The Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday sent more than two dozen pieces of legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk, including an education bill that the governor has promised to veto and a fracking ban he plans to sign.

The action ensures that at least one veto override will be attempted before the legislature adjourns on April 10.

The Democratic-majority legislature presented 27 bills to the Republican governor, including the budget bill, a bill that creates a safety commission for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and a piece of legislation that raises the statute of limitation from seven years to 20 years for children who are sexually abused to file a lawsuit.

Hogan has pledged to sign a bill that bans fracking.

But it is the education bill, which Hogan has called “one of the most outrageous and irresponsible moves” taken by the General Assembly, that will lead to a showdown with the legislature.

Gov. Larry Hogan (R). (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)

Lawmakers who support the bill, which creates a system to rate and identify failing schools, said the measure protects the state’s public schools from privatization. Opponents say it does not place enough emphasis on standardized testing and other accountability measures, or create new options for students stuck in troubled public schools.

Both chambers of the legislature passed the measure this week with veto-proof majorities.

There are about 10 other bills that the governor also may veto, including a measure that provides $1 million to the Attorney General’s Office to challenge Trump administration policies on topics such as immigration, health care and the environment.

Other bills that Hogan spokesman Doug Mayer said will be reviewed include a bill that requires the state to reimburse Planned Parenthood for health-care services it provides if Congress cuts federal funding, a measure that provides $100 million in funding to Prince George’s County Regional Medical Center and a bill that repeals a state requirement that transit systems cover at least 35 percent of their operating costs through passenger revenue.

This is the second consecutive year that the General Assembly has sent bills to the governor before the end of the 90-day legislative session.

Lawmakers are taking advantage of a little-used provision in the state constitution, which says bills sent to the governor at least six days before the end of session must either be signed or vetoed, giving the legislature time to override any vetoes before it adjourns.

If the governor takes no action, the bills become law.

The General Assembly took advantage of the provision once during the eight-year tenure of former Democratic governor Martin O’Malley. In that instance, the provision was used so that lawmakers were still in town for the signing ceremony for a bill that legalized same-sex marriage.

Democrats also used the so-called six-day rule to speed overrides of bills during the administration of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), who was in office from 2003 to 2007.

Any vetoes issued by the governor after the legislature adjourns cannot be overridden until lawmakers reconvene in a new legislative session.