MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nine Republican-backed bills Friday afternoon. The pieces of proposed legislation touched on a range of issues, including healthcare for undocumented immigrants and whether cities can establish guaranteed income programs.

Evers vetoed a bill that would've banned counties, cities and villages from enacting guaranteed income programs. 150 different cities have tested such programs at different scales, including Madison. The idea is to provide a supplemental share of funding so residents can afford basic needs.

Evers wrote he vetoed the bill because it he objects "to the Legislature’s continued efforts to arbitrarily restrict and preempt local governments."

Evers also vetoed a bill that would've banned the use of government money to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants.

The Democratic governor maintained the legislation was unnecessary because current law allows only U.S. citizens and documented immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits. Evers wrote Republicans were instead using the bill to "push polarizing political rhetoric."

State Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) responded to that veto, accusing Evers of allowing for the state to one day provide healthcare funding for undocumented immigrants.

"There is literally only one reason to veto this bill - you want illegal aliens to have taxpayer-funded health care," Wanggaard said in a statement. "This bill didn't take health care away from anyone”

Evers also vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for people to sue the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) if the agency rejected a complaint filed against it. He said the bill would've paved the way for burdensome litigation.

The governor also rejected a pair of education-related bills. One would have required school boards and districts to allow military recruiters in high schools; the other would have allowed student teachers to get credit for summer programs in place of spending a semester in a classroom.

"I object to potentially reducing the duration and rigor of student teaching," Evers wrote in his veto message. "Which is a critically important part of ensuring our future educators have the qualifications and experience to educate, empower, and inspire our kids."

Wanggaard issued a separate statement slamming that veto. The Racine GOP senator noted the bill only gave the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) the option of accepting completion of a summer program in place of a semester spent in the classroom.

He referenced Evers' veto of a bill earlier this year that would've struck down lower testing standards the DPI placed on scores, replacing standards Evers, himself, had enacted as the state superintendent.

“Earlier this year, Evers vetoed the state school standards he created because he said it took power away from DPI," Wanggaard wrote. "Now, he vetoes giving more power to DPI to allow our teachers more effective. Which is it, Governor? Or do you just think you know better?”

Evers also vetoed bills that would have required the University of Wisconsin System to give the Legislature additional info about salaries, graduation information and popularity of degree programs; would have delayed the implementation of new building standards; and would have put additional requirements on people seeking to obtain an emotional support animal.