MO Lawmakers overturn vetoes on controversial bills
During today’s Veto Session, Missouri lawmakers overturned most of Governor Jay Nixon’s 23 vetoes from the previous Regular Session.
In all, the Republican-led Legislature overrode the Democratic governor on a total of 13 vetoes Wednesday.
Two of the most controversial veto overrides include SB 1631, voter identification, and SB 656, unlicensed carrying of a concealed weapon.
With the legislature’s override of the governor’s veto on the ID measure, voters will now decide whether or not Missourians will need to show a photo ID to vote. It will appear on the November ballot as Amendment 6.
After heated debate in both chambers, lawmakers overturned Gov. Nixon’s veto of the controversial conceal carry bill. It allows most Missouri gun owners to carry a concealed firearm without a license. Previously, a license was required from a county sheriff’s office to legally conceal a firearm.
With some of Wednesday’s veto overrides, Missouri lawmakers have enacted a measures that will close some types of farm data from the state’s open records laws, disallow exceptions to a requirement that some businesses use the federal E-Verify program, approved a tax break for farmers who receive federal disaster aid payments and allow some Missouri Medicaid patients to face new fees for missing doctors’ appointments or unnecessarily using emergency rooms.
