The Frankenstein Veto ban is now in the hands of Wisconsin voters following a sweeping 94-1 vote in support of the bill in the state Assembly.

A referendum to ban the Frankenstein Veto will appear on the April 2008 ballot, allowing voters to eliminate the ability of Wisconsin governors to stitch sentences together within a bill to create new laws without legislative approval.

The Assembly created the referendum following Governor Doyle’s use of the Frankenstein Veto in the past to restructure finance and budget legislation without approval.

“I believe that it is fundamental to the integrity of the legislative process that we don’t create entirely new laws simply by veto,” State Senator Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, said in a statement on Tuesday.

State Senator and co-author of the legislation Shelia Harsdorf, D-River Falls, said in a statement she was pleased to see the overwhelming bipartisan support for the reform.