Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed 18 bills cracking down on crime.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The sources document several Hobbs vetoes of border, immigration, and fentanyl-related bills, but none gives a count of 18 crime-related vetoes or says she vetoed 18 such bills. The claim's specific figure is therefore not verified or refuted, and the extraction matches the post's own wording.
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… People say she's paid off by the cartels. I wouldn't be surprised. They got plenty of cash, because what she does, it doesn't make sense. Something has to be between her and the cartels, because she's causing tremendous death in your state. She vetoed 18 bills cracking down on crime, including legislation to crush the drug cartels. She vetoed legislation that would have been bad and probably broken the cartels and increased prison sentences for fentanyl dealers. She didn't do it. …
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Context. Sources report Hobbs vetoing a 2025 bill requiring local and state officials to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and a 2023 bill on fentanyl manufacturing that harms children, but none ties these to a total of 18 crime-focused vetoes.[1][3]
Context. A 2026 veto list covers HB 2947 through HB 2961, including an HB 2951 criminal justice bill, but it does not show how many crime-related bills were vetoed or describe them as crime crackdowns.[2]
Context. Coverage notes that Hobbs vetoed a series of border-related bills and reports 151 vetoes in 2026, but gives no breakdown of crime-related vetoes.[4][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Governor Hobbs’ Veto of 2025–2026 House Billsazleg.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Every bill Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed in 2023 and whyphoenixnewtimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4DPS video touts Gov. Katie Hobbs' border work days before votetucson.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5State-funded video showcasing Hobbs border initiative released days before electiondcourier.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Gov. Katie Hobbs highlights bipartisan wins as reelection fight loomsazcentral.com · not rated · cited for: context
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