Governor Evers is signing several bills into law aimed at strengthening protections for children.
One measure makes child grooming a felony offense, giving law enforcement clearer authority to prosecute offenders. This follows a report documenting hundreds of alleged cases of teacher sexual misconduct and grooming. Another law expands the state’s Missing Child Alert program to include children ages ten and eleven. State officials say the changes are intended to improve responses when children go missing and increase safeguards for students.
