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Has Joe Lombardo issued over 160 vetoes, a Nevada record?

Matches stated record claim. He vetoed 75 bills in 2023 and 87 in 2025, 162 in all, and no earlier governor in records back to 1899 vetoed more than 56.

Joseph Lombardo

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His campaign says he has issued over 160 vetoes, a state record.

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What the record shows ·

The Legislature lists 75 bills he vetoed from the 2023 session and 86 from 2025. Its 2025 list leaves out SB 99, which he vetoed on June 2, 2025, so 2025 had 87, as his office said: 162 in all. The Legislature's veto history shows no governor with more than 56 from 1899 through 2015, and no later session with more than 41.

Limit: The Legislature's veto history starts in 1899.

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  1. Delivering Results for Nevadahttps://www.joelombardofornv.com/results

    Lombardo for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The campaign's list of what it says he has done as governor.

    candidate statement

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  2. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2023 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 75 bills, vetoed May 17 to June 16, 2023.

    official legislative record

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  3. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2025 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 86 bills, vetoed May 22 to June 12, 2025. It leaves out SB 99, which he vetoed on June 2, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  4. Veto letter for SB 99 (2025) (document)

    Office of the Governor · Published Jun 2, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His signed letter of June 2, 2025 vetoing SB 99, a bill on housing fees for developers.

    official office record

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  5. Bills in the Governor's office, 2025 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Nelis/REL/83rd2025/Bills/Passed/InGovernorsOffice

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Still shows SB 99 as waiting in the governor's office, which is why the vetoed list has 86.

    official legislative record

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  6. Statement from Governor Lombardo following completion of bill signingshttps://www.gov.nv.gov/press-releases/statement-from-governor-lombardo-following-completion-of-bill-signings/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says he signed 518 bills and vetoed 87 from the 2025 session, and names AB 540 the Nevada Housing Access and Attainability Act.

    official office record

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  7. Vetoed Bills of the Nevada Legislature, 1899-2015 (document)

    Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Library · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Table 4 shows the most vetoes by one governor through 2015 was 56 (Gibbons); Table 2 shows the most in one session was 48 (2009). It does not cover sessions before 1899. Compiled July 2015.

    official legislative record

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  8. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2017 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/79th2017/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 41 bills, the most in any session from 2017 to 2021.

    official legislative record

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  9. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2019 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 3 bills.

    official legislative record

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  10. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2021 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 4 bills.

    official legislative record

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