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Votes at a glance: Kentucky House overrides several gubernatorial vetoes
Summary
During the April session the Kentucky House voted to override multiple vetoes from Gov. Andy Beshear, including House Bill 904 (gaming), House Bill 504 (judicial appropriations), Senate Bills 251 (Corrections), 263 (education) and 291 (recyclers). The clerk recorded the on-floor vote tallies as announced.
The Kentucky House on the floor recorded a series of votes to override vetoes issued by Gov. Andy Beshear, taking final action on multiple bills and forwarding them to the enrollment process.
Items and on-floor results as read by the clerk in the transcript:
- House Bill 904 (relating to gaming): clerk read governor's veto; House voted to pass the bill "the governor's veto notwithstanding," announced on the floor as 67 yes, 7 no.
- House Bill 504 (judicial branch appropriations; partial veto): clerk read partial veto language; House debated and then voted to pass the bill over the veto; the clerk announced the result on the floor (as recorded in the transcript: 76 members voting with 16 members voting nay).
- Senate Bill 251 (Department of Corrections): the clerk reported the governor's veto and the House voted to pass the bill over the veto; the clerk announced the result on the floor (as recorded in the transcript).
- Senate Bill 263 (education): governor's veto was read; a member urged sustaining the veto citing concerns that a for-profit company could "take all the money, 100% sweep"; the House voted to override the veto and the clerk announced the result (transcript reports 75 yes, 15 no).
- Senate Bill 291 (recyclers; emergency): the clerk reported the veto; the House voted and the clerk announced the bill was passed over the veto (transcript reports 83 yes, 3 no).
The floor transcript shows each veto message read aloud (each begins with the governor stating: "I, Andy Beshear, governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky... do hereby veto..."). Several bills had little or no debate before the votes; others, notably HB 504 and SB 263, drew substantive floor remarks.
Why it matters: Overrides of a governor's veto are significant steps in the legislative process and indicate the House’s determination to enact measures despite executive objections. The bills cover a range of policy areas — gaming, judiciary appropriations, corrections, education, and recyclers — and several contain funding or emergency declarations that will affect state operations.
Next steps: The House applied enrollment procedures ("clincher"/enrollment) where appropriate and recessed to the call of the chair; enrolled measures will move through standard post-floor steps.
