On Thursday, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed eight bills that were approved by members of the Arizona State Legislature.
The bills, according to a brief statement from her office, ranged from voting fraud and abortion policies to gun law regulations, among other issues.
This brings Governor Hobbs’s vetoes of bills to 37 during her time as Arizona Governor. This is one of the state’s highest veto counts by any Governor.
The new Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs (R) pauses while taking the oath of office as she laughs with her mother (C) Linda Hobbs, as U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Roopali Desai (L) administers the oath at the state Capitol in Phoenix, on Jan. 2, 2023. (Ross D. Franklin, Pool/AP Photo)
One of the significant bills Hobbs vetoed was SB1428 (pdf), which prohibits a gun show from occurring by the local  government or “enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or policy that primarily affects gun shows.”…