Votes Fail to Overturn Vetoes of Library Bill, Private School Funding

State Sen. Keith Boehm, R-Mandan. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

(By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) –  Two vetoes by Gov. Kelly Armstrong stood up to challenges in the North Dakota Legislature.

Armstrong vetoed Senate Bill 2307, a library obscenity bill, and House Bill 1540, that would have used taxpayer dollars to support private school tuition vouchers.

A two-thirds majority was needed to override the vetoes.

The library bill got fewer votes in the state Senate than it had when the bill passed, despite the pleas of bill sponsor Sen. Keith Boehm, R-Mandan, and other supporters.

Armstrong vetoed the private school funding but urged lawmakers to advance a broader school Education Savings Account bill. But that bill, Senate Bill 2400, failed in a House vote.