State Legislatures Override Governors' Vetoes in Kentucky and Wyoming

Two unrelated veto override actions occurred in separate states. In Kentucky, the state legislature convened a veto override session and voted to override Governor Andy Beshear's vetoes of House Bill 78 and House Bill 312, according to NRA-ILA. In Wyoming, the state legislature voted to override four of Governor Mark Gordon's line-item budget vetoes, as reported by Wyoming Public Media. House Bill 78 in Kentucky provides liability protections for the firearm industry, while House Bill 312 creates provisional concealed carry permits for 18-to-20-year-olds. In Wyoming, the four overridden line-item vetoes included one preserving language on the number of full-time state employees; lawmakers also concurred on a separate veto override preserving language reclassifying pay for the executive director of the Charter School Authorizing Board. The Kentucky action was reported as occurring around April 14, 2026, while the Wyoming action was reported around March 9, 2026. Each veto override reflects a legislature exercising its constitutional authority to enact measures over a governor's objection, resulting in the named bills or budget provisions becoming law despite the vetoes. No further details on implementation timelines, additional vetoes considered, or governors' responses to the overrides were provided in the available reporting. The two events are independent of one another, and no connection between the Kentucky and Wyoming legislative actions has been established in the source material.