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Montana lawmakers to be polled on 8 veto overrides – How to contact yours.

May 26, 2021 /

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In the coming days, lawmakers will be polled on whether to override eight vetoes issued by Gov. Greg Gianforte after they adjourned the legislative session last month, including a bill that sought to add more landowners involved in agriculture to the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission.

The Secretary of State is required to poll legislators on whether to override post-session vetoes of bills that received a combined 100 votes from the 150 lawmakers in the House and Senate. As is the case when the Legislature is in session, a veto override requires a two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate to succeed.