Plenty of Pawlenty vetoes in 2008 session
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty put his veto pen to use 23 times during the 2008 legislative session, including eight bills in a two-day span. Most notable among these was his Feb. 22 veto of the transportation finance bill, which was overridden in the House by a vote of 91-41 and in the Senate 47-20. Several members of the GOP voted to override the veto.
Other notable bills that Pawlenty axed include a resolution urging Congress to end restrictions on doing business in Cuba; two omnibus education bills; an increase in the state minimum wage; a maternity care provision; and a ban on the use of specific phthalates, flame retardants, or other polymers in certain products.
Continued: Click “Read more” to view the entire list of Pawlenty’s vetoes from 2008Legislation: Ch. 152, HF2800*/SF2521
Date of veto: Feb. 22, 2008
Bill description: Transportation finance bill appropriating money for highway maintenance, local roads, emergency relief related to the I-35W bridge collapse, establishing a bridge improvement program; issuing bonds; and modifying motor fuel
taxes. House repassed 91-41. Senate repassed 47-20. (Feb. 25, 2008)
Legislation: Ch. 163, SF457*/HF1394
Date of veto: March 27, 2008
Bill description: Independent School District 271, Bloomington; single member election districts.
Legislation: Ch. 172, SF2688*/HF3296
Date of veto: April 4, 2008
Bill description: Trucking industry employers unemployment compensation audits; independent contractor status general rule exception elimination.
Legislation: Ch. 179, HF380*/SF223
Date of veto: April 7, 2008 line items (55)
Bill description: Omnibus bonding bill authorizing spending to acquire and better public lands and buildings, issuing bonds, and appropriating money.
Legislation: Ch. 193, HF3114*/SF2820
Date of veto: April 17, 2008
Bill description: Real estate acquisitions by park district boards.
Legislation: Ch. 237, HF3220*/SF2929
Date of veto: April 25, 2008
Bill description: A bill authorizing political subdivisions to make monetary or in-kind grants to nonprofit organizations.
Legislation: Ch. 239, HF1351*/SF1971
Date of veto: April 25, 2008
Bill description: Omnibus transportation policy bill.
Legislation: SF 599*/HF828 Resolution 1
Date of veto: April 25, 2008
Bill description: A legislative resolution urging Congress to end trade, financial and travel restrictions to Cuba.
Legislation: Ch. 255, SF2919*/ HF3396
Date of veto: May 1, 2008
Bill description: A bill relating to civil commitment hearings.
Legislation: Ch. 264, SF3564*/HF3868
Date of veto: May 5, 2008
Bill description: An act relating to transportation finance; correcting transitional rate of special fuel excise tax on compressed natural gas; providing for surcharge administration.
Legislation: Ch. 279, SF3132*/HF3610
Date of veto: May 8, 2008
Bill description: An act relating to financial and medical debt information regulation.
Legislation: SF 543*/HF554 Resolution 2
Date of veto: May 8, 2008
Bill description: A legislative resolution memorializing Congress to support the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800).
Legislation: Ch. 301, SF651*/HF934
Date of veto: May 12, 2008 (May 13, 2008, Clarification)
Bill description: An act relating to health; modifying provisions relating to maternity care; banning the use of certain phthalates, flame retardants, or other polymers or chemicals.
Legislation: Ch. 310, SF3001*/HF3316
Date of veto: May 13, 2008
Bill description: Omnibus education policy bill.
Legislation: Ch. 319, SF3775*/HF4051
Date of veto: May 15, 2008
Bill description: An act relating to solid waste; establishing a pilot program to collect and process used paint; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Legislation: Ch. 320, SF875*/HF0456
Date of veto: May 15, 2008
Bill description: An act relating to employment; increasing the minimum wage.
Legislation: Ch. 323, SF3166*/HF3564
Date of veto: May 15, 2008
Bill description: Child welfare and licensing provisions modifications; Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children repeal and replacement; child and adult adoptions regulation; children in voluntary foster care for treatment regulation.
Legislation: Ch. 324, SF1128*/HF0219
Date of veto: May 15, 2008
Bill description: Personal sick leave benefits use modification.
Legislation: Ch. 327, HF3391*/SF3099
Date of veto: May 13, 2008
Bill description: A bill relating to health care: program affordability and continuity increased, subsidies provided, commission established, etc.
Legislation: Ch. 329, SF2965*/HF3448
Date of veto: May 16, 2008
Bill description: An act relating to children; regulating gestational carrier (surrogate) arrangements; establishing intended parents’ rights under assisted reproduction.
Legislation: Ch. 330, SF3193*/HF3371
Date of veto: May 16, 2008
Bill description: Adoption records and original birth certificates access provisions modifications.
Legislation: Ch. 332, HF6*/SF352
Date of veto: May 16, 2008
Bill description: Omnibus education finance bill.
Legislation: Ch. 334, HF3807*/SF3494
Date of veto: May 16, 2008
Bill description: Noncompliance with REAL ID Act.
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