85th Regular Session (2017) – Governor Greg Abbott
*HRO analysis is taken from
the House Research Organization's
Vetoes of Legislation, 85th Regular Session Legislature
Analyses include a digest of each vetoed bill, the governor's stated reason for the veto, and a response by the author of the vetoed bill.
| Bill | Caption | Document | HRO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 61 | Relating to consideration under the public school accountability system of performance on assessment instruments by certain students formerly receiving special education services and to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 298 | Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 462 | Relating to the provision of notice of proposed rules by state agencies. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 572 | Relating to the disposal of pesticides. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 961 | Relating to the election of junior college district trustees. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1166 | Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1284 | Relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman lineman. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1342 | Relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public school students. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1406 | Relating to the authority of the asset management division of the General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized Indian tribe. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1426 | Relating to the issuance of a certificate of relief from collateral consequences to certain persons placed on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, for certain criminal offenses. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1433 | Relating to the statute of limitations applicable to the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1500 | Relating to the public school accountability system. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1586 | Relating to the services that require a structural pest control license; changing the applicability of an occupational license. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1764 | Relating to the operation of metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1859 | Relating to certain rental-purchase agreements. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2182 | Relating to the authority of a county assistance district to impose a sales and use tax. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2334 | Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and Insurance Act in certain counties. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2377 | Relating to the development of brackish groundwater. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2378 | Relating to extensions of an expired permit for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2410 | Relating to the authority to conduct a runoff primary election by mail in certain counties. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2463 | Relating to requiring state agencies to develop written succession plans. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2475 | Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2774 | Relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires; creating a criminal offense. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2783 | Relating to the assessment of litigation costs and attorney fees in certain lawsuits under the public information law. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2792 | Relating to housing authorities established by municipalities and counties. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2798 | Relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program to reuse wastewater at county facilities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2943 | Relating to the use of money in the state water pollution control revolving fund. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3025 | Relating to open, uncovered, abandoned, or deteriorated wells. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3055 | Relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county elections administrator. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3281 | Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3987 | Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to use the state participation account of the water development fund to provide financial assistance for the development of certain facilities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4310 | Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose an assessment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4311 | Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose an assessment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4312 | Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose an assessment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4313 | Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 4; providing authority to impose an assessment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4314 | Relating to the temporary board of and financing of certain facilities and improvements by the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 5; providing authority to impose an assessment. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1 |
General Appropriations Bill.
Line item veto. |
Veto | |
| SB 196 | Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 570 | Relating to the regulation of the retention, storage, transportation, disposal, processing, and reuse of used or scrap tires; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 667 | Relating to establishing a guardianship compliance program. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 670 | Relating to the appointment of the commissioners of the health and human services agencies by the governor. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 744 | Relating to a tree planting credit to offset tree mitigation fees imposed by a municipality. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 790 | Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 813 | Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 830 | Relating to the provision of accounting statements by mortgage servicers for certain loans secured by a lien on residential real property. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1215 | Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to study issues related to construction contracts. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1444 | Relating to de novo hearings in child protection cases. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1525 | Relating to studies by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1743 | Relating to transferring the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities to The University of Texas at Austin and renaming the office the Office for Healthy Children. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1912 | Relating to certain notice requirements and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness and representation of proposed patients in proceedings for court-ordered mental health services. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1992 | Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas. | Veto | Analysis |
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