Line item veto authority

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Line item veto authority refers to the power of a governor to veto individual components (or lines) of a bill passed by the state legislature. According to the National Association of State Budget Officers, 44 states allow their governors to veto individual line items of legislative budgets. The table below summarizes line-item veto provisions by state.^[1]^[2]

Line item veto provisions by state
State	Line item veto
Alabama	Yes
Alaska	Yes
Arizona	Yes
Arkansas	Yes
California	Yes
Colorado	Yes
Connecticut	Yes
Delaware	Yes
Florida	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Hawaii	Yes
Idaho	Yes
Illinois	Yes
Indiana	No
Iowa	Yes
Kansas	Yes
Kentucky	Yes
Louisiana	Yes
Maine	Yes
Maryland	Yes
Massachusetts	Yes
Michigan	Yes
Minnesota	Yes
Mississippi	Yes
Missouri	Yes
Montana	Yes
Nebraska	Yes
Nevada	No
New Hampshire	No
New Jersey	Yes
New Mexico	Yes
New York	Yes
North Carolina	No
North Dakota	Yes
Ohio	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes
Oregon	Yes
Pennsylvania	Yes
Rhode Island	No
South Carolina	Yes
South Dakota	Yes
Tennessee	Yes
Texas	Yes
Utah	Yes
Vermont	No
Virginia	Yes
Washington	Yes
West Virginia	Yes
Wisconsin	Yes
Wyoming	Yes
Source: National Association of State Budget Officers, "Budget Processes in the States," Summer 2008.

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