Known as pocket vetoes, bills the governor didn't act on by the Friday deadline are effectively vetoed and won't become law.

But the so-called "pocket veto" could be abolished starting in 2027, under a measure approved by lawmakers during this year's 60-day session. The change, which was approved without a single "no ...

If a bill approved by the Legislature is not either signed or vetoed by the governor before the statutory deadline, it is automatically vetoed under what's known as a pocket veto. Such vetoes do not ...

The apex court curbed the governor’s legislative power, set strict timelines for approval for bills and berated Tamil Nadu ...

During the past legislative session, there were a number of efforts to change how the political body works. Those included bills to pay members of the only unpaid legislature in the country and ...

"We go through it line by line, word by word," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told KOAT. "It's actually a lot more work than it might seem. It's good work. It's the work that we are called to do." ...

A failure to meet these timetables would give an aggrieved state the right to approach the high court or the Supreme Court, ...

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that governors cannot indefinitely delay giving assent to bills passed by state legislatures, setting a timeline of one to three months for their actions. The ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi, saying that a governor cannot withhold assent to Bills passed by the state assembly or use an absolute veto or pocket ...