Coffee v. Henry

¶1 I fully coneur with the majority. It holds that every bill making appropriations is subject to the Governor's line-item veto. Although our previous cases may not be written in the clearest language, when they are clearly analyzed there is no question that the Governor vetoed appropriation bills.

¶2 However, there is another rationale for reaching this conclusion. Because H.B. 2286 and S.B. 1828 supplement and amend appropriations made in the general appropriations bill HB 2276, the appropriations were incorporated into the subsequent bills, thus subjecting them to the Governor's line-item…