Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she won't let the latest bill on coal-fired power plants become law without her signature.

House Speaker Melvin Neufeld has speculated that she would. Neufeld noted that the latest bill allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas contains proposals for encouraging economic development projects elsewhere.

He also noted Sebelius hasn't promised to veto the bill. But Sebelius noted Thursday that she's vetoed two previous bills containing the same provisions on the plants. She said she continues to believe it violates the Kansas Constitution's rule against having two subjects in a single bill. She said allowing it to become law without her signature is
"off the table."

The Governor also describes health care as "the single biggest disappointment" of this year's legislative session. The governor supported a 21-point plan drafted by the Kansas Health Policy Authority. It would have phased in a $300 million increase in spending on health programs over five years.

Legislators instead settled for a far less ambitious program to expand some state programs and revise insurance laws. Legislative leaders have defended that approach as more realistic. But Sebelius noted that they ignored a proposal to increase tobacco taxes, including raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 50 cents. The tax increase would have helped pay for the authority's proposals.