Kansas senators and representatives successfully voted in favor of overriding Governor Laura Kelly’s first veto action of the year. The Kansas Senate voted 31-9 on Tuesday, Feb. 18 to override Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 63.

TOPEKA, Kan. (TNND) — The Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode a veto by Gov. Laura Kelly on a bill banning gender transition procedures in the state for people under 18.

Kansas has become the 27th state to ban minors from undergoing body-mutilating sex-change surgeries after the Republican-controlled state legislature overrode a veto issued by Democrat Gov Laura

Banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries has been a Republican priority for years, but they got enough support to overturn a veto.

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.

Several Kansas Republican lawmakers called Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision overly partisan and vowed to override her veto of the measure that would prevent state funds from being used to

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 Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Republican-led legislation Tuesday that attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a move a top GOP lawmaker called “reckless and senseless.”

The bill, known as the 'Help Not Harm Act,' would have prevented state funds from being used to 'promote gender transitioning.'