{"id":1418815,"date":"2022-04-04T20:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418815"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:29:57","slug":"gop-led-kansas-legislature-passes-transgender-athlete-bill-sends-to-democrat-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-led-kansas-legislature-passes-transgender-athlete-bill-sends-to-democrat-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP-Led Kansas Legislature Passes Transgender Athlete Bill, Sends to Democrat Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-led-kansas-legislature-passes-transgender-athlete-bill-sends-to-democrat-governor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/26\/utah-legislature-overrides-governors-veto-of-bill-banning-transgender-youth-in-sports\/\">several other states<\/a> in passing a bill Saturday that would keep males who identify as females from playing in women and girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n<p>However, the GOP reportedly does not have the two-thirds majority needed to override \u201can almost certain-veto\u201d from Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly, the<em> Associated Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-kansas-topeka-education-legislature-6972397127e6ebc77984fd23b6d0e6ec\">reported<\/a>. Kelly, who is up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/now\/this-years-most-vulnerable-incumbent-governors-are-democrats\">reelection<\/a>\u00a0this year, vetoed a similar bill <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kansas-government-and-politics-321b19c681fe78be837bde945c0f6aa4\">last year<\/a>, saying that Kansans should be \u201cfocused on how to include all students\u201d rather than \u201cexclude those who may be different than us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Kansas House <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/vote_view\/je_20220401200106_330470\/\">voted<\/a>\u00a0in favor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/documents\/ccrb_sb160_02_0000.pdf\">Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act<\/a> 74-39 on Friday, which was 10 votes shy of a two-thirds majority. Roughly a dozen House members were absent, but at least five members were likely to vote against the measure, according to the report. On Saturday, the Senate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/vote_view\/je_20220402005359_074223\/\">passed<\/a> to bill 25-13 \u2014 this time, Republicans were short two votes to reach the ratio needed to reverse Kelly\u2019s likely rejection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20494271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/wi\/ap\/02\/kansas-legislature-kansas-rep-barbara-wasinger-hays-debate-house-bill-ban-trans.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kansas state Rep. Barbara Wasinger, R-Hays, follows a debate in the House on a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in female school sports, Friday, April 1, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo\/John Hanna)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/vote_view\/je_20220401200106_330470\/\">SB 160<\/a> would require interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams or sports sponsored by the public to be \u201cbased on biological sex.\u201d The bill applies to all levels of education, including elementary school, and orders that sports teams be designated \u201cmales, men, or boys,\u201d \u201cfemales, women, or girls,\u201d or \u201ccoed or mixed,\u201d a legislative report brief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/documents\/ccrb_sb160_02_0000.pdf\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some \u201cdissident Republicans\u201d are waffling on the bill because \u201chaving a ban apply as early as kindergarten is a problem for them,\u201d the publication continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20436383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wi\/ap\/29\/conservative-struggles-kansas-photo-wednesday-march-23-2022-kansas-sen-john-doll-garden-city-watche.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20436383 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/conservative-struggles-kansas-photo-wednesday-march-23-2022-kansas-sen-john-doll-garden-city-watche-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this photo from Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Kansas state Sen. John Doll, R-Garden City, watches a debate in the Senate, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo\/John Hanna)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe focus now on, again, the very, very young kids who have no concept of \u2018transgender\u2019 \u2014 it just didn\u2019t feel appropriate,\u201d state Sen. Brenda Dietrich (R) said, despite the fact that far-left Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/31\/biden-administration-promotes-transgender-sex-change-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\">actively targeting<\/a> young children with transgender ideology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m at with it,\u201d s<\/span><span>tate Sen. John Doll (R) also said of the total ban. \u201cWhen it comes to a veto, I can\u2019t say that I would vote to override the veto.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>State Rep. Heather Meyer (D) claims the bill will make \u201ctransgender children\u201d feel \u201cthey are not valid.\u201d Meyer notably has a \u201ctransgender 12-year-old son\u201d who also has a \u201ctransgender best friend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is my child, and I\u2019m going to stand up for them. I\u2019m going to stand up for their friends. I\u2019m going to stand up for their peers,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cThis is just wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill\u2019s supporters say lawmakers should protect female athletes from having their records usurped by boys and men with biological advantages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt makes me sad that the women in the room don\u2019t realize that we biological women are being bullied,\u201d Republican Rep. Tatum Lee said. \u201cWe do everything we can to protect those being bullied, and I feel bullied.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katherineeeeee2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature joined several other states in passing a bill Saturday that would keep males who identify as females from playing in women and girls\u2019 sports. 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