Kansas lawmakers now have several veto override efforts ahead of them when they return to session later this month.
Governor Laura Kelly issued a number of vetoes:
*Substitute for Senate Bill 233, prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors and threatening doctors performing such care with the loss of their licenses.
*House Bill 2749, designed to have medical facilities and providers report the reasons for each abortion to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
*Substitute for House Bill 2436, creating the crime of coercion to obtain an abortion with enhanced criminal penalties created.
*Senate Bill 434, exempting the practice of hair removal by sugaring from the state’s official cosmetology definition.
*House Bill 2446, prohibiting cities and counties from regulating the use of plastics or other containers when it comes to using, shipping or protecting food, beverages or other items.
*House Bill 2648, requiring the state director of budget to figure certain compliance and implementation costs for all the state’s proposed rules and regulations.
The governor let Senate Bill 394 become law without her signature. It mandates the use of age-verification technology before minors can access websites containing harmful materials.
Republican leadership was quick to respond. Senate President Ty Masterton says, “The governor has made it clear yet again the radical left controls her veto pen.”
Lawmakers may begin their veto session as soon as April 27.
