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Only need a 3/5 majority (60%) to make it veto-proof and over ride home rule exclusion.
There are 118 members of the General Assembly, so we need 71 votes (70.8 actually).
So 71 is the magic number
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C0untZer0, you missed my point. A so-called "veto-proof" majority isn't really veto-proof. If the billed passed with the required 60% of votes, it still has to go to the Governor who will then veto it. The legislature can then attempt to override that veto, but this is a
much bigger move politically than the original vote. As such, it's almost guaranteed that there are some reps who would vote to pass the bill originally, but not to override a veto.