In what are likely his final decisions on legislative actions, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) vetoed 18 bills on Friday, including measures that would have allowed Marylanders to deduct union dues from state income taxes, established a regional transit system in the Baltimore region, and set new guidelines for counting mail-in ballots.
The governor also allowed 294 bills to take effect without his signature, including measures that would increase salaries for the state’s comptroller, treasurer and attorney general next term, and to add the Patuxent Riverkeeper as a permanent member of the Patuxent River Commission.
Hogan, whose final term ends next January, was required by law to act on the remaining pieces of pending legislation passed during the 2022 General Assembly session this week.
His vetoes are likely to stand. Because it’s an election year, the new legislature in 2023 cannot override the veto of legislation passed by lawmakers this session.
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