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Home » Press Releases » Gov. Evers: Signs bill barring sale of certain unsafe lighters to prevent fires, keep kids and families safe
PITTSVILLE — Gov. Tony Evers today at Pittsville Elementary School signed Assembly Bill 917, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 271, which prohibits the sale of counterfeit and unsafe lighters to help combat the dangerous rise in knock-off lighters that fail American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards. Gov. Evers signed the bill in Pittsville, Wisconsin, after receiving a letter from Pittsvill...