The Kansas legislature failed to override the governor’s veto of a ban on transgender medical procedures for children after two Republican lawmakers flipped their votes on Monday.
The failed bill would have banned puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries for minors.
The state Senate successfully voted 27-13 to override the governor’s veto. However, the state House voted 82-43, just two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to push the bill past the veto.
Two Republicans broke ranks and voted with Democrats to tank the bill. State House Representatives Susan Concannon and Jesse Borjon voted against overriding the governor’s veto even though both had previously voted in favor of the bill.
“We hear of bullying and ask authorities to make it stop,” Concannon said from the House floor. “We hear about mental health, about suicide, and ask why. We’re not…
