Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is piling up a mountain of vetoes even as he hopes to negotiate with the General Assembly on changes to the state budget.
RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced vetoes on nearly two dozen criminal justice-related bills that he said would have “undermined public safety,” including a measure to prohibit declaring a child under age 11 to be a juvenile delinquent and one requiring the development of standards for when it is permissible to lie to a suspect during police interrogations.
“We have a duty to protect the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia from harm. I vetoed 22 bills: which protect illegal immigrants, or impede law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges from holding criminals accountable and bringing them to justice,” Youngkin said Wednesday night in a news release announcing the vetoes.its regular session on March 9, putting him on pace for a record number as he plows through some 1,000 pieces of legislation.
“What he’s failed to understand is he’s only going to be here another 18 months. When he’s gone, we’re still going to keep working,” Sen. L. Louise Lucas , chairwoman of the budget-controlling Finance and Appropriations Committee, said this week, referring to the fact that all Virginia governors are prohibited from seeking a second consecutive term. Youngkin was elected in 2021.
In addition to the vetoes, Youngkin signed 36 bills into law and proposed amendments to two others. The signed bills include measures to restrict the use of dogs in correctional facilities; to make permanent the pandemic-era permission for restaurants to sell mixed drinks to-go; and requiring that someone convicted of a drug or alcohol offense lose their commercial driver’s license.Biden’s dreams of ending poverty crumbled.
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