Kansas GOP overrides governor’s veto of ban on gender-affirming care for minors
All Posts Kansas’s GOP legislature voted Tuesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, becoming the 27th state to restrict
GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto to enact extreme ban on gender-affirming care
S.B. 63 bans all forms of gender-affirming care – including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery – for trans people under the age of 18. The bill contains an excepti
Kansas bans gender-affirming care for minors after GOP lawmakers reverse the governor’s veto
Kansas has become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The Republican-controlled Legislature voted Tuesday to override Democratic Gov.
Kansas Republicans override the governor and ban gender-affirming care for minors
After several years of failed attempts, Kansas Republican lawmakers mustered the votes necessary to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto and force a gender-affirming care ban for minors into law.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is youth gender-affirming care ban
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is a bill from the Republican-led Legislature that would ban gender-affirming care for kids.
Kansas Legislature overrides Governor Kelly’s veto of anti-trans bill
The Kansas Senate and House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to override Gov. Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 63, a bill that bans gender affirming care for minors in Kansas.
Kansas governor again vetoes ban on gender-affirming health care for minors. Is the bill legal?
Republicans currently have enough votes to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto and ban gender-affirming health care for minors. But Democrats and the ACLU says it violates Kansans' constitutional rights.
Kansas governor vetoes bill banning gender transition procedures for minors: 'Reckless'
The bill, known as the 'Help Not Harm Act,' would have prevented state funds from being used to 'promote gender transitioning.'
Kansas lawmakers reverse veto of ban on transgender care for minors
The decision by the GOP-controlled legislature follows similar moves by about two dozen other states. Kansas’s Democratic governor had vetoed the bill last year.
Trans minors in Kansas will no longer have access to care after Legislature overrides veto
Physicians currently administering gender-affirming care to minors will have until Dec. 31 to cease treatment or risk losing their medical licenses.
Kansas Legislature overrides governor’s veto of legislation that targets trans kids
Senate and House Republicans voted Tuesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of legislation that bans gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting pleas from Democrats to turn attention instead to issues that would help Kansas families.
Lawmakers override Governor Kelly’s veto of ‘Help Not Harm Act’
A ban on gender-affirming care for minors will become law, with lawmakers in both chambers voting Tuesday to override Gov.
Laura Kelly wants new child care agency after Legislature didn't act on proposal
Gov. Laura Kelly has renewed her bipartisan effort to create a new Office of Early Childhood that would consolidate Kansas government programs.