I wrote this about two weeks ago and never got a chance to post it...


Okay, SB 815 is on the governor's desk for signature. The bill essentially phases in a doubling of permanent disability awards for workers' compensation injuries over a three-year period beginning in 2007.

Is there any way that the governor, who is making the workers' compensation reform of 2004 a pillar of his reelection campaign will sign it? I don't think so. He has to take action by September 30, however, or the bill becomes law by default. Will he veto?