By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services
Key Points:
- Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes 88 bills passed by GOP-controlled Legislature
- Hobbs rejects bills banning Sharia Law and restricting gender transition hormone therapy for minors
- Hobbs is still short of her 2025 veto record
Arizonans cited by speed cameras won’t see their fines capped $75.
Teens won’t be able to get a learner’s permit at 15.
There won’t be a new state ban targeting Sharia law.
And there won’t be new restrictions on gender transition hormone therapy for minors.
These are just four of the 88 bills approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature that Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed last Friday. That brings her veto tally up to 151, just short of the 174 vetoes she issued last year.
Whether she has time to break that record is unclear. While the Legislature adjourned a week ago, an aide to the governor said she still has over 40 measures on her desk awaiting action.
Her latest vetoes touch on everything from religious law and immigration to traffic enforcement and teen driving.
