Republican supermajority overrides most of Kentucky governor’s vetoes

By: Sarah Ladd, McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 1,100

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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FRANKFORT — The Kentucky General Assembly overrode most of Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes on Tuesday, including the judicial branch budget and most of the two-year state budget.

Votes and floor speeches were largely along party lines. Democrats defended Beshear’s vetoes as House Floor Leader Steven Rudy, R-Paducah, called one veto “petulant and unconstitutional” and Speaker Pro Tem David Meade, R-Stanford, said Beshear “just chooses not to follow the law because he doesn’t want to.”

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