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Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends

Published January 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:15

This is after a long series of negotiations and there are some people who were going to be innocent parties, and I think we captured most of those. The, The governor's position two years ago was that nobody should be an innocent party. So we've come a long way. I'm sure that there will come to be people who have a. Now after the law is being applied, will say, hey, can't I become an innocent party? (04:15–04:21)

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Asserts that Governor Evers previously held a position against innocent party exemptions in PFAS legislation.

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“There have been six, eight months of back and forth meetings, sometimes weekly with the DNR secretary over [PFAS legislation].”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 01:32-01:52
“I think what we have going here is a good, very good, at least start to capture people who are genuinely innocent of this.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 04:45-04:57
“I think it's going to make it past the finish line in particular, because this is such an important issue and politically charged.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 06:04-06:13
“The DNR is going to take any money that's given to them and they're going to start finding out where PFAS is.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 07:35-07:42
“They're going to overlay that with existing water table maps and they're going to find out the concentration and the direction of the flow…”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 07:55-08:06
“That's going to be probable cause for anyone to be declared a responsible party.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 08:06-08:12
“The DNR is going to swear that they're not going to enforce on you at first.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 08:35-08:40
“We're transitioning from a paradigm where the substance was not considered hazardous to a paradigm where it is considered hazardous.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 09:10-09:19
“I think this is a real good bill in my opinion.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 09:34-09:41
“It's a building on top of what we learned last session in the bill that actually was, was vetoed.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 10:02-10:10
“I think we've really come up to a conclusion that is going to be 95% accepted.”
Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 10:11-10:18