Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 17–299 on a roll call
The House took up 2 bills, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-H-1997-06-25,
title = {The House, Wednesday, June 25, 1997},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/1997-06-25},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 11:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Hager led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The journal records 36 members as having leave of the House for the day, that is, permission to be away. A member on leave may still have voted on part of the day, and the roll call record does not always agree with the journal about who was excused.
Rep. Feng, Rep. Hawkinson, Rep. Meader, Rep. Mears, Rep. Brian Taylor Rep. Abbott, Rep. Amidon, Rep. Avery Babson, Rep. Below, Rep. Bergin, Rep. Boutin, Rep. Calawa, Rep. Calvert, Rep. Carney, Rep. Kathleen Colburn, Rep. Copenhaver, Rep. Dawe, Rep. Dolan, Rep. Dowling, Rep. David Flanders, Rep. Flint, Rep. Gage, Rep. Hilliard, Rep. Diane Kelley Rep. Peter Leishman Rep. L'Heureux, Rep. Peter Lovett Rep. Lynott, Rep. MacNeil, Rep. Marcinkowski, Rep. Martin, Rep. Morris, Rep. Moynihan, Rep. Neil Reardon, Rep. Weatherspoon, Rep. Phinney
The record does not say what order these came in: the journal page is cited on only a few of them, so they are listed by bill.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 17–299 on a roll call
House Local and Regulated Revenues recommended Re-refer to Committee, 15–0.
Remove from the Table (Take the bill back up)
Motion Passed: Back Before the House on a voice vote
In the record: Take from Table