Jindal vetoes 29 bills from session

Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed 29 bills from the recent legislative session, rejecting measures he considered excessive or unnecessary.

Jindal’s veto count nearly equals the number of bills his one-time boss, former Gov. Mike Foster, vetoed during his last four years in office.

The governor’s tally also is only about a dozen bills short of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s veto total for her entire term.

Jindal overturned legislation that sailed through the session with little opposition. He rejected bills that contradicted his stance against the expansion of gambling. Most notably, he said “No” to pay raises for legislators and Public Service Commission members.

Some bills that he vetoed as unnecessary became law as part of other legislation.