In other news, the Kentucky General Assembly also acted on a handful of measures related to gun rights and crime that the governor struck down.

Our Emily Sisk runs down the latest on those bills.

House Bill 312 would lower the age requirement to concealed carry a weapon from 21 to 18.

The governor vetoed this piece of legislation, saying those under the age of 21 would be allowed to carry concealed deadly weapons, but not legally able to purchase them.

A Louisville Democrat backed up the governor's stance.

You have to be 21 years old to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer.

The caveat there is a licensed dealer.

You can own it at 18.

You can't have purchased it, but you can own it.

And now we're telling people you can conceal, carry.

If we're following the numbers, we're not going in the right order.

And this doesn't make sense.

I will also remind this body, as well as other individuals, that our young people's brains are not fully formed until about age 25 or 26.

Despite objections from members of the minority party, the House overrode the governor's veto on HB 312.

The Senate did the same, with Democrats making similar arguments for why the veto should stand.

The governor is absolutely right to say that we're going in the right direction by reducing crime and by reducing violence, and we should not allow 18, 19, 20 year olds to have these guns concealed.

That risks the progress we have made in this state.

This is one of the worst bills we're going to pass this session.

It will cost lives.

And I will will beg the members of this body to consider that.

Another bill related to gun rights is House Bill 78.

This measure would keep a gun manufacturers and sellers from being sued for crimes involving firearms.

A Frankfort Democrat said she didn't believe the legislature should be shielding gun manufacturers from legal action.

This bill risks attacking the legal system against victims instead of protecting them when someone is harmed.

Our laws should not make it harder for victims and their families to seek justice.

Accountability matters, fairness matters, and public confidence in our justice system matters.

The Republican supermajority in both the House and Senate overrode the governor's veto of HB 78, and it will go into effect immediately.

Lawmakers also acted on a measure related to the Department of Corrections and the death penalty.

Senate Bill 251 would no longer require the Kentucky Department of Corrections to enforce administrative regulations when it comes to the death penalty.

Supporters of the bill say this measure would help Kentucky move toward resuming executions.

But the Senate minority leader sided with the governor, saying the legislation bypasses established legal procedures as outlined in the veto message.

This bill risks undermining effective oversight and introduces changes that would weaken accountability.

We should be strengthening, not diluting the systems that protect the public.

The Senate overrode the governor's veto of SB 251 on a 32 seven vote for Kentucky edition.

I'm Emily Sisk.

Thank you Emily.

The house now will also have to consider overriding the governor's veto of SB 251 before it can become law.