Overview
- Gov. Tony Evers signed SB 23 at Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee, enacting 2025 Wisconsin Act 102.
- The law extends postpartum Medicaid eligibility from 60 days to 12 months for low-income new mothers.
- Wisconsin becomes the 49th state to adopt the yearlong coverage, leaving Arkansas as the only state without it.
- Evers said the expansion aims to reduce preventable deaths and address racial disparities affecting Black women and women of color.
- Passage reflected a bipartisan shift after Assembly Speaker Robin Vos reversed his opposition last week.