Texas Executive
Governor Greg Abbott is the 48th Governor of Texas. He is currently the longest serving
Attorney General and also a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Abbott is a native of Texas and
was born in Wichita Falls. He has run in six races for public office and has won six. Abbott is a
conservative and very accomplished background not letting the fact that he is partially paralyzed
get in the way. In his time Abbott has vetoed a total of 42 bills this year. We will talk about a few
on those bills like HB 1015, SB 130, and SB 1034.
House Bill 1015 states relating to the notice provided to a court
regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community
supervision. Abbot vetoed this bill by saying “House Bill 1015 requires the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to notify the sentencing court of the
