Legislation to allow big trucks to drive closer together using new technology has died in Missouri.
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The Republican super majority in the House also defeated the Governor’s veto by voting mostly as a block 141-12.
Nixon says that could be unsafe, and isn’t worth the risk to highway drivers.
In a letter explaining his veto, Nixon said the measure would “disproportionately” impact senior citizens, people with disabilities and others who have been lawfully voting but don’t have the government-issued photo ID required under the bill.
After getting through the state senate on Wednesday night, the override moves on to the house where it is expected to succeed.
The photo ID requirement for voters is contingent on passage of a November ballot measure.
Missouri’s proposed requirement contains numerous exceptions.
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. The bill also requires the state to pay for photo IDs for those lacking them. Nasheed’s protest was met with silence in the chamber, unlike Kaepernick, who has been booed for kneeling during the anthem. The House took it up for a vote shortly after, and in about an hour voted to override it with a vote of 112 to 41. Jake Hummel a Democrat from St. Louis said the legislature promised citizens a gun training requirement would be an important part of hide and carry.
It also would expand the “castle doctrine” by allowing invited guests such as baby sitters to use deadly force if confronted in homes. The requirements wouldn’t take effect unless voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment, which is needed because the Missouri Supreme Court previously struck down similar requirements as unconstitutional.
Two of the most controversial veto overrides include SB 1631, voter identification, and SB 656, unlicensed carrying of a concealed weapon.
Both measures passed earlier this year with enough support for lawmakers to overturn Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon if they stick to their original votes. Nixon cited a different section of the bill when vetoing it.
“This is a great day for freedom in Missouri”. The organization distributed signs saying, “NRA”. But Missouri’s measure makes it the first new “stand-your-ground” state since 2011. Participants spoke about family members who were fatally shot, and chapter leader Becky Morgan says the group will oppose lawmakers who vote to enact the bill when they’re up for election.
Heading into Wednesday, lawmakers had overridden Nixon on 83 bills and budget expenditures over his two terms in office – almost four times more overrides than the combined total for all other governors dating back to 1820 when Missouri was still a territory.
As override followed override Wednesday, Republicans took to Twitter to gloat that #JayHasNoSay.
The new law will also lock in permit fees at current rates; implement 10, 20, and 50-year options and allow some training mandates to be fulfilled with online classes.
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Lawmakers have overridden a veto of a sweeping gun measure.
