Kansas Dem. Gov. Laura Kelly’s Veto to Block Republican-Backed Bill Separating Bathrooms and Lockers by Biological Sex Overturned
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Amidst growing reports of violent crimes committed by transgenders, Democrat Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has rejected a Republican-backed bill that would have required bathrooms and locker rooms in government facilities to be divided by biological sex, siding with gender-identity advocates over a GOP supermajority that seeks to preserve fundamental privacy and common sense.
The law did not merely get by. It cleared both houses with more than two-thirds support, a veto-proof majority that suggests widespread support in the Republican-controlled Legislature and offers legislators a clear path to overturn her.
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"Instead of standing with the overwhelming majority of Kansans on this issue, the Governor chose to appease her most radical supporters at the cost of women and girls in our state," House Speaker Dan Hawkins said in a sharp statement, accusing Kelly of putting ideology ahead of citizens.
The law would mandate public schools, colleges, and other government institutions to assign toilets and locker rooms based on biological sex. Repeated offenses may result in penalties of up to $1,000 and criminal prosecution. Lawmakers made a few exceptions: children under eight may visit opposite-sex toilets if accompanied by a caregiver, and coaches could enter opposite-sex locker rooms as long as everyone was dressed.
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Another clause would prevent modifications to the sex markers on Kansas driver's licenses and birth certificates, ensuring that state documents reflect biological sex rather than self-identification. When the proposal passed, Republican state Rep. Bob Lewis described it as uncomplicated, saying it just "codifies social norms" and reflects the expectation that intimate settings remain single-sex.
Kelly dismissed such framing, calling the measure "poorly drafted" and suggesting that politicians should "stay out of the business of telling Kansans how to go to the bathroom" and instead focus on cost.
Republicans argue that protecting women's spaces and maintaining accurate government records are not marginal interests but rather fundamental ones, and that people have sent them to Topeka to firmly establish these boundaries. Before this article could be finished, the Kansas Senate overturned Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto today.
The governor has come here previously. lawmakers overrode her veto in 2025 to impose a prohibition on sex-change medications for children, a law that is currently facing court challenges. With another veto on the table and supermajorities still intact, the next override vote will determine if Kelly's opposition is more than a temporary roadblock in a state where the Legislature, not the governor, appears to be in control.
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