Governor Acts on Legislation 10/21/09

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has completed action on the 872 bills passed by the Legislature this year, the fewest in more than 40 years. Schwarzenegger set a record for signing the fewest bills in a single year, approving only 632 of the measures that reached his desk in the 2009 regular session (three special sessions are scheduled for this fall). Schwarzenegger vetoed 240 bills, 27.52 percent of those sent to him – a sharp drop from last year’s record of 414 vetoes.