Kentucky Lawmakers Send Flurry of Bills to Governor Before Vetoes

Kentucky lawmakers send flurry of bills to governor before vetoes

Bills sent to the governor included measures on school bus cameras, Flock cameras, voter ID documents and impeding police.

Pesticides, elections and surveillance: These bills a step closer to law in Kentucky

From left; Republican Senators Donald Douglas of Nicholasville, Jason Howell of Murray and Stephen Meredith of Leitchfield confer before the start of Tuesday’s Senate Committee on Licensing and Occupations meeting in Frankfort.(Bud Kraft / LRC Public Information)The busiest days of Kentucky General Assembly sessions are typically the two just ahead of the governor’s veto period — and Tuesday in Frankfort was no exception.Wednesday is the final d…

Beshear vetoes bill blocking Kentuckians from suing pesticide makers • Kentucky Lantern

Gov. Andy Beshear. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)FRANKFORT — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that critics say would block Kentuckians from suing pesticide companies for failing to warn of their products’ hazards. Beshear called it “dangerous for Kentuckians” and something that “flies in the face of making America healthy.”  Beshear in his Tuesday veto message said Senate Bill 199, sponsored by Sen. Jason Howell…