Vetoed bills
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A list of overridden vetoes is also available.
| Governor | Session | Year | Vetoes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Abbott | 88th R.S. | 2023 | 77 |
| Greg Abbott | 87th R.S. | 2021 | 21 |
| Greg Abbott | 86th R.S. | 2019 | 58 |
| Greg Abbott | 85th R.S. | 2017 | 51 |
| Greg Abbott | 84th R.S. | 2015 | 44 |
| Rick Perry | 83rd R.S. | 2013 | 28 |
| Rick Perry | 82nd R.S. | 2011 | 25 |
| Rick Perry | 81st R.S. | 2009 | 39 |
| Rick Perry | 80th R.S. | 2007 | 56 |
| Rick Perry | 79th R.S. | 2005 | 20 |
| Rick Perry | 78th R.S. | 2003 | 50 |
| Rick Perry | 77th R.S. | 2001 | 83 |
| George W. Bush | 76th R.S. | 1999 | 34 |
| George W. Bush | 75th R.S. | 1997 | 38 |
| George W. Bush | 74th R.S. | 1995 | 26 |
| Ann W. Richards | 73rd R.S. | 1993 | 27 |
| Ann W. Richards | 72nd R.S. | 1991 | 36 |
| Ann W. Richards | 72nd 1st C.S. | 1991 | 1 |
| William P. Clements | 71st R.S. | 1989 | 56 |
| William P. Clements | 71st 4th C.S. | 1990 | 1 |
| William P. Clements | 71st 5th C.S. | 1990 | 2 |
| William P. Clements | 71st 6th C.S. | 1990 | 1 |
| William P. Clements | 70th R.S. | 1987 | 52 |
| William P. Clements | 70th 2nd C.S. | 1987 | 2 |
| Mark W. White, Jr. | 69th R.S. | 1985 | 51 |
| Mark W. White, Jr. | 69th 3rd C.S. | 1986 | 1 |
| Mark W. White, Jr. | 68th R.S. | 1983 | 43 |
| William P. Clements | 67th R.S. | 1981 | 28 |
| William P. Clements | 67th 1st C.S. | 1981 | 1 |
| William P. Clements | 66th R.S. | 1979 | 49 |
| Dolph Briscoe | 65th R.S. | 1977 | 26 |
| Dolph Briscoe | 64th R.S. | 1975 | 19 |
| Dolph Briscoe | 63rd R.S. | 1973 | 30 |
| Preston Smith | 62nd R.S. | 1971 | 22 |
| Preston Smith | 62nd 1st C.S. | 1971 | 1 |
| Preston Smith | 62nd 3rd C.S. | 1972 | 1 |
| Preston Smith | 61st R.S. | 1969 | 67 |
| Preston Smith | 61st 2nd C.S. | 1969 | 5 |
| John B. Connally, Jr. | 60th R.S. | 1967 | 49 |
| John B. Connally, Jr. | 60th 1st C.S. | 1968 | 3 |
| John B. Connally, Jr. | 59th R.S. | 1965 | 41 |
| John B. Connally, Jr. | 58th R.S. | 1963 | 12 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 57th R.S. | 1961 | 15 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 57th 1st C.S. | 1961 | 1 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 57th 3rd C.S. | 1962 | 1 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 56th R.S. | 1959 | 10 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 56th 1st C.S. | 1959 | 3 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 56th 2nd C.S. | 1959 | 2 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 56th 3rd C.S. | 1959 | 3 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 55th R.S. | 1957 | 8 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 55th 1st C.S. | 1957 | 5 |
| Price Daniel, Sr. | 55th 2nd C.S. | 1957 | 1 |
| Robert Allan Shivers | 54th R.S. | 1955 | 25 |
| Robert Allan Shivers | 53rd R.S. | 1953 | 23 |
| Robert Allan Shivers | 53rd 1st C.S. | 1954 | 4 |
| Robert Allan Shivers | 52nd R.S. | 1951 | 38 |
| Beauford H. Jester | 51st R.S. | 1949 | 5 |
| Beauford H. Jester | 50th R.S. | 1947 | 14 |
| Coke R. Stevenson | 49th R.S. | 1945 | 19 |
| Coke R. Stevenson | 48th R.S. | 1943 | 37 |
| W. Lee O'Daniel | 47th R.S. | 1941 | 28 |
| W. Lee O'Daniel | 46th R.S. | 1939 | 32 |
| James V Allred | 45th R.S. | 1937 | 28 |
| James V Allred | 45th 1st C.S. | 1937 | 4 |
| James V Allred | 45th 2nd C.S. | 1937 | 2 |
| James V Allred | 44th R.S. | 1935 | 22 |
| James V Allred | 44th 2nd C.S. | 1935 | 1 |
| James V Allred | 44th 3rd C.S. | 1936 | 2 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 43rd R.S. | 1933 | 11 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 43rd 1st C.S. | 1933 | 6 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 43rd 2nd C.S. | 1934 | 7 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 43rd 3rd C.S. | 1934 | 1 |
| Ross S. Sterling | 42nd R.S. | 1931 | 7 |
| Ross S. Sterling | 42nd 2nd C.S. | 1931 | 1 |
| Ross S. Sterling | 42nd 3rd C.S. | 1932 | 5 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st R.S. | 1929 | 38 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st 1st C.S. | 1929 | 11 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st 2nd C.S. | 1929 | 26 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st 3rd C.S. | 1929 | 5 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st 4th C.S. | 1930 | 4 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 41st 5th C.S. | 1930 | 11 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 40th R.S. | 1927 | 31 |
| Daniel J. Moody, Jr. | 40th 1st C.S. | 1927 | 5 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 39th R.S. | 1925 | 16 |
| Miriam Ferguson | 39th 1st C.S. | 1926 | 15 |
| Pat M. Neff | 38th R.S. | 1923 | 43 |
| Pat M. Neff | 38th 2nd C.S. | 1923 | 16 |
| Pat M. Neff | 38th 3rd C.S. | 1923 | 3 |
| Pat M. Neff | 37th R.S. | 1921 | 22 |
| Pat M. Neff | 37th 1st C.S. | 1921 | 8 |
| Pat M. Neff | 37th 2nd C.S. | 1921 | 1 |
| William P. Hobby | 36th R.S. | 1919 | 9 |
| William P. Hobby | 36th 2nd C.S. | 1919 | 6 |
| William P. Hobby | 36th 3rd C.S. | 1920 | 1 |
| James E. Ferguson | 35th R.S. | 1917 | 15 |
| James E. Ferguson | 35th 1st C.S. | 1917 | 3 |
| James E. Ferguson | 34th R.S. | 1915 | 9 |
| Oscar Branch Colquitt | 33rd R.S. | 1913 | 42 |
| Oscar Branch Colquitt | 33rd 1st C.S. | 1913 | 6 |
| Oscar Branch Colquitt | 33rd 2nd C.S. | 1914 | 1 |
| Oscar Branch Colquitt | 32nd R.S. | 1911 | 17 |
| Oscar Branch Colquitt | 32nd 1st C.S. | 1911 | 7 |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 31st R.S. | 1909 | 17 |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 31st 1st C.S. | 1909 | 3 |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 31st 2nd C.S. | 1909 | 3 |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 30th R.S. | 1907 | 7 |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 30th 1st C.S. | 1907 | 2 |
| S.W.T. Lanham | 29th R.S. | 1905 | 9 |
| S.W.T. Lanham | 29th 1st C.S. | 1905 | 1 |
| S.W.T. Lanham | 28th R.S. | 1903 | 21 |
| S.W.T. Lanham | 28th 1st C.S. | 1903 | 1 |
| Joseph D. Sayers | 27th R.S. | 1901 | 15 |
| Joseph D. Sayers | 27th 2nd C.S. | 1901 | 2 |
| Joseph D. Sayers | 26th R.S. | 1899 | 17 |
| Charles A. Culberson | 25th R.S. | 1897 | 19 |
| Charles A. Culberson | 24th R.S. | 1895 | 11 |
| James Stephen Hogg | 23rd R.S. | 1893 | 11 |
| James Stephen Hogg | 22nd R.S. | 1891 | 4 |
| Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 21st R.S. | 1889 | 5 |
| Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 20th R.S. | 1887 | 2 |
| John Ireland | 19th R.S. | 1885 | 7 |
| John Ireland | 18th R.S. | 1883 | 3 |
| Oran M. Roberts | 17th R.S. | 1881 | 4 |
| Oran M. Roberts | 17th 1st C.S. | 1882 | 1 |
| Oran M. Roberts | 16th R.S. | 1879 | 6 |
| Richard Coke | 15th R.S. | 1876 | 14 |
| Richard Coke | 14th R.S. | 1874 | 12 |
| Richard Coke | 14th 2nd R.S. | 1875 | 10 |
| Edmund J. Davis | 13th R.S. | 1873 | 57 |
| Edmund J. Davis | 12th 1st C.S. | 1870 | 72 |
| Edmund J. Davis | 12th R.S. | 1871 | 41 |
| Edmund J. Davis | 12th Adjourned | 1871 | 11 |
| James W. Throckmorton | 11th R.S. | 1866 | 7 |
| Pendleton Murrah | 10th R.S. | 1863 | 5 |
| Francis R. Lubbock | 9th R.S. | 1862 | 1 |
| Sam Houston | 8th R.S. | 1860 | 4 |
| Hardin R. Runnels | 7th R.S. | 1858 | 13 |
| Elisha M. Pease | 6th Adjourned | 1856 | 4 |
| Elisha M. Pease | 6th R.S. | 1856 | 18 |
| Elisha M. Pease | 5th R.S. | 1854 | 3 |
| Peter Hansbrough Bell | 4th R.S. | 1852 | 1 |
| Peter Hansbrough Bell | 3rd 2nd C.S. | 1850 | 1 |
| Peter Hansbrough Bell | 3rd 1st C.S. | 1850 | 1 |
| J. Pinckney Henderson | 1st R.S. | 1846 | 2 |
- Form of veto statement. As indicated in the Texas Constitution, Article IV, Section 14, if the governor disapproves a bill after the session has adjourned, notice is required to be in the form of a general proclamation. If however, the governor disapproves a bill while the legislature is in session, the Constitution does not specify the type of statement required. Historically, a variety of statement formats have been used.
- Sources for information on veto proclamations include: the General and Special Laws of Texas; Veto Proclamations of Governors; House Journals; Senate Journals; Governors' letters, press memos, and other official papers; and Secretary of State Files. Most information is from the collections of the Texas Legislative Reference Library and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Some documents from the Archives Commission were too fragile to be scanned. In these instances, there are notes with finding aids for anyone interested in viewing the originals.
- The "Number of Vetoes" column includes line-item vetoes; In these instances, only specific funding items have been vetoed in appropriations bills.
Information on vetoed bills is unofficial and is provided as a public service by the Texas Legislative Reference Library. The Texas Legislative Reference Library makes no representation as to its completeness or accuracy and makes no warranty in regard to its use. Users assume all risk of reliance on this information