by the wayside. Known as Senate Bill 15, the Wisconsin bill passed the state Senate on a party-line vote, 62-34 and would be the first state-level REINS bill on the books in the country.
“Governor Walker has thanked the Legislature for sharing his commitment to bold regulatory reform and looks forward to signing the bill into law,” Jack Jablonski, a spokesperson for Governor Walker, said in a statement provided to DeSmog. Jablonski did not provide a timeline as to when Walker plans to sign the bill.
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Not just policy-wise - which is certainly bad enough - and don't get me started on his anticonservation/antienvironment moves in a state that was the birthplace of the conservation movement 
- but also even in atmosphere. In the pre-Walker days, I remember my son proudly showing me around the State Capitol building. No guards, no barriers, open doors, anyone could go watch the legislature in action. Once a model of good government, that good-government/open-access vibe is now gone.
He, like Trump, is a political vandal - destruction of our democracy, and everything that is good about our system - for the sake of destruction . Whether motivated by revenge or greed or stupidity or all three: it's all about destruction for this crowd.
A damn shame.
