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Tracking the overrides: Nixon vetoes overturned by Missouri General Assembly

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Lawmakers convened in Jefferson City on Wednesday to consider the 29 bills and three budget items vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon.

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Below is a running list of the bills in which the General Assembly successfully overturned Nixon’s vetoes:

  • Lawmakers overturned Gov. Jay Nixon’s line-item veto of HB 19, restoring a $1,000,000 item for the reconstruction of the Pike-Lincoln Technical center in Eolia, Missouri. The override effort was supported on the floor by Democratic Rep. Chris Kelly.
  • Lawmakers overturned HB 1035 (116 to 44 in the House, 26 to 8 in the Senate), legislation that changes the law regarding political subdivisions, by establishing the Rebuild Damaged Infrastructure Program to help localities recovering from a presidentially declared disaster and allows a taxing authority to submit an amendment filing with the state auditor’s office if it included a clerical errors. Nixon noted that the bill could “deprive voters of their right to be heard before their property is annexed into a city.”
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s veto of HB 650, which aims to shield The Doe Run Co., of St. Louis, from punitive damages related to their old lead mining facilities. In his veto message,Nixon expressed constitutional qualms about the bill attempting to retroactive cap liabilities and the bill’s focus on only one company.
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s veto of HB 339, which would require uninsured drivers to waive the ability to have a cause of action or otherwise collect for noneconomic loss against an insured motorist alleged to be at fault for an accident. Nixon said the bill is vague and would “generate excessive litigation” if passed.
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s veto of HB 329, which would change laws regarding financial institutions, including a section that would actually raise the fees that payday loan companies could charge consumers. “Missourians need payday loan reform, not the expansion and higher fees provided” in the bill, Nixon wrote. It would also change rules regulating funeral contracts.
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s veto of HB 278, which aims to prohibit any state or local governmental entity; public building, park, or school; or public setting or place from banning or restricting the practice, mention, celebration, or discussion of any federal holiday.
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s bill of SB 9, which would allow foreign businesses to purchase up to one percent of Missouri agricultural land and criminalize animal trespassing.
  • Lawmakers overturned Nixon’s veto of SB 110, which would establish procedures for child custody and visitation cases for military personnel. Nixon said the fingerprint requirement to comply with federal foster care law was poorly drafted.
  • SB 129 aims to establish the Volunteer Health Services Act to allow for licensed health care professionals to provide volunteer health care services. In his veto message, Nixon said he opposed the bill because it seeks to grant immunity to those doctors from civil liability.
  • SB 170 would allow members of various public boards and other government bodies to cast roll call votes via videoconferencing. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat.