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Veto-proof budget includes health-departments pension reforms, but no money for health-related
Veto-proof budget includes health-departments pension reforms, but no money for health-related proposals made by governorKentucky legislators have sent Gov. Andy Beshear a conservative one-year budget, wrapping up the second half of what is normally a two-year spending plan that was adjusted last year out of concern for the looming financial impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic governor can veto line items in the budget, but the vetoes would likely be overridden by the supermajorities of Republicans in the House and Senate; only a majority is needed to override.
House Bill 192, sponsored by Rep. Jason Petrie, R- Elkton, which holds the budget, passed the Senate 30-0 with six members passing. The House vote was 74-21, largely on party lines.
The budget does not include money for the many health-related items that were in Beshear’s proposal, but it does include money for one: pension reform for health departments and quasi-governmental agencies.
Read more: https://forwardky.com/veto-proof-budget-includes-health-departments-pension-reforms-but-no-money-for-health-related-proposals-made-by-governor/