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Administrative state 2025 legislation: Vetoed legislation
August 20, 2025
By Ballotpedia staff
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Vetoed legislation
Eleven governors vetoed 24 administrative state-related bills in 2025. As we covered in the section above, legislators overrode seven of the vetoes. Legislatures in eight states did not override 17 of the vetoes.
Of the 17 vetoes that legislatures did not override, 11 were in divided government states (Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Virginia), three were in Republican trifectas (Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana), and three were in Maryland, which is a Democratic trifecta. Arizona and North Carolina have Democratic governors and Republican legislatures, while Nevada and Virginia have Republican governors and Democratic legislatures.
Nine of the vetoed bills were designed to decrease agency control, and eight were designed to increase agencies’ power.
See all of the vetoed bills in the legislation tracker here.
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