Kansas House fails to override veto on gender-affirming care ban
The override attempt of Senate Bill 233 fell short in the House on an 82-43 vote, two short of the two-thirds majority required. The bill would have blocked teenagers from receiving hormone therapy and other treatments recognized as necessary by medical professionals.
Sen. Mary Ware, seen during an April 6, 2023, hearing, says Senate Bill 233 tramples on the rights of transgender Kansans. Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
The override attempt of Senate Bill 233 fell short in the House on an 82-43 vote, two short of the two-thirds majority required. The bill would have blocked teenagers from receiving hormone therapy and other treatments recognized as necessary by medical professionals.
TOPEKA — As the Kansas Legislature renewed its yearslong assault on transgender children, Sen. Mary Ware told her Senate colleagues Monday she had a “simple” question for them.
“What is the acceptable number of youth suicides?” Ware asked.
Ware’s question set the tone for debate in the Senate, which voted 27-13 to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 233, legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for anyone younger than 18. But the override attempt fell short in the House on an 82-43 vote, two short of the two-thirds majority required.
