Gov. Laura Kelly had vetoed the measure February 13, declaring that the 'Legislature should stay out of the business of telling Kansans how to go to the bathroom.'
HB 231, approved Thursday, bars the Kansas Department for Children and Families from discriminating based on an applicant’s opposition to LGBT ideology.
Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation to prevent the state from forcing foster parents to affirm LGBT ideology, though the bill’s supporters have enough votes to override the veto.
Kansas Republicans voted this week to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the 'Help Not Harm Act,' a bill to ban gender 'transition' procedures on minors, ensuring the protection will take effect despite her objections.
Kansas GOP lawmakers overruled radically pro-abortion Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on bills banning coerced abortion, supporting pro-life pregnancy centers, and improving state gathering of abortion data.
The three veto overrides prohibit ‘gender transition’ procedures for children, exclude biological males from girls’ sports, and ban instruction on sexuality or gender ideology from kindergarten through fourth grade.