The almost final numbers on vetoes

Just moments before the midnight deadline, Youngkin announced how many bills he vetoed

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Youngkin signs, vetoes, and amends bills

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced all of his actions on legislation sent to him by the General Assembly at 11:56 p.m., just minutes before the midnight deadline.

He signed 599 bills into law, amended 159 bills, and vetoed 157 bills. The Governor returned the budget with 205 amendments and eight item vetoes.

“The legislation that I’ve signed into law and the budget amendments I’ve put forward this year will go a long way to helping ensure Virginia remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family,” Youngkin said in a statement.

The full scope of his actions is not yet visible as the LIS staff is still working to upload everything.

The complete list of signed bills will be available here.

“Among the bills I have signed are proposals that will keep school lunches free from artificial dyes, cement Virginia as home of the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion facility, expand rural electric co-ops ability to drive economic development, modernize school transportation to reverse chronic absenteeism, and give more students opportunities to take advanced math classes,” Youngkin said.

The complete list of amended bills will be available here.

“I have returned many bills with recommended amendments, hoping that we can come together next week with common purpose to advance these bills,” Youngkin said.

The complete list of vetoed bills will be available here.

“I have vetoed bills that I think will take the Commonwealth backward by raising the cost of living, hurting our strong job growth, stifling innovation, undermining our All-American All-of-the-Above Power and Energy Plan or making our communities less safe,” Youngkin said.

Outside of a few statements about individual bills, Democrats have yet to give any organized response to Youngkin’s actions.

The General Assembly will meet on April 2 to take up Youngkin’s proposed amendments. If a 2/3 majority votes in favor of the bill, the Assembly can override his vetoes. However, that is unlikely to happen, as Democrats have a slim majority in both chambers.

The number of bills that Youngkin vetoes will likely rise if Democrats send bills back to him without accepting his amendments.

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