{"id":1441992,"date":"2022-04-16T23:59:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441992"},"modified":"2022-04-16T23:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:59:53","slug":"kansas-gov-shoots-down-bill-banning-trans-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-gov-shoots-down-bill-banning-trans-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Gov. Shoots Down Bill Banning Trans Athletes"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fkansas-gov-shoots-down-bill-banning-trans-athletes%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=1441992&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican state congressional bills Friday: one that proposed a ban on transgender athletes in girls\u2019 sports and another that would allow parents to challenge Kansas public education curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kelly\u2019s opposition to both bills comes as no surprise, as Gov. Kelly has refused to sign off on similar bills in the past, reported <a title=\"Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes ban on transgender athletes, parents\u2019 \u2018bill of rights\u2019 Read more at: https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article260448997.html#storylink=cpy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article260448997.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Kansas City Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill Kelly blocked Friday is <a title=\"SB 160\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/sb160\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 160<\/a>, \u201cThe Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act.\u201d Last year, Kelly <a title=\"Kansas Governor Vetoes Ban On Biological Males In Women\u2019s Sports\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/22\/kansas-governor-biological-males-women-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vetoed<\/a> a virtually-identical state Senate bill that also would have banned transgender women from girls\u2019 sports and called the legislation \u201cdivisive\u201d in a 2021 <a title=\"Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Divisive Transgender Sports Bill, Keeps Kansas Welcoming and Open for Business\" href=\"https:\/\/governor.kansas.gov\/governor-laura-kelly-vetoes-divisive-transgender-sports-bill-keeps-kansas-welcoming-and-open-for-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. <strong><a title=\"White House Refuses To Weigh In On Biological Men Competing In Women\u2019s Sports\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/04\/white-house-womens-sports-transgender-athletes-lia-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0White House Refuses To Weigh In On Biological Men Competing In Women\u2019s Sports)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today I vetoed the divisive transgender sports bill so we can keep our state welcoming to all Kansans and keep our state open for business. See my full statement below: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fO6EkBXN0n\">pic.twitter.com\/fO6EkBXN0n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Laura Kelly (@GovLauraKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLauraKelly\/status\/1385296266184126464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking on the more recent bill that passed both chambers before being overridden, Kelly said that the Republican legislation was \u201ctrying to score political points,\u201d according to <a title=\"Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes GOP bill banning transgender athletes\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/16\/kansas-gov-laura-kelly-vetoes-gop-bill-banning-trans-athletes\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The other legislation Gov. Kelly recently blocked is a GOP-backed bill that would have created a \u201cparents\u2019 bill of rights,\u201d allowing Kansas parents the right to question the education of their children and review curriculum materials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLauraKelly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovLauraKelly<\/a> also vetoed the so-called parents\u2019 bill of rights bill that would have given parents\u2019 more power to review school curriculum <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ksleg?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ksleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ksed?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ksed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said the bill was \u201cabout politics, not parents.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9PwFoVGh0\">https:\/\/t.co\/U9PwFoVGh0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Bahl (@AndrewBahl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBahl\/status\/1515096374593077249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The parents\u2019 rights bill \u201cwould have required school districts to consider parental challenges against books in school libraries or material taught in classrooms,\u201d according to the Post. <strong><a title=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/04\/parents-concerned-over-sexually-graphic-books-found-in-middle-school-class-library-kansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0Parents Concerned Over Sexually Graphic Books Found In Kansas Middle School Class Library)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It would have mandated public school administrators to consider such complaints by requiring all school districts \u201cto develop and adopt policies to guarantee\u201d these rights, according to a Kansas House Conference Committee <a title=\"SECOND CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT BRIEF SENATE BILL NO. 58 As Agreed to March 31, 2022 SB 58 would establish the Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kslegislature.org\/li\/b2021_22\/measures\/documents\/ccrb_sb58_02_0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brief<\/a> on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Kansas Senate President <a title=\"Republicans Line Up To Replace Pompeo After CIA Appointment\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/12\/01\/republicans-line-up-to-replace-pompeo-after-cia-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ty Masterson<\/a> said that a gubernatorial override on the bill would suggest that Kelly views \u201cparents as the enemy,\u201d according to <a title=\"Kelly vetoes transgender sports ban, parental bill of rights touted by Republicans\" href=\"https:\/\/kansasreflector.com\/2022\/04\/15\/kelly-vetoes-transgender-sports-ban-parental-bill-of-rights-touted-by-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Kansas Reflector<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first-term Governor Kelly is up for re-election in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican state congressional bills Friday: one that proposed a ban on transgender athletes in girls\u2019 sports and another that would allow parents to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":1443758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1443758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}