Updated at 7:33 p.m., Monday, June 25, 2007
Gov. Linda Lingle releases list of potential vetoes
Advertiser Staff
Gov. Linda Lingle today identified 33 bills that she may veto, including a bill that would provide $3 million for pedestrian safety improvements.Lingle said she was concerned about taking the money from the state's highway trust fund.
Other bills on the list include one that would give psychologists the right to prescribe medication to patients at federally qualified health centers, and one that would grant immunity from prosecution to people who leave newborns at hospitals or police or fire stations within 72 hours of birth.
Lingle said she would allow a bill that creates more regional control within the Hawaii Health Systems Corp., the state's quasi public hospital system, to become law. The governor has until July 10 to veto the bills. The state Legislature could come back into session that day for an override session.
Bills that are not signed or vetoed by that date will automatically become law.
Here is the full potential veto list, released by the governor's office:
1. HB0030 – Relating to international trade agreements
2. HB0091 – Relating to public accountancy
3. HB0310 – Relating to technology
4. HB0436 – Relating to human services
5. HB0718 – Relating to Kaka'ako
6. HB0855 – Relating to worker's compensation
7. HB1270 – Relating to State planning
8. HB1503 – Relating to employment
9. HB1605 – Relating to traffic control
10. HB1659 – Relating to procurement
11. HB1670 – Relating to the ingenuity charter
12. HB1746 – Relating to voluntary employees' beneficiary association trusts
13. HB1764 – Relating to the issuance of revenue bonds to assist Hawai'i Health Systems Corporations or any of its regional subsidiary corporations
14. HB1818 – Relating to government employees
15. HB1830 – Relating to child protection
16. SB0046 – Relating to government operations
17. SB0138 – Relating to Diamond Head State Monument
18. SB0162 – Relating to 'Iolani Palace
19. SB0613 – Relating to education
20. SB0755 – Relating to County Ethics Commissions
21. SB0810 – Relating to Waimano Ridge
22. SB0837 – Relating to agriculture
23. SB0870 – Relating to the designation of Hawai'i archaeological data survey
24. SB0932 – Relating to a comprehensive offender reentry system
25. SB0946 – Relating to administrative license revocation
26. SB1004 – Relating to psychologists
27. SB1060 – Relating to workers' compensating law
28. SB1066 – Relating to invasive species
29. SB1191 – Relating to pedestrian safety
30. SB1283 – Relating to the Hawai'i tobacco settlement fund
31. SB1833 – Relating to family leave
32. SB1922 – Relating to creative media
33. SB1988 – Relating to honey
