81st Regular Session (2009) – Governor Rick Perry
*HRO analysis is taken from
the House Research Organization's
Vetoes of Legislation, 81st 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 103 | Relating to health benefit plans for students at institutions of higher education and the operation of certain health benefit plans through student health centers at certain institutions of higher education. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 130 | Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 518 | Relating to programs to provide student loan repayment assistance for certain correctional officers, for certain speech-language pathologists and audiologists, and for certain mathematics and science teachers. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 821 | Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1293 | Relating to the sale and marketing of life insurance and annuities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 1457 | Relating to procedures concerning verification of certain information submitted in a voter registration application. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2142 | Relating to the promotion of toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2656 | Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2692 | Relating to certain municipal requirements regarding sales of residential properties in certain areas. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2820 | Relating to contracts by governmental entities for professional services relating to geoscience and landscape architecture. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 2888 | Relating to financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3148 | Relating to exempting certain young persons who are convicted of an offense involving consensual sex from the requirement of registering as a sex offender in this state. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3202 | Relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3346 | Relating to gas utilities and gas storage facilities. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3481 | Relating to the expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3485 | Relating to certain county, municipal, district, and other governmental functions, procedures, powers, duties, and services, including certain criminal procedures. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3515 | Relating to the creation of the offense of failure to report barratry and solicitation of employment. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 3983 | Relating to the imposition of property taxes on the residential homesteads of low-income and moderate-income persons. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4068 | Relating to the conduct of judicial proceedings and transaction of other essential judicial functions in the event of a disaster. | Veto | Analysis |
| HB 4685 | Relating to the County Court of Titus County. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1 |
General Appropriations Bill.
Line item veto. |
Veto | |
| SB 223 | Relating to allowing a person who successfully completes a term of deferred adjudication community supervision to be eligible for a pardon. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 434 | Relating to the establishment and operation of a public transit motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 488 | Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 686 | Relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway rights-of-way. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 978 | Relating to the creation and financing of public improvement districts. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1206 | Relating to the release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1343 | Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1440 | Relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases and to the investigation of child abuse and neglect. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 1760 | Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2038 | Relating to the construction of nonsubstantive codifications and revisions of statutes. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2141 | Relating to the statute of repose for engineers and architects. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2169 | Relating to the establishment of a smart growth policy work group and the development of a smart growth policy for this state. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2325 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information pertaining to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2468 | Relating to the postemployment activities of certain local government officers in certain counties; providing a penalty. | Veto | Analysis |
| SB 2558 | Relating to the promotion and marketing of alcoholic beverages. | Veto | Analysis |
| HCR 161 | Granting John Cook permission to sue the Benbrook Water Authority. | Veto | Analysis |
| HCR 252 | Requesting the governor to appoint a Governor's Task Force on Horse and Greyhound Racing. | Veto | Analysis |
| SCR 59 | Granting MBP Corporation permission to sue the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves. | Veto | Analysis |
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