02/24/2025
The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning gender-reassignment procedures for minors, making Kansas the latest state to enact restrictions on transgender surgeries and related procedures for children.
With supermajorities in both chambers, Republicans easily surpassed the two-thirds threshold required to overturn the Democrat governor’s veto. The Senate voted 31–9, and the House followed with an 84–34 vote on Feb. 18, enacting Senate Bill 63 (SB 63), commonly referred to as the Help Not Harm Act.
The measure prohibits doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-reassignment surgeries to minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The law takes effect later this month. It also strips state support for transition-related procedures and threatens the medical licenses of doctors who continue to provide such services.
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