With California's budget just recently passed after a historic three-month delay, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took out the veto pen Sunday. Among the measures he cut was the so-called [article id="1592843"]"Donda West bill"[/article], which was aimed at helping to prevent plastic-surgery-related deaths.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the bill, prompted by [article id="1573999"]the November death of Kanye West's mother, Dr. Donda West[/article], failed to make it past the governor because of the backlog in California. Donda, 58, died a day after undergoing a breast reduction and liposuction surgery.

With this summer's historic 80-day delay in passing the state budget, Schwarzenegger said he had time to enact only the top-priority legislation. "This bill does not meet that standard, and I cannot sign it at this time," read the veto message, one of dozens Schwarzenegger issued Sunday.

[article id="1579429"]An autopsy[/article] found that Dr. West had previous health problems, including high blood pressure and cardiac artery blockage. The cosmetic-surgery bill, AB 2968, received almost unanimous support in the legislature, according to the Times, and would have required people to undergo a physical examination, give a complete medical history and get a doctor's clearance before undergoing plastic surgery.

Along with Kanye's cousin, Yolanda Anderson, Democratic California Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter proposed the bill following Donda's death. The surgeon who performed her surgeries, [article id="1574712"]Dr. Jan Adams[/article], said at the time that nothing had gone wrong during the procedures. Earlier this year, the California state medical board reportedly revoked Adams' medical license due to his two alcohol-related arrests in recent years and his failure to pay child support.