![]() In his veto message, Lombardo said the bill expands the state’s prevailing wage definition in a way that will increase costs on prefabrication projects and would make it “more difficult to build and efficiently manage certain critical infrastructure projects” in the state. AB 235: Would have required the payment of prevailing wages to workers who perform custom fabrication on a public work. “While debtor protection is an important goal, the policy changes contemplated in this bill should instead be deliberated and executed upon through the Department of Business and Industry’s regulatory processes,” he wrote. Lombardo called the bill “problematic” because it creates a private right to legal action, although there is already an established complaint processes in place. ![]() AB 223: Would have required a collection agency to provide payoff letters upon request to a person who was in debt. These are some of Lombardo’s most prominent vetoes: Currently, Democrats hold a supermajority in the Assembly, but are one vote shy in the Senate. There is still a chance for vetoed bills to become law, but in order override a governor’s veto, the Legislature needs to muster a two-thirds supermajority in both houses. Brian Sandoval with 97 vetoes, spanning four sessions, according to the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s Research Division. The governor with the most overall vetoes is Gov. Jim Gibbons with 48 vetoes in the 2009 session. The Nevada governor with the most vetoes in a single session is former Gov. ![]() Lombardo is “on pace to have the most vetoes of all time,” said Kerry Durmick, state director of All Voting is Local Action – Nevada during a press conference on Friday. Joe Lombardo has vetoed 24 bills thus far in his first session, although that number could grow in the last three days of the session. ![]() Joe Lombardo speaks at the old Assembly Chambers in Carson City on May 30, 2023. ![]()
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