Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2016 16:15:26 GMT -6
SD House may try override of Gov's veto on transgender bathrooms bill
The South Dakota House here in Pierre today may try to override Gov. Dennis Daugaard's veto of a bill that would have required students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth, even though the bill's main sponsor had asked lawmakers not to do so.
Discussion of a veto override attempt was the first item on the House's Thursday afternoon floor session agenda. But overriding a veto requires a two-thirds margin in both chambers, and it's unclear if supporters have enough votes.
The bill passed the House by a 58-10 margin, and an override would need just 47 votes in the House to proceed to the Senate. But the legislation narrowly passed the Senate on a 20-15 vote, which would not meet the override threshold.
In his veto message on Tuesday, Daugaard said the bill "does not address any pressing issue" and that such decisions were best left to local school officials. Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch, the primary sponsor of the bill in the House, asked lawmakers later Tuesday not to override the veto, saying more focus on the issue would detract from the Legislature's other accomplishments this session.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/sd-house-may-try-override-of-gov-s-veto-on/article_13a22fac-e164-11e5-b269-cb9f699eed2f.html
The South Dakota House here in Pierre today may try to override Gov. Dennis Daugaard's veto of a bill that would have required students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth, even though the bill's main sponsor had asked lawmakers not to do so.
Discussion of a veto override attempt was the first item on the House's Thursday afternoon floor session agenda. But overriding a veto requires a two-thirds margin in both chambers, and it's unclear if supporters have enough votes.
The bill passed the House by a 58-10 margin, and an override would need just 47 votes in the House to proceed to the Senate. But the legislation narrowly passed the Senate on a 20-15 vote, which would not meet the override threshold.
In his veto message on Tuesday, Daugaard said the bill "does not address any pressing issue" and that such decisions were best left to local school officials. Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch, the primary sponsor of the bill in the House, asked lawmakers later Tuesday not to override the veto, saying more focus on the issue would detract from the Legislature's other accomplishments this session.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/sd-house-may-try-override-of-gov-s-veto-on/article_13a22fac-e164-11e5-b269-cb9f699eed2f.html